Comments on: Learning without Borders – revamped questions http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/07/23/learning-without-borders-revamped-questions/ Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AllanahK http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/07/23/learning-without-borders-revamped-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-23580 AllanahK Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:51:36 +0000 http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/07/23/learning-without-borders-revamped-questions/#comment-23580 What about changing the maybe your to OUR- be inclusive. How is OUR culture being affected by other countries (choose a country or region)? (for schools inside the USA) I don't know what age group you teach but I did a similar thing for my 8-9 year olds some time ago and they found it very difficult to identify what their culture was. You really need something to relate it to- if you have only ever lived inside your own culture it is hard to qualify what you do that is just yours an not other cultures. Children needed to understand that McDonalds and Burger King were not actually New Zealand icons before they could identify some of the things that were part of OUR culture!!!! What about changing the maybe your to OUR- be inclusive.

How is OUR culture being affected by other countries (choose a country or region)? (for schools inside the USA)

I don’t know what age group you teach but I did a similar thing for my 8-9 year olds some time ago and they found it very difficult to identify what their culture was. You really need something to relate it to- if you have only ever lived inside your own culture it is hard to qualify what you do that is just yours an not other cultures.

Children needed to understand that McDonalds and Burger King were not actually New Zealand icons before they could identify some of the things that were part of OUR culture!!!!

]]> By: Matt http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/07/23/learning-without-borders-revamped-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-23570 Matt Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:00:42 +0000 http://www.crucialthought.com/2007/07/23/learning-without-borders-revamped-questions/#comment-23570 I like the adjustments you have made. Yes, "your" is tricky because it is so relative. To adequately answer it requires defining the term per individual (my culture as a ________ teen, American, ethnicity within America, male, female, etc). I like "How is your region's culture being affected?" because that helps define the term up front and shows students that their own, local culture is being impacted by larger pressures just as other countries are. I like the adjustments you have made. Yes, “your” is tricky because it is so relative. To adequately answer it requires defining the term per individual (my culture as a ________ teen, American, ethnicity within America, male, female, etc).

I like “How is your region’s culture being affected?” because that helps define the term up front and shows students that their own, local culture is being impacted by larger pressures just as other countries are.

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