Antoinette's Early Childhood Blog

Hello everyone! I am taking this moment to thank all my colleagues for all the support, experiences, resources, and motivational words that we have shared throughout these past eight weeks of the course. I am happy to have taken this course and had the opportunity to work with each of you during this time. We have shared and learned so much together. I wish the best to all of my colleagues during the Master's journey and in the following courses. Let's keep learning and supporting each other along the way. There is little left to complete our goal. I wish you all the success in your studies and your personal and professional life.

                              O'Hair et al. (2018) define adjourning as the stage of group development in which members reflect on their accomplishments and failures and determine whether the group will disassemble or take on another project. Some groups choose to celebrate their achievements with a final get-together or a termination ritual. Members may also opt to maintain friendships even if they will no longer be working together (O'Hair et al., 2018). One group that was difficult to leave was the group of Early Head Start teachers I worked with a year and two months ago. We were a united group of seven teachers who got along very well; we worked as a team, we supported each other, we celebrated our birthdays, in short, it was like an extended family. I went through the adjourning process when I resigned to move to the United States. At the moment, due to the Covid, we could not hold a farewe...

One disagreement or conflict that I have recently experienced is in relation to compulsory vaccination against Covid. I can't entirely agree that the government forces people to get the Covid vaccine. Everyone decides about their body, and no one can force you to make a decision with which you do not feel safe or disagree. Some members of my family and other close people have commented and insisted that we all should get it, which has created friction and discussions between the family. O'Hair et al. (2018) stated that the styles we use for managing conflict, whether simple or complicated, generally fall into one of three basic categories: escapist, competitive, or cooperative. Escapist strategies such as avoiding or obliging prevent or avoid having to deal with conflict altogether. Competitive strategies such as direct and indirect fighting engage in conflict to pursue own goals. And, cooperative strategies including compromising and collaborating, engage in conflict to purs...