1. Chapter 9Cultural Influences on Context: The Educational Setting Amber Laurin

2. Cultural Influences on Context: The Educational Setting Culture and Education Globalization Multiculturalism Cultural Diversity and Education What Cultures Teach How Cultures Teach

4. CHALLENGES OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION Culture and Learning Learning itself maybe natural to humankind, people differ in how they prefer to learn. Cultural Styles Learning and Cognition

5. Cultural Styles “Modal Personality” Linear-Active Cultures Multi-Active Cultures Reactive Cultures

6. Learning and Cognition Styles Field Independence vs. Field Sensitivity Cooperation versus Competition Trail and Error vs. “Watch, Then Do.” Tolerance vs. Intolerance for Ambiguity Listening and Receiving Analytical Learning Approach Intuition Aesthetics Constuctive Learning Tactile/Kinesthetic

7. Relational Styles for Learning Dependency/Independence Participation/Passivity Impulsivity/Reflectivity Aural, Visual, and Verbal Preference Energy/Calmness

8. Cultural Motivation Styles Intrinsic Motivation Extrinsic Motivation Learning on Demand Learning When Interested

9. Cultural Interaction Styles Verbal, Non-verbal, communication rules that guide a community’s use of language. Passive-Receptive Participatory-Interactive

10. Language Diversity in Multicultural Education Degree of Diversity Language and Identity Limited English Proficiency Students

11. Multicultural Competency in the Classroom Developing Multicultural Proficiency Multicultural Classrooms Multicultural Communication Competence Multicultural Communication Strategies

12. Group Activity Explain how you would reconcile the learning styles of students in a sixth-grade classroom with the following clientele: Latinos, Europeans, and Asians. “Show and tell” days where students bring items from their own cultures to share with the class Food days where students bring traditional dishes from their countries to share with the class Different weeks dedicated to learning about various cultures