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Power Distance and…Flip Flops

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 I can’t wear [...]

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 [...]

Power Distance in the Classroom

by Anamaria

A Little More About the Cultural Dimension of Power Distance

by Anamaria

Does Standing vs. Sitting at Staff Meetings Have Anything to Do With Culture?

by Anamaria

Individualism and Collectivism :: What Does this Cultural Dimension Have to Do with Education?

by Anamaria

Individualism and Collectivism :: Personal Examples

by Anamaria

“Checking” Assumptions in the Classroom

by Cate

It’s funny, all those little things that are different in other cultures. Things you’d never expect to be different because it’s so obviously self-evident that they couldn’t possibly be any other way. For example, take a look at this photo. What do the red check marks symbolize for you? photo by squarepants2004jauntyh_uia When I (Cate) [...]