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Power Distance in the Classroom

Culture School is in session! In this series, we take an aspect of intercultural theory and apply to daily life. Basically, our goal is to expose those cultural moonwalking bears. And because this blog is about culture and education, we consider each topic in the context of the classroom. photo by maryatexitzero In two previous [...]

Learn About Schools Around the World at Chick-Fil-A

by Cate

Yes, that’s right. If you live in a U.S. state with a Chick-Fil-A restaurant, order a kid’s meal and you’ll receive a mini-version of the A School Like Mine book. Yesterday, a colleague showed me his daughter’s mini-book about going to school in Europe, so at lunch I raced to Chick-Fil-A. In my kid’s meal [...]

Friday Foto :: Where Did the Students Go?

by Cate

If they’re in the U.S., they’re reveling in a 3-day weekend (Monday is Memorial Day). I, for one, am off to the North Carolina mountains for a few laptop-free days with my husband and lots of trees and fresh air. See you next week! photo by Max Klingensmith Subscribe to our RSS feed and get [...]

Quick Links :: 3 Japanese Schools

by Cate

Check out the three links below that describe a Japanese elementary, middle, and high school. Teacher Peggy Steffens visited Japan with the The Fulbright Memorial Fund (FMF)* program in 2000. *After 12 highly successful years, the FMF has unfortunately been discontinued due to “tightening fiscal circumstances in the Government of Japan.” Only slated to run [...]

A Little More About the Cultural Dimension of Power Distance

by Anamaria

School Snapshot :: Liceul Dimitrie Bolintineanu in Bucharest, Romania

by Cate

It’s School Snapshot time again! The School Snapshot Project highlights schools around the world. Interested in sharing your school? In today’s School Snapshot, Elena Andrei talks about her Romanian high school in Bucharest. photo by schoolofeverything I am Elena Andrei and I am from Romania. I have been teaching English as a Foreign Language in [...]