Assignment 1 Module 4

After reading the blogs of a few of my colleagues, I found that there are many who share my views on education, empathy and attachment. I am looking forward to working with them in the future.

 

Some questions I have after reading the posts are:

 1.) Why are not all teachers instilling values in their students? Do they not realize that they're not necessarily receiving this at home? Many children do not learn empathy at home and it becomes another one of our responsibilities to do this, and we should see that we do.

2.) What can educators do, if anything, to help others not view us as simply “babysitters”? This seems to be a stereotype that doesn’t go away.

3.) What can teachers do to help parents understand the importance of forming a bond with their children? I know that, sadly enough, some parents do not care, but more do. We need to do something to help raise awareness of attachment.

 

These are the topics I would like to probe further in the future and some resources that will allow for this are as follows:

 

Ainsworth, M., Blehar, M., Waters, E., & Wass, S. (1978).Patterns of attachment: A

psychological study of the strange situation. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.1980-50809-000.

 

Bernier, A., Carlson, S. M., Deschênes, M., & Matte-Gagné, C. (2012). Social factors in the

development of early executive functioning: A closer look at the caregiving environment. Developmental Science, 15(1), 12–24.

Allen, J. P., Hauser, S. T., & Borman-Spurrell, E. (1996). Attachment theory as a framework for

understanding sequelae of severe adolescent psychopathology: An 11-year follow-up

study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 254-263.

 

ATTACHMENT DISORDER DISMISSED TOO LIGHTLY. (2004, Jan 13). Pittsburgh Post –

Gazette Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/390956327?accounti

 

Behrman, D. (2012, Feb 15). Society: 'where do we go for help?': Families of disruptive children

with attachment disorder are finding that support for the condition is in short supply. The Guardian Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/921457558?accountid=14872

 

Bowlby, J. (1977). The making and breaking of affectional bonds. British

Journal of Psychiatry, 130, 201-210, 421-431.

 

Fonagy, P., Steele, H. & Steel, M. (1991). Maternal representations of attachment during

pregnancy predict the organization of infant-mother attachment past one year of age. Child Development, 62(5), 891-905.

 

Gingras, J.L., Mitchell, E.A., & Grattan, K.E. (2005). Fetal homologue of infant crying. Archives

of Diseases of Childhood (Fetal Neonatal Ed.), 90(5), 415-418.

 

Sallenbach, W.B. (1993). The intelligent prenate: Paradigms in prenatal learning and bonding. In

T. Blum (Ed.), Prenatal perception, learning, and bonding: Learning and bonding (p. 61). Hong Kong: Leonardo.

 

Spitz, R.A. (1945). Hospitalism—An Inquiry Into the Genesis of Psychiatric Conditions in Early

Childhood. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 1, 53-74.

 

 

TAYLOR, J; et al. Common Genetic and Nonshared Environmental Factors Contribute to the

 

I can keep in touch with my colleagues through email, as well as Skype and phone calls. It’s important to keep in touch with those who share your vision because we all need people in our corner who understand us and share the same goals. That is motivation to continue and complete our Scholar of Change.

If we work together and support one another, we will be more likely to complete and accomplish our goals. We could even help one another with our change views and expand it to more than 1 state. That would be an amazing feat, and hopefully, accomplishment.