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ISS 210 1st Edition Lecture 24Outline of Last Lecture I. Puritan Influence II. Parental Styles of Discipline III. Teachers DisciplineIV. Testing and ShamingV. Moral Reasoning VI. Morality: Western/Confucian VII. Restorative Justice Outline of Current Lecture I. CompetitionII. The CurveIII. Competition in SchoolIV. Striving for AttentionV. Cultural Historical Theory VI. Jean PiagetVII. Decentration and Reversibility Current LectureI. Competition– Competition accumulate instilled in middle class Euro American children leaves them with a rigid sense of self and tendency to avoid cooperative play initiated by others – Cultural patterns – US Urban groups Anglo and African American competed vigorously in experiments even though it meant tat no one would win – Competition so engrained in these S children that they compete even when this strategy works against what they are trying to accomplish II. The Curve– Max Meyer proposed in Science (1908) that grading should follow a normal curve that forces competition – Top 3% excellent– 22% superior– Middle 50% medium– The next 22% inferior– The bottom 3% failing– Grading on the curve provided a scientific approach– Critique– University students who focused on grades rather than learning reported being irritated when class discussion went beyond the exam material more distracted during lectures, and did worse on exam– Students not subjected to competition are more likely to learn from each other in a cooperative manner III. Competition in School– The use of individual competition and individual recognition to structure the classroom may be violated community norms– In some communities, adults view praise as bad for children it makes them conceited and use more oblique methodsIV. Striving for Attention– Middle-class US parents regard children’s attention seeking behavior as striving for achievement and regard such behavior even misbehavior that attract attention– In schools and other formal and informal institutions– Children not only learn a curriculum but also ways to relating one another that the structure of the institution embodies – Socially constructed completion can be positive V. Cultural Historical Theory – Results of cross cultural studies raised the question of whether general cognitive processes exist– Vygostsky argued that peoples cognitive development occurs when they learn to use cultural tools for thinking from others who are more experienced with such tools and institutions– Cognitive skills are products of sociocultural activity, not separate, free standing, capabilities or faculties as assumed in traditional psychology – The individuals cognitive development derives from the acquisition of knowledge or skills through shared endeavors with other people building on cultural practices and traditionsVI. Jean Piaget– Observed that children’s thinking transformed in stages he presumed were universal– Early cross – cultural testing assumed that this development followed a linear one dimensional tract – This cultural bias led to initial assumption of retardation where people did not seem to reach his formal, operational stage of everyday remarkable feasts of everyday cognition performing complex tasksVII. Decentration and Reversibility– Decentration is the ability to imaginatively view the world from the perspective of


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