Text Part I: Mulitcultural Issues (chapters 1-8)
-Negative Cultural Diversity- occurs when individuals and groups regard each other suspiciously.
(To guard against NCD teachers must encourage all students to understand that cultural diverstiy
means that societal groups coexist in harmony.
-Stereotyping- happens when flse and exaggerated characteristcis of a group are attributed to the
individual.
-Sociotyping- involves an accurate generalization about cultural groups as a whole.
-Ethnocentrisim- Connections can be made between egocentrisim and ethnocentrisim . The
difference is, is that within ethnocentirsim, ones' beliefs, way of life, race and nationality are being held above and valued
more than anothers beliefs, way of life, race and nationality. Egocentrisim is more of an individualistic point of view
where one sees him/herself as being better than other individual.
(ethnocentrisim stems from an individual's inability to see beyond thier own perception of reality.)
-Acculturation- takes place when traditional culture becomes less prominent and segments of mainstream
values are absorbed. (Americanization)
-Surface Culture- Is the culture that one can view externally; Food, Holidays, Arts, Folklore, History,
Personalities.
-Deep Culture- is the culture that one holds within him/herself;
ceremonies, Religion, taboos, values, ethics, rights, duties etc.
-CONVERSATIONAL PATTERNS
-High-involvement- People from conversationally "high-involvement" cultures tend to talk and interrupt
more, expect and are not bothered by people who interrupt them.
-High-considerateness- People from high-condeiderate cultures speak one at a time, do not interrupt
while others are speakking, listen poitely to the speaker, nod, show interest, and make positive sounds that indicate they
are paying attention.
COMMUNICATION
-High-context-communication or message is one in which most of the information is within in the physical
context or internalized in the person
-Low-context- communication is just the opposit; the mass of the information is vested in the explicit
code. Information is abundant, procdures are explained clearly, results and expectation are discussed frequesntly, and
instructions are followed as given.
-Assimilation- is where one can add new information into existing knowledge.
Field- dependent- Children who come from cultures where parents tend to "hover" and do for the child
become dependent on other people.
Field-independent- Children who come from cultures that promote individuality. Children are
more prone to work and think independently. (Learning style consist of providing activities that children can work on individually)
-Field-sensitive- ;provides a social learning envirnoment to which children are able to work in small
groups. (Children who learn better within social environments).
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