Socialisation From SALTO Inclusion Diversity Booklet SOCIALISATION Where
Socialisation From SALTO Inclusion & Diversity Booklet
SOCIALISATION Where do our perceptions (but also our values, opinions, assumptions, …) come from? They have been created throughout our lives, in our education, via our experiences, … It is a sort of programming that has taken place that makes us see one thing rather than another. This ‘programming’ is called socialisation. It is the process of adopting the behaviour patters of the surrounding culture or social group. It allows you to function properly within that social group of people (because you learn to say the things as they understand it, you learn to interpret things in the same way, etc). An exercise to show socialisation works Use the following picture on a big sheet of paper or on an overhead transparency. 1 Ask half of the group to close their eyes – and show the A B C horizontal line to the others (cover the 12 & 14). They should only observe for a few moments what they see. Take the paper away. 2 Ask the other half of the group to close their eyes – and show 12 13 14 to the group that had their eyes closed first (cover the A & C). Let them observe what they see for a few moments. Take the paper away. 3 Everybody can watch again – and then you only show the character in the middle (covering the A, C, 12 and 14). Ask everybody to write down immediately what they see. – Ask what people wrote down.
Half group close eyes
Other half close eyes
Make pairs. One pencil between two. Draw what you see.
Debriefing • What did you see? Did you see different things? • Why did the different groups see something different? • Does a similar procedure happen as well in real life? Examples? • What conclusions can we draw from this exercise?
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