Individualism vs. Collectivism

 



People with collectivistic tendencies value group decision making, fulfill roles within a group and are interdependent. Countries that are considered collectivistic include Japan, China, Indonesia, Brazil and India. People that are more individualistic are independent, self-sufficient, and pursue individual goals and achievements. Americans, Canadians, and Australians generally fall into this category.

In an individualistic view, individuals are considered free people, dependable for their claim choices and their results. A person’s personality i.e., the sense of self in an individualistic society tends to be based primarily on one’s individual experiences accomplishments, challenges, career, connections with other individuals, etc. EE.UU, Australia, Canada, and Britain are extraordinary individualistic countries. On the opposite, in a collectivist culture, individuals are forbid, which implies that they are not isolated units. Individuals are portion of a bigger gather and have shared duties. “A person’s personality in a collectivistic society tends to be based on one’s parts and encounters inside the gather setting.  Turkey, Greece, African nations, China and most of South America are extraordinary collectivistic countries. Individualists and collectivists individuals have discernments and confront circumstances in a diverse way, and there are places more individualistic or more collect

To help bridge that gap and understand the assumptions underlying individualism and collectivism for the teacher here are some areas that can be looked at to help.

Promoting Helpfulness

Sharing Group Success

Scientific Information and Social Context

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  1. iSABEL26 de mayo de 2022 a las 9:14 p.m.

    Thank you for helping us with some topics to study to be a better teachers. I believe we can be individualistic, but when the situation requires us to help our group, we can be in a group of collectivism. As you said, we can find information or take a course about Sharing group success. I took some leadership courses, and we learned to keep our group working for the company and together, not for ourselves.

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  2. Tatiana Cevallos28 de mayo de 2022 a las 12:37 p.m.

    Thank you for sharing the areas that you consider that a teacher should know in relation to this topic, I like the analysis you made. Good work

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  3. Tatiana Cevallos28 de mayo de 2022 a las 12:51 p.m.

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