In Chapter 4 of Diversity in Early Care and Education, Janet Gonzalez-Mena introduces an individualist-collectivist framework as a means of understanding differences.
In your own words, define individualismand collectivism.
Then, explain why it would be useful to think of attitudes or behaviors related to the care of infants and toddlers in terms of a continuum-with individualism at one end and collectivism at the other-rather than to think of the people involved as either individualists or collectivists.
Required Resources
Course Text: Diversity in Early Care and Education
Chapter 2, "Communicating across Cultures" (pp. 31-32 only)
Chapter 4, "A Framework for Understanding Differences"
Course Text: How Culture Shapes Social-Emotional Development
Read pp. 13-16, "Exploring and Learning From the Environment"