In our daily lives, we do not deeply think about how we process things in our minds as they are most often unconsciously inputted. For instance, some children who are born from Christian families tend to become Christian. This is because an ideology is indoctrinated by their parents or perhaps the environment. In other words, the children are forced to have that mindset before they can even understand what’s going around them. This is probably close to behaviorism (even without violence). When I went to a Christian high school in Canada, I lived in a Christian home-stay family that forced and brought me to a Church. Moreover, the majority of the local students had faith in Christianity, which I was astonished, initially. From the scope of individuals (international students) like me who had not grown under a certain religious rule tend to dislike those ideas as it seemed very biased. However, as I communicated with my friends and homestay parents who had completely different mindsets, I realized the Merritt and value towards Christianity and other religions. I consider this form of learning as socio constructivism. “Social constructivism acknowledges that learning also happens through social negotiations,” (Crozier, 2021) as it is written on the week two post. I believe that peace and globalization come from the social engagement of each individual, not only comparing and contrasting but mixing and constructing the ideas.
Reference
N. Crozier, EDCI 337: Interactive and Multimedia Learning (2021).
japaneseteacher
Hi Atomu!
Thank you for sharing your experience! You brought in a very interesting thoughts regarding socio-constructivism. I am also from Japan like you, and grew up in a family where we do not follow any religious beliefs. However, I attended a christian school growing up, and definitely had some moments where I genuinely got curious and questioned some of their ideas because I was raised with a different belief.
After hearing many people’s ideas and thoughts within the Christian community, even though I am not Christian, I realized that there are a lot I can learn from their beliefs and apply to how I think and act. I understand that many people learn differently and from different sources, but I must say that I learned genuine kindness and forgiveness by going to a christian school and by being surrounded by those who believed in the power of them.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us!
atomin
Hi Anna!
Thank you for your comment! I am very happy to know that you have had a similar experience and came across that answer. Japan historically has been isolated, unlike many other nations which are adjacent to other parts of the country. As you may know, the Meiji Restoration brought many external cultures; however, I believe that Japan did not fully understand what true globalization was during that point. (Sorry for mentioning unrelated stuff)
Again, thank you for your comment.
atomin
By the way, I cannot open your blog link for whatever reason.
I just wanted to comment on your post too.