Overview of the development of the Culture Bump Approach to differences and an introduction to the new Culture Bump App for University Classroom Differences

1. Culture Bumps in Global Classrooms:
Classroom Differences and Commonalities
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2. OVERVIEW
I Culture Bump Foundations
A little history
A little theory
II Culture Bump App
What it looks like
How to use it
How to get it

3. What is a culture bump?
• A culture bump is
merely a cultural
difference….
• Watch two young
men as they culture
bump…Josh from
the USA and Mazen
from Syria

5. What is a culture bump?
A culture bump is merely a cultural difference….
• An “apparent absurdity” - Hans Georg Gadamer
• A “cultural trace” - Martine Abdallah-Pretceille

6. 1978
• Cross Cultural
Communication
• Course developed
• for LCC at advanced
level
• For students
• For teachers
• Best Practices
Stanford U Institute
– LSU: Pierre Casse
– UT – Dana Adelman
– Corporate training
• George Renwick &
Associates
• http://www.culturebu
mp.com/uncategorize
d/the-beginnings-of-
the-culture-bump-
journey

7. 1980s
• Cross Cultural
Communication
• Course developed
• for LCC at advanced
level
• Became a reverse
ICW
– Perceptions
– Cultural Values
– Communication
– Cultural Adjustment
But with Culture Bump
added…
Living with Strangers in
the USA

8. 1990
• Cross Cultural
Communication
• Course developed
• for LCC at advanced
level
• https://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=rGOq
JHPrJHk
• Basic course with
text (ICW)
• Advanced course
built on the basic
course
• Advanced Individual
Coaching

9. 2004
• Toolkit for Culture &
Communication
Marketed through the
Intellectual Property of
UH and Continuing
Education at UH

10. Toolkit for Culture and Communication
Perceptions
Culture
Bump
Values &
Behaviors
Communication
Human
Commonalities
Emotional
Intelligenc
e
Cultural
Adjustment

11. 2010
• Toolkit for Culture &
Communication
Licensed to Auburn
University
Faculty Development
Publishing
Train Trainers
Outreach K-12
On-line classes
Training EFL teachers
Cyber training with
students

12. Culture Bump Approach

13. 2014
Global Classroom Culture Bump App
January 2015 launch….

14. Think and Share
• How do you show respect to a teacher?

15. Showing respect to teacher by using two
hands
What is the difference between looking at this before or after you
have examined your own “expected” behavior for showing respect
to a teacher?

16. Culture Bump Protocol
1. Pinpoint the bump
2. Describe what he/she did
3. Describe what you did
4. List your emotions when it happened
5. Find the universal situation in the incident when it
happened
6. List your expectations for that universal
7. Find the meaning for you when your expectations
are met
8. Have a conversation with “them” about how they
find that meaning

17. Global Classroom Culture
Bump App
1. Pinpoints a bump
2. Describes behavior in USA
3. Describes behavior in____
4. Regarding a universal situation in university
classrooms
5. Clarifies and contextualizes expectations for that
universal

18. Expected behavior that is
learned in context allows…
1. The new behavior
to be demonstrated
2. Practiced
3. Learned
without
damaging self
4. Transferred
and adapted to
other situations

19. A discussion of the app
content looks like this…

20. This is a conversation about life – about
living life
• A conversation that can continue for a
very long time and one that deepens
our human connection…
• Includes cultural information but
• Allows for personal and individuality
• Includes self-reflection

21. What does the app look like?
Select continent of origin...

22. Click on continent…
Select continent of origin...

23. Click on the flag

25. Click on the flag

26. The App

27. Click on Flag etc…

28. Countries include
• China, India, Korea
Thailand, Vietnam
• Japan
• Mali, Angola,
Ivory Coast,
Congo
• Mexico,
Venezuela, Brazil,
Colombia
• Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Iraq,
Jordan, Egypt,
Libya, Turkey

29. How to use the app
Step 1. Put students from the same or
culturally similar backgrounds together.
Have them look at each of the categories
and decide if the behaviors are accurate
for their country (or region). They can
make notes on any changes.

30. How to use the app
Step 2. Have students sit in culturally
diverse groups and share their answers.

31. How to use the app
Step 3. Still in the diverse groups, have
the students describe in detail the
behaviors in USA classrooms.

32. How to use the app
Step 4. As the groups share their
answers with one another and with you,
you can add the nuances.
e.g. Not all professors like students to eat
or drink in class. How do they “let” the
students know they don’t like it?

33. How to use the app
Step 5. As the groups share their
answers with one another and with you,
you can give the students your
expectations in your class – and an
explanation for why you expect that
behavior.

34. How to use the app
Step 6. Still in culturally diverse groups,
have the students describe how they
“feel” when they do each of the behaviors
back in their home country.

35. How to use the app
Step 7. Still in culturally diverse groups,
have the students interview American-
born students about their behavior in the
classroom and their feelings about the
behavior.

36. How to use the app
Step 8. Students can use the behaviors
to create a “Chart of expected behaviors”
to facilitate their own learning in the
classroom...

37. How to use the app
Step 9. Other activities can emerge from
the work such as comparison and
contrast writing or descriptive writing.

38. How to get the Culture Bump
Global Classroom App
• 1. Register on www.culturebump.com
• 2. Follow Carol Archer@culturebump
on twitter
• 3. Leave your contact information today