doi: 10.18178/ijiet.2017.7.9.950
How Individuals with Collectivistic Cultural Background Activate Independent Self-construal and Curriculum Design
Sun Hongye
Abstract
In this essay, what is individualism, collectivism and self-construal will be discussed in the first part. Moreover, students’ cultural backgrounds and meets, as well as how these factors shape the cultural learning will be explored. Then, the knowledge about self-concepts and communication behaviours will be demonstrated. Also, the reasons for the selection and sequencing of activities and outcomes will be instructed. In the final part, the outlines of lessons will be established with logical flow. On the whole, this essay mainly focuses on how the independent self-construal functions within individuals with a collectivistic background by means of field research. In addition, the process of language learning is also a process of culture learning, which imposes conscious and subconscious impact on the formation of individual’s self-construal.
Keywords
- Individuals
- collectivistic
- independent
- self-construal
- curriculum
How to Cite
Sun Hongye, "How Individuals with Collectivistic Cultural Background Activate Independent Self-construal and Curriculum Design," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 665-668, 2017. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2017.7.9.950
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