The combination of important elements that form the way a person views the world, behaves, and thinks is called that person's script for living. Groups of people view the world, behave, and have cognitive styles in common, thus, there are ethnic and national scripts. Individuals begin to develop scripts from birth from their parents, caregivers, and significant others. As young children develop, they extract scripts from their own experiences and from their habitual acts. Hence, scripts or “mental maps” give meaning to experiences, and this substructure forms the basis on which parents and teachers can build with instruction. Scripts both teach and enable learning to make sense. Given the potency of scripts, it makes sense that appropriate educational experiences must incorporate and reflect each child's cultural scripts in order to be effective.
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