Cultural values

Describe about the Stereotypes and the fragility of academic competence, motivation, and self-concept?

This reflection paper has been prepared to explain the relevance of the familial culture and practices followed by majority of Indian families. There has been a drastic change in the family patterns that was earlier followed in India. This has been mainly due to the economic development of the country, and change the standard of living of people and the family members. Cities and towns have expanded due to urbanization, which is known to be one of the major factors that caused the major changes in the country. Industrialization has increased the job availability for the qualified and unskilled people in the country. This has encouraged the families to move to another state to earn livelihood. Unlike earlier days, both men and women work to support the expenses of family, which has also changed the living style and familial patter of the Indian families.

Change in the economic independence, occupational mobility, and quest to earn more has encouraged women to work. This has contributed towards the change in the pattern of living and the family lifestyle followed by majority of the people. Industrial development has encouraged people to adopt and follow secular methods for living their lives. Many of the families now adopt anti-traditionalism, which varies from the conventional traditional methods followed by the family members in rural and urban states of the country.

Modern families prefer to follow open class system, which is associated with high percentage of geographical mobility, which is being supported by urbanization. During earlier times, the status of Indian family was the utmost important factor. The families followed cultural values, which differed from each other. Interdependence, harmony, family bonding, and cooperation were some of the characteristics of the Indian family. This changed over the period of time, due to increase in the percentage of mobility. Modern family prefer to follow nucleus family values, which was quite different from the traditional method.

However, the cultural values and practices are still practiced by the family members. One of the major characteristics of familial relationship is bonding and sharing of the family values and cultures with the next generation of the family. This is done to encourage the new or next generation to follow the practices that were inherited by the family members. Such factors increases and improves the family values and cultural practices.

Concept of modern families

Increase in the demand for different types of jobs, and willingness to explore the opportunities has encouraged the families to adopt and follow nuclear family pattern. However, the relevance and importance of the family bonding within the family still exists with the nuclear family. There are few joint families that exist in the country. Majority of the family are found in the rural parts of the country. The system is being eroded due to change in the work pattern and living standards of the families.

There are evidences which reflects the relationship between the natural harmony that arouse due to industrialization and the other related to conjugal system followed by the families of the country. Emotional values and satisfaction can be also associated with the industrial system that has been associated with the increasing industrial system that is followed in the country. Conjugal bonds are related to the factors that causes emotional satisfaction amongst the Indian families in the country. Indian families adopt an effective family value system that can be associated with the requirements of industrialization.

The values and traditions about the family practices are taught to the next generation in a precise and careful manger. This helps in carrying forward the cultural practices that was followed by the family members for ages. Practices and values of the conjugal family method are known as neo-local, which has a weak networking system. Due to this factor, it has few or no barriers in the process of geographical mobility pattern. Change in family value system has been constantly changing. This has been contributed to various factors like increase in the schools, hotels, hospitals, and many others. Such institutions play a major role in executing the activities that is being performed by the families located in rural and urban areas.

However, the challenge faced by the family members exists with the process followed for sharing values and cultural practices. The task is achieved by adopting and implementing informal training process, which teaches the younger generation the process expected to be followed for improving the educational values amongst the younger generation. Practices and teachings have become quite challenging as there has been an increase in the number of working wives. The household tasks have been shared, but there is little time that is available for the heads of the family to share with the family members.

The practices and expectations of the younger generation have drastically changed. This has been because of quest to know different things that are being seen around. There has been a demand for an increase in the liberal values that has been caused due to an increase in the industrial capitalist society. The change in living pattern of the family orientation process has affected the values of nuclear family system. There has been a change in the relationship pattern and living standards which has affected the family system followed in the country. An increase in the divorce rates and modern system has affected the school of thoughts of younger generation.

Job mobility

Conclusion

There are different factors that have impacted the traditional values of the familial cultural practices that were followed in the Indian society. Such changes have been attributed towards tan increase in the modernization and growth of industrialization in India. The cultural values and practices in the country have affected the traditional practices that were followed by majority of the families. Such changes have impacted the living standards and style of people and the Indian families. Changes has been implemented or introduced within the family practices for increasing the original values that was followed by the people. Such changes have become an inevitable part of majority of the Indian families that prefer to follow nuclear style of family.

References

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Young, A., Johnson, G., Hawthorne, M., & Pugh, J. (2011). Cultural predictors of academic motivation and achievement: A self-deterministic approach. College Student Journal, 45(1), 151-63.

Fryer, R. G., & Torelli, P. (2010). An empirical analysis of ‘acting white.’ Journal of Public Economics, 94(5-6), 380-396.

Rouse, C., Brooks-Gunn, J., & McLanahan, S. (eds.) (2005). School readiness: Closing racial and ethnic gaps: Introducing the issue. The future of children, 15(1), 5-13

Brooks-Gunn, J., & Markman, L. B. (2005). The contribution of parenting to ethnic and racial gaps in school readiness. The Future of Children, 15, 139-168.

Aronson, J., & Steele, C. M. (2005). Stereotypes and the fragility of academic competence, motivation, and self-concept. In A. J. Elliott & C. S. Dweck (Eds.), Handbook of competence and motivation (392-413). New York & London: Guilford Press.

McLanahan, S. (2004). Diverging destinies: How children are faring under the second demographic transition. Demography, 41(4), 607-627.

Tyson, K., Darity, W. A., & Castellino, D. (2005). It’s not a black thing: Understanding the burden of acting white and other dilemmas of high achievement. American Sociological Review, 70(4), 582-605.

Grolnick, W. S., Friendly, R. W., & Bellas, V. M. (2009). Parenting and children’s motivation at school. In K. R. Wentzel & A. Wigfield (Eds.), Handbook of motivation at school, 279-300. New York & London: Routledge

Aronson, J., & Steele, C. M. (2005). Stereotypes and the fragility of academic competence, motivation, and self-concept. In A. J. Elliott & C. S. Dweck (Eds.), Handbook of competence and motivation (392-413). New York & London: Guilford Press.

Young, A., Johnson, G., Hawthorne, M., & Pugh, J. (2011). Cultural predictors of academic motivation and achievement: A self-deterministic approach. College Student Journal, 45(1), 151-63

Williams Shanks, T. R., & Destin, M. (2009). Parental expectations and educational outcomes for young African American adults: Do household assets matter? Race and Social Problems, 1, 27-35.

AyadiKafia and Bree Joel.( 2010).An ethnography of the transfer of food learning within the family, Young Consumers, Vol 11, No 1, 67-76