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E309 Block 3 Week 14.1 - Coggle Diagram
E309 Block 3 Week 14.1
These reflections encourage us to consider our identity and give us the opportunity to look closely at questions that affect us all. It allows us to ask ourselves ‘Who am I?’ and to and develop our understanding of why we are who we are and where we could go next.
Learning about identity also provides us with the opportunity to understand how we affect each other and challenge our views or assumptions about others by understanding the impact of our experiences.
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‘We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.’
(Attributed to Maya Angelou)
- Research indicates that children begin to develop their identity as infants and the experiences they encounter in their early years and primary education settings affect them socially, emotionally and academically (Bennett, 2011).*
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wishy washy unsubstantiated stuff about aggression, gender & ethnicity we studied in other modules
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*Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory proposed that our development needs must be understood by seeing the context of the individual (Bronfenbrenner, 1979):*
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The concept of identity agents describes people who interact with children in an ongoing, meaningful way in order to contribute to the development of that child’s identity.
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