Young children gain self-understanding by exploring and experimenting with language and by making choices. Experiences involving art, drama, stories, and the use of technology promote confidence and competence in communication skills.
What is personal awareness
Understanding and realizing differences
Our thinking habits are often geared toward putting things into categories based on similarities. It is hard to wrestle with a world in which no two things are alike. There are similarities, but we must not overlook the differences. When we look for the good in others, we will find that is far outweighs the bad. And, the ability to understand difference is to recognize, sympathetically, the beliefs and differences of others without necessarily embracing them.
What is meant by discrimination?
DISCRIMINATION is the denial of equality based on personal characteristics, such as race, color, religion, national origin, place of origin or ancestry, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation, etc. Discrimination is usually based on prejudice and stereotypes.
What is meant by stereotypes?
STEREOTYPE means “set image”. The word comes from the process of making metal plates for printing. When applied to people, stereotyping refers to forming an instant or fixed picture of a group of people, usually based on false or incomplete information. Stereotypes are often negative.
What is meant by prejudice?
PREJUDICE literally means to” prejudge” based on preconceived ideas about others. No law can prevent prejudiced attitudes. However, the law can prohibit discriminatory practices and behaviors flowing from prejudice.
Our prejudice
Prejudice is a major problem in human relations. Almost anything in social and personal life which we now deplore was somewhere, and at some time, acceptable. Times and things are changing. In our effort to avoid change, we may be addicted to attending community meetings devoted to keeping things as they are. People do, in fact, change their minds and there is nothing wrong with that. It is a sign of growth and vitality.
Where prejudice comes from
People are not born with prejudice.You can tell by watching a group of young children at play.As they grow older, children come to realize that discrimination exists in their families, schools, communities, and almost every sector of their lives.Many conform to the discriminating patterns of their groups, not because they themselves are prejudiced but because it is easier to discriminate than to resist the groups’ demands for conformity.To counteract this, it is necessary to unlearn prejudices.
Whose problem is it?
None of us knows enough. Knowledge allows us to see things from the smallest detail to the broadest perspective. In our quest for a non-prejudiced society, we need to think of the circumstances that surrounded people or groups and the ambitions that moved them. Think also of the desires that the group had and the methods taken to acquaint you with them. Walk a mile in another person’s shoes.
Open Mindedness
Having an open mind is both positive and healthy. When we approach choices, judgements, and opinions with open minds, we are likely to find that nothing is altogether good or true and nothing is altogether bad or false. When we reject contradictions or refuse to hear the other side of a story, we are closing our minds. It is very difficult to convince prejudiced people that their beliefs are not true. Often these people will register triumph over your argument by pointing out one particular case where their beliefs have been upheld. This makes it impossible to reason with them.
2007-03-11 06:10:29
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answered by Eden* 7
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A baby- life exists where it is and only where it is.
Hide your face behind your hands and the baby really believes you have GONE (they've done experiments)
Toddler to end of 4th year (approximately) Child believes the world exists for it's pleasure. Child can not believe that world exists beyond what it has seen, been to/ Child believes every-one knows about it, it's pleasures and pains/
From late 4th year to 7yrs, sometimes later - child becomes self aware - which oddly means it is aware of others. It begins to truly know it is differnt to others and can tellyou about it-self.
e.g it can list it's favourite things (T.V. programmes etc) before it presumed every-one liked /disliked what it did.
Get child to list preferences for things (colours, food)
Eventually it will be able to list favourites of others such as it's parents preferred choices
This awareness of others can begin at 5yrs (my family have encouraged my grand-daughter to be aware of others from an early age) to early adult-hood.
Sadly some people - abusive parents, spouses etc. never learn this.
2007-03-11 05:53:04
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answered by teacher groovyGRANNY 3
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I would say being aware of your own self and aware that there are others around you which may or may not share your likes and dislikes
2007-03-12 09:57:03
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answered by Anonymous
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Love is a be conscious used too without difficulty in our international. i admire chocolate, or i admire ping pong...i don't join the theory that disciples of Jesus Christ, would desire to he have existed and taught this no brainer of a thought, are the only ones able to affection. It isolates the the remainder of the international into an "us and them" way of questioning, that's fairly risky, and judgmental. Zealots attempt to declare that the entire international desires to be switched over to Christianity, yet i think of a unfold of different denominations are completely positive with out wanting a savior that would or would possibly not have come. If he did, he particularly has been quiet those final couple thousand years. i think of love knows no bounds, and is transitional. I used to love getting severe, yet do not ought to anymore. I used to love a spouse, yet she have been given a restraining order and that became into that. i don't think of any commandment interior the bible is relative to this finished distinctive international, and that i don't think of one group of people carry dominion over base thoughts. Love is a feeling we would desire to constantly have for one yet another-Christian or not.
2016-12-18 10:47:37
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answered by Erika 4
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its also known as self-awareness, and it means to be aware of your own personality or indiviuality, basically to know about your own traits
2007-03-11 05:39:29
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answered by Anonymous
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When you look in the mirror you know its you looking back. Very few animals besides us do this.
2007-03-11 05:42:37
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answered by djm749 6
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