Social
Values & Cultural Riches
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Social
values and cultural riches are the central components of
a human rights curriculum. The social values and cultural
riches that are to be
part of any particular program depend in part on the values
of the families and early childhood educators who are directly
involved in
the practice of the program.
Social values
Social values are attitudes and practices that are valued for
social purposes. These are the values that define the behaviours
that are considered as acceptable or positive within a
cultural or other social group. Social values are often
defined through
complex processes, with not everyone always agreeing on
which behaviours should be encouraged, and which should
be discouraged.
Examples
of social values:
- Cooperation
- Tolerance
- Innovation
- Attention
to detail
- Courtesy
- Deference
towards elders
- Non-violent
problem resolution
- Conflict
avoidance
- Directness
- Honesty
Cultural
riches
Cultural
riches are our shared human accomplishments. Cultural riches
include our stories and other ways of understanding, celebrating
and sharing what what we know and believe about the world,
including the arts and sciences. Cultural riches also include
religious ideas and practices. Cultural riches can be experienced
through written and spoken language, the visual arts, music,
movement and all
other forms of expression.
Examples
of cultural riches:
- Literary
arts, storytelling, dramatic arts
- Musical
achievements and experiences
- Visual
arts, graphic design, visual aesthetics
- Human
understandings of the natural world, mathematics
- Myths,
histories, personal and family stories
- Mysteries,
unknowns, spiritual understandings
- Understandings
of theories of mind and of community life
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