Cross-Cultural Communications: The Educational Setting

1. Cultural Influences on Context:
The Educational
SettingReference:
Communication Between Cultures
(Samovar, Porter, Mc Daniel)

2. CULTURE
>is inseparably linked to education;
people raised in diverse cultures are
educated in accordance with the
perceived needs of their cultures.

3. WHY STUDY THE MULTICULTURAL SETTING
IN A CLASSROOM?
1. Gain valuable insight by studying its perceptions and
approaches;
2. Discover how learning and knowledge differ among
cultures;
3. To become aware of the informal knowledge of a
culture;
4. Understand specific communication behaviors as they
are manifested in multicultural classrooms

4. Every culture teaches with the same goals.
*perpetuating the culture and passing its
history and traditions from generation to
generation.
Classroom Communication is Extremely Important.
*it is the vehicle through which teachers
and students interact and make judgments
about each other.

5. CHANGING
EDUCATIONAL
DYNAMICS

6. *An educational setting with a diverse
population of students has to change in
order to adapt to their student’s needs.
*Education has become a cross-
cultural encounter involving a multiplicity
of ethnicities, worldviews, and life, and
learning styles.

7. CULTURALLY
DIVERSE
EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEMS

8. *Classrooms throughout the world
differ in everything from what curriculum
is taught to how that curriculum is taught.
*These differences define the form of
education within cultures.

9. What and How
Cultures Teach

10. *Cultures consciously or
unconsciously tend to glorify their
historical, scientific, economic and artistic
accomplishments.
Paul Goodman:
What is taught in a culture, therefore is
crucial to the maintenance and
perpetuation of that culture and usually is a
major responsibility of the formal
educational systems within a culture.

11. Abba Eban:
A nation writes its history in the image of its
ideal.
Being familiar with what a culture
teaches can give you insight into that
culture.
Why?

12. 1. It provides you the knowledge about the
nature of the culture
2. Helps you understand interpersonal
relationships among students and
between students and their teachers
3. Helps you understand the importance a
culture emphasizes on education

13. More Concepts of Education in Cultures:
>what they teach
>authority vested in the teacher
>how they teach

14. Examples:
>Chinese- Collectivist; teachers should not
only teach knowledge but also cultivate a
strong sense of moral righteousness
>Japanese- Centralized Ministry; rote
memorization, emphasis on mathematics,
reading, writing, social decorum
>Africans-Twofold; (1)social-character;
(2)practical-skills

15. >Spanish- basic skills; do not compete for
grades; student evaluations emphasizes on
what needs improvement rather than what
is achieved; cooperation over competition
>Mexican- group interaction is the primary
learning mode; reflects on consideration of
the feelings of others; slowly but surely
attitude.
Continuation By: Puno and Barrientos

16. Thank
You.Elaine Antonette P. Gunsi
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