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Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Classrooms and schools as cultural crossroads. Focus Questions. How might the cultures of students and teachers be similar or different? How can teachers better understand the culturally-determined traits of students and families?

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Chapter 4

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  1. Chapter 4 Classrooms and schools as cultural crossroads

  2. Focus Questions How might the cultures of students and teachers be similar or different? How can teachers better understand the culturally-determined traits of students and families? How might teachers better prepare for cross-cultural differences they will encounter?

  3. Intersecting Cultures Student Teacher Parent School

  4. Cross-Cultural Adaptation

  5. Acculturation- the changes that take place as a result of continuous firsthand contact between people of different cultures. Degree of Mobility high low voluntary Immigrants Sojourners Ethnic Groups Refugees Native Peoples Degree of Choice involuntary

  6. Cross-Cultural Interaction • Stage 1- Emotional Responses • Anxiety • Ambiguity • Disconfirmed Expectation • Belonging/Rejection • Confronting Personal Prejudices • Stage 2- Understanding basis of unfamiliar behavior • Communication and language use • Values • Rituals and superstitions • Situational behavior • Roles • Social Status • Time/Space • Relationship to group vs. individual

  7. Cross-Cultural Interaction • Stage 3- Making adjustments and reshaping cultural identity • Categorization • Differentiation • In-groups/Out-groups • Learning style • Attribution • Commonalities Among Groups • Differences Within a Group

  8. Group Assignment- p.133-135 Read the assigned Critical incident Discuss in your group Answer the questions Prepare to present to class

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