Teaching Cross Cultural Values

Author : Deborah Gonzalez
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780595337088

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Teaching Cross-Cultural Values by Deborah Gonzalez Pdf

Teaching Cross-Cultural Values came out of the need to give students an interactive experience with the course materials, and to be able to gently coax them to reevaluate their own values and concepts on diverse cultures in a relatively safe--comfortable--atmosphere. To do that I had to put the focus on them and lead them through the steps by helping them develop critical thinking skills--skills that once developed and embedded as a thinking tool would continue to help students meet the challenge of questioning what they see and experience, and then analyze their own thinking processes to understand those different from them for long after they leave the classroom. The critical reasoning skills explored in this collection of interactive activities are: 1. Analytical Thinking & Critical Analysis 2. Associative Thinking 3. Creative Thinking 4. Critical Thinking 5. Evaluative Thinking 6. Hypothesis Problem Solving 7. Inductive-Deductive Thinking 8. Perceptual Thinking--Interpretation & Summarizing 9. Questioning 10. Synthesizing

Author : Andrea DeCapua,Ann C. Wintergerst
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780472036417

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Crossing Cultures in the Language Classroom, Second Edition by Andrea DeCapua,Ann C. Wintergerst Pdf

A MICHIGAN TEACHER TRAINING title Teachers are often in the forefront of today’s cross-cultural contact, whether in the language classroom or in the K–12 or university/college classroom, but they are not always prepared to handle the various issues that can arise in terms of cross-cultural communication. The intent of this book is to make education in cross-cultural awareness accessible to a broad range of teachers working in a variety of educational settings. Crossing Cultures in the Language Classroom attempts to balance theory and practice for pre-service and in-service teachers in general education programs or in ESL/EFL, bilingual, and foreign language teacher training programs, as well as cross-cultural awareness workshops. This book is unique in that it combines theory with a wide range of experiential activities and projects designed to actively engage users in the process of understanding different aspects of cross-cultural awareness. The goals of the book are to help readers: expand cultural awareness of one’s own culture and that of others achieve a deeper understanding of what culture is and the relationship between culture and language acquire the ability to observe behaviors in order to draw conclusions based on observation rather than preconceptions understand and implement observations of cultural similarities and differences develop an attitude of tolerance toward cultural differences and move away from the “single story.” The new edition has been thoroughly updated and includes a Suggested Projects section in each chapter. This section provides opportunities for users of the text to explore in greater depth an area and topic of interest. It also includes even more Critical Incidents--brief descriptions of events that depict some element or elements of cultural differences, miscommunication, or culture clash. Critical Incidents develop users’ ability to analyze and understand how multiple perspectives of the same situation are rooted in differing culturally influenced beliefs, behaviors, norms of interaction, and worldviews.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 781 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309082655

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Unequal Treatment by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Pdf

Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received. In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients' and providers' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider-patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color.

Author : Nakiye Avdan Boyacigiller,Richard Alan Goodman,Margaret E. Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134395811

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Crossing Cultures by Nakiye Avdan Boyacigiller,Richard Alan Goodman,Margaret E. Phillips Pdf

Crossing Cultures provides a bold and refreshing new resource for teachers and trainers with proven methods for developing coping strategies and problem-solving skills in the cross-cultural arena. A comprehensive study structured to provide a framework for teaching; each chapter contains a teaching module, highlighting the potential difficulties, dialogues and variations in cross-cultural teaching. Ideal for those teaching Business across borders, this is a uniquely practical guide that features contributions from the leading lights of the field.

Author : Elise Trumbull,Carrie Rothstein-Fisch,Patricia M. Greenfield,Blanca Quiroz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135660468

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Bridging Cultures Between Home and School by Elise Trumbull,Carrie Rothstein-Fisch,Patricia M. Greenfield,Blanca Quiroz Pdf

Bridging Cultures Between Home and School: A Guide for Teachers is intended to stimulate broad thinking about how to meet the challenges of education in a pluralistic society. It is a powerful resource for in-service and preservice multicultural education and professional development. The Guide presents a framework for understanding differences and conflicts that arise in situations where school culture is more individualistic than the value system of the home. It shares what researchers and teachers of the Bridging Cultures Project have learned from the experimentation of teacher-researchers in their own classrooms of largely immigrant Latino students and explores other research on promoting improved home-school relationships across cultures. The framework leads to specific suggestions for supporting teachers to cross-cultural communication; organization parent-teacher conferences that work; use strategies that increase parent involvement in schooling; increase their skills as researchers; and employ ethnographic techniques to learn about home cultures. Although the research underlying the Bridging Cultures Project and this Guide focuses on immigrant Latino families, since this is the primary population with which the framework was originally used, it is a potent tool for learning about other cultures as well because many face similar discrepancies between their own more collectivistic approaches to childrearing and schooling and the more individualistic approach of the dominant culture.

Author : Margaret D. Pusch
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031554996

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Multicultural Education by Margaret D. Pusch Pdf

Primarily designed for use in teacher education programs, this manual provides education faculty with a resource for building multicultural education training into the teacher education curriculum. Chapter 1 defines terms basic to multicultural education, intercultural communication, and cross-cultural training. Chapter 2 discusses the theory of intercultural communication. Chapter 3 outlines the history of multicultural education and focuses on linguistic diversity. Chapter 4 contains a discussion of the multicultural curriculum and considers possibilities for infusing existing courses with multicultural perspectives. Chapter 5 studies the training of teachers for multicultural education competencies, reviews methods of teacher training, and offers specific applications of multicultural concepts in teacher education. Chapter 6 lists 30 teaching strategies drawn from the cross-cultural literature and adapted for teacher preservice and inservice training. It also details exercises for role playing, critical incidents, case studies, simulation, and group discussion. Chapter 7 presents procedures for the evaluation of cross-cultural training and education. The manual also includes a 65-item annotated bibliography and film list. (CM)

Author : Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1097 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780387717982

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Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology by Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers Pdf

With contributions from leading school psychology practitioners, this encyclopedia provides a one-of-a-kind guide to cross-cultural school psychology. Some 400 entries explore concepts, themes, and the latest research findings to answer your questions in all aspects of the field. Moreover, the encyclopedia offers support at all levels of primary and secondary education, from pre-K to 12th grade. Each entry offers a description of a particular term, a bibliography, and additional readings. The editor is widely known for her bi-weekly Spanish-language columns and her appearances on television and radio as a cross-cultural expert.

Author : Keengwe, Jared,Kungu, Kenneth
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522582878

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Handbook of Research on Cross-Cultural Online Learning in Higher Education by Keengwe, Jared,Kungu, Kenneth Pdf

Online learning has been touted as one way of reducing the cost of higher education while simultaneously addressing the increasing demand for educational opportunity and providing access to hitherto “left out” populations. Many universities are defying tradition by offering completely online degrees for global participants. As such, research is needed to improve the design of online and virtual learning environments to ensure that they are inclusive and culturally adaptive for the global education marketplace. The Handbook of Research on Cross-Cultural Online Learning in Higher Education shares paradigms, perspectives, insights, challenges, and best practices for the instructional design and delivery of cross-cultural adult web-based learning experiences and examines adult learner characteristics and competencies critical for the design of these applications. The content within this publication covers trending topics including virtual learning, culturally adaptive environments, and online education and is intended for instructional designers, faculty, administrators, students, and researchers.

Author : D. Palfreyman,D. McBride
Publisher : Springer
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230590427

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Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Education by D. Palfreyman,D. McBride Pdf

Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Education contains theoretical rationale, resources and examples to help readers understand and deal with situations involving contact between learners or educators from different cultural backgrounds, as well as giving insights into the new global context of higher education.

Author : B. Hurn,B. Tomalin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230391147

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Cross-Cultural Communication by B. Hurn,B. Tomalin Pdf

A comprehensive survey of the key areas of research in cross-cultural communication, based on the authors' experience in organizing and delivering courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students and in business training in the UK and overseas.

Author : Hildegard Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Acculturation
ISBN : WISC:89060401833

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Education for Cross-cultural Enrichment by Hildegard Thompson Pdf

Author : Gregory Arief D. Liem,Allan B. I. Bernardo
Publisher : IAP
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781623963873

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Advancing Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Educational Psychology by Gregory Arief D. Liem,Allan B. I. Bernardo Pdf

Scholars and practitioners in the fields of education and educational psychology have come to agree that conceptions of learning and teaching, student and teacher motivation, engagement, learning and teaching strategies, and by implication, student academic achievement and teacher effectiveness are also influenced by a sociocultural context where the schooling process takes place. This raises the question if educational psychology theorizing and findings can be adopted to inform and guide teaching and learning in different cultures. As such, there is a compelling and timely need for educational psychology researchers to harness advanced cross-cultural research designs and look at the different key facets of student and teacher academic careers from a cross-cultural perspective. Dennis McInerney is one of the key pioneering figures in cross-cultural educational psychology and has also edited a book series on Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning (Information Age Publishing). His ideas and research have inspired many to examine the role of sociocultural context in motivation and learning. This volume is a celebration of McInerney’s numerous and extensive contributions as a scholar, as well as an appreciation of his personal qualities that make him such an inspiring person. In this festschrift, the editors seek to extend the scholarly contributions of Dennis McInerney by inviting internationally recognized and leading educational psychology scholars who have inspired and been inspired by his work to re-examine their research expertise from a cross-cultural perspective. The volume aims to stimulate researchers, scholars, and graduate students in their endeavor to re-look their research from a cross-cultural lens.

Author : Craig Ott
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493430895

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Teaching and Learning across Cultures by Craig Ott Pdf

Representing the fruit of a lifetime of reflection and practice, this comprehensive resource helps teachers understand the way people in different cultures learn so they can adapt their teaching for maximum effectiveness. Senior missiologist and educator Craig Ott draws on extensive research and cross-cultural experience from around the world. This book introduces students to current theories and best practices for teaching and learning across cultures. Case studies, illustrations, diagrams, and sidebars help the theories of the book come to life.

Author : Keengwe, Jared
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466650244

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Cross-Cultural Online Learning in Higher Education and Corporate Training by Keengwe, Jared Pdf

"This book brings together researchers who study and professionals who design and deliver online training across cultures in both higher education and corporate training settings to share paradigms, perspectives, insights, best practices, challenges and best practices"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Andi O'Conor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Cross-cultural orientation
ISBN : UIUC:30112101892096

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Cross-cultural Strategies for Improving the Teaching, Training, and Mentoring Skills of Military Transition Team Advisors by Andi O'Conor Pdf

Military doctrine currently provides guidance on various methods to train host-nation security forces (FM3-24); yet U.S. advisors typically have little training in teaching methods, particularly in a cross-cultural environment. This report presents a conceptual framework that identifies individual advisor and counterpart differences, as well as the situational and cultural factors that impact the success and failure of training, coaching, or mentoring. The report includes a comprehensive literature review and data from iterative interviews with host nationals, military transition team members, cross-cultural education experts, and educators and trainers from the United States, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Horn of Africa. It also includes recommendations that outline innovative methods for training military advisors to more effectively teach and coach their counterparts in a cross-cultural setting. To provide effective advising to host nationals, advisors need expertise in two areas: (1) cross-cultural competencies related to teaching and learning, and (2) cross-cultural teaching strategies. Key cross-cultural competencies pertinent to the military advisor are identified and include understanding the cross-cultural teaching/advising relationship, culturally relevant curriculum and methods, cross-cultural communication, and effective cross-cultural assessment. The report also includes a discussion of structural barriers to effective advising, and recommendations for developing a cross-cultural teaching and training curriculum for Soldiers.