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FAAPI Plenary :: Resources

by Cate

Welcome, FAAPI conference attendees! Thanks to everyone who attended my plenary on Friday. Here are links to the free online resources I mentioned at the end of the session: 1. What’s Up with Culture Although this site was created for U.S. study abroad students, it offers great intercultural information and several interactive activities. 2. Absolutely Intercultural Great podcasts [...]

Time and…Coffee?

by Anamaria

by :: Anamaria How often do you buy coffee to go? No, really – this is not a rhetorical question – how often? What could this question possibly have to do with time? With culture? What about those questions from a recent post…what could they have to do with time? photo by hawaii I still remember the first time I read and thought about [...]

Schultüte Resource #3 :: How Diving Can Help Students See Other Perspectives

by Anamaria

by :: Anamaria Welcome back to Schultüte Week! (Wondering what a Schultüte is? Stop here and read Monday’s post. ) Each day this week we’re pulling a nifty resource out of our virtual Schultüte of Cross-Cultural Resources for Busy Educators. Yesterday’s resource offered 16 cross-cultural games, projects, and resources – all free and on the [...]

Schultüte Resource #1 :: 43 Cross-Cultural Quotes for the Classroom

by Cate

by :: Cate Welcome to Schultüte Week! (Wondering what a Schultüte is? Stop here and read yesterday’s post.) Each day this week we’re pulling a nifty resource out of our virtual Schultüte of Cross-Cultural Resources for Busy Educators to share with our wonderful readers. photo by nlnnet Today’s resource features 43 Cross-Cultural Quotes for the Classroom [...]

It’s All About You! August Edition

by Anamaria

by :: Anamaria It’s all about you: our readers. No matter how passionate one is about something, sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to devote ourselves to that passion as much as we would like. We’re sure you know what we mean! We know our readers are passionate about education. And that you’re also [...]

Think Goose

by Anamaria

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 [...]

Time Matters

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 Talks. Are You Listening?

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 [...]