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Think Goose

by :: Anamaria Last week I was watching The Aristocats (yes,- cats not -crats) with my daughter. I don’t know how many of you are familiar with this animated movie for children. I am finding out that not many US Americans know about it. I absolutely loved it when I was little, and watched it [...]

How Does Time Talk to YOU?

by Anamaria

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 by :: Anamaria [...]

Time Matters

by Anamaria

It’s Time for Office Hours, Again.

by Anamaria

Last week I talked about office hours. More specifically, I tried to figure out if there might be a cultural explanation for the existence of office hours in some countries, and not in others. I am not sure we can know this for sure, but here is what we do know. We know that in [...]

Office Hours, Anybody?

by Anamaria

I am conflicted. One the one hand, I can’t wait to talk about the different cultural perceptions of time, which should be the next topic in our Go to Culture School series. But, on the other hand, I can’t stop thinking about power distance and education. As I was driving to work today, I started [...]

Inter-Cross-Global-Learning-Mindedness

by Cate

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of articles on K-12 intercultural education and paying close attention to the phrasing schools and organizations use related to “intercultural stuff.” Here are some of the terms I’ve come across: intercultural competence intercultural communicative competence cultural competence cross-cultural competence global competence global learning global literacy global mindedness international mindedness [...]