This past class we spent on our culture project presentations. I think this is great for this course because we get to see our fellow students get up and teach the class. It's also great because we get a 5 minute (which turned into around 15 minutes per person!) summary of key facts about a country. The most important thing that we discuss are the things that may effect us as a teacher when it comes to teaching a student from that country. The key question you asked us was "What would be the most difficult thing about teaching a child from this country?" I think that really helped us learn some important things and how to stay open minded in the future as a teacher! Anyway, here are some things I learned about the different country presentations:
1) Honduras discovered by columbus. only 43% kids go to school..number decreases with older grades. no toilet paper in toilet-put in trash can next to toilet.
2)china - 1/5th the world's population.., quiet, arent supposed to ask questions, avoid risk taking. one child policy-creates pressure on the one child the family has.
3)saudi arabia- worship same god, speak arabic, write right to left, monarchy, all schooling free, get paid money to go to school. better to pass something to an arab with RIGHT hand. bottom of foot pointed at person is extremely disrespectful. students may have trouble with decisions for themselves bc it's a collective society. time is more open, less structured.
4)south korea- take off shoes before school and house, wont talk about family life personal things (will talk about sports), eye contact very important to show honesty, *appointments should be made 3 to 4 weeks in advance*, arrive on time, don't touch or pat children, dont point with index finger, don't shake hands, they'll be seated in their culture and are expected to be shown where to sit.
5)cambodia- extremely rainy climate, mostly buddhist theravada, very poor, genocide and killings, live in groupings of huts and off the land, barely enough money to live, strting over school again as of 1995, must wake up before sunrise or considered lazy. females must eat very small amounts, men can eat as much as they want but must eat very slowly. cannot disrespect elders, most important people.
6) phillippines-elders are most highly respects and always first, 83% roman catholic bc spain ruled them for a few hundreds years, spanish influenced their language, tagalog more native, filipino language the infulenced language (some will not speak filipino "dirty").
7)guatemala- spanish is official language. value eye contact to show interest, sustained eye contact in conversations, school begins in january ends in nov.,
8)Japan- my presentation- hardest thing may be getting the child to speak up more and participate more, want to handle possessions with care or it shows disrespect, present things with both hands, considered extremely rude to blow nose in front of others
9) lebanon- cedar tree is key symbol, beirut capital city, arabic is official lang,
10) mexico- 298 diff languages, 95% speak spanish, kiss on right cheek
More coming up next class...
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