Teaching Culture

By Anne Fox

Links to exercises and articles about increasing ICC in an educational context or exploring classroom culture.

UNHCR
UNHCR
mylifeasarefugee.org
Life and death decisions Every minute eight people are forced to flee war, persecution or terror. If conflict threatened your family, what would you do? …
Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality to Foster Real-World Empathy
profweb.ca
We are always on the lookout for new ideas that have the potential to translate into innovative and challenging educational strategies for our …
The holidays look different for different families. We celebrate in a variety of ways. Amplify student voice this winter
twitter.com
Oles seek to understand each other through Red/Blue Workshop
stolaf.edu - St. Olaf College
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic …
Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail
ted.com - Özlem Cekic
Özlem Cekic's email inbox has been full of hate mail since 2007, when she won a seat in the Danish Parliament -- becoming the first female Muslim to …
Why being respectful to your coworkers is good for business
ted.com - Christine Porath
Looking to get ahead in your career? Start by being respectful to your coworkers, says leadership researcher Christine Porath. In this science-backed …
Candy Around the World
medium.com - Lucy Gray
A Global Exploration Project for PreK-12 Students and Teachers A few weeks ago, I noticed the New York Times Magazine issue that focused on …
A Habit-based Approach to Racial Bias
usablelearning.com - jdirksen
We all carry around implicit bias. It’s embedded in the culture, and it’s hideously obvious that it can lead to horrible tragic results. This is …
Toward a Culturally-Responsive Understanding of Student Agency - Education Reimagined
education-reimagined.org
As educators, we must consider these questions with urgency because otherwise, we risk viewing student agency through a dominant cultural frame of …
Negotiation Exercises to Help Your Students Avoid Cross-Cultural Pitfalls
harvard.edu - PON Staff
Avoid cross-cultural misunderstandings with these negotiation exercisesIt’s no secret that communication and negotiation etiquette varies widely …
Home page
ideas-forum.org.uk
For all global citizenship development Bridge 47 – Building Global Citizenship is an exciting project which mobilises global civil society to …
Empatico Platform
empatico.org
Empatico is a free tool connecting classrooms around the world through video exchanges and activities that spark empathy. Sign up for free today!
Grit and Growth Mindset: Deficit Thinking?
amle.org - By: Rick Wormeli
As with most things in education, context can be everything. A skill taught in isolation from meaningful context, for example, is rarely learned, and …
Toolbox - Intercultural Learning
intercultural-learning.eu
The Importance of Cross-Cultural Competence in Today’s Classrooms
ets.org
Jennifer Klafehn, a Research Scientist for ETS who studies cross-cultural competence assessment and development, always laughs when she sees training …
Empatico Connects Global Students To Build Empathy Between Kids
Fast Company - By Ben Paynter
The 2018 World Changing Ideas winner for general excellence is a platform–funded by the snackbar Kind’s charitable arm–to connect classrooms around the world, so they can learn together, and learn empathy
How Professors Can Bring Culturally-Responsive Teaching to Online Courses
edsurge.com - Tina Nazerian
When Suparna Chatterjee was taking a graduate online course at New Mexico State University two years ago, she had to complete an ice-breaker activity …
The Intercultural Dimension of Global Education
coe.int
What is the content of the course The course explores the ways of addressing the issues in theory and practice, reflecting on the ideal state …
Building social justice starting in the classroom
teachingforchange.org
Earlier this month we published critical reviews of the Scholastic books for early and upper elementary students about the election of President …
Sharing Perspectives
sharingperspectivesfoundation.org
Business School
Beyond Business Ethics - UT Austin
utexas.edu
The science of everyday ethics. Made easy, useful, and fun. What people are saying... "Brilliant work -- engaging, powerful, polished. Bravo!" Lori K. …
Stereotypes
'A-ha' Activities for Unconscious Bias | Include-Empower.Com
cultureplusconsulting.com - Felicity Menzies
Unconscious or implicit bias refers to beliefs or attitudes that are activated automatically and without an individual’s awareness. These hidden …
Frequently Asked Questions
lxbgame.com
Ethics
Nice Series Of Videos Designed to Teach Ethics
edtechupdate.com
The University of Texas has developed over one hundred videos, and a bunch of related teaching materials, for a course they share with anyone about …
Humor
The Root of All Cruelty?
The New Yorker - Paul Bloom
Perpetrators of violence, we’re told, dehumanize their victims. The truth is worse. Audio: Listen to this story. To hear more feature stories, download the Audm app for your iPhone. A recent episode of
A 35-year-old who dropped out of high school had a vision of a utopian future for China, the US, and the world — and it's
Business Insider - Harrison Jacobs
Cindy Mi, the 35-year-old founder and CEO of the online-class startup VIPKid, remembers the day the education system failed her. Mi was 14 and had just moved to Harbin, a city in northeast China. The cost
Classroom Library Assessment: How Culturally Responsive is Your Library?
leeandlow.com - vschneider46
Teachers, let’s talk about a popular topic across education blogs and Pinterest: the classroom library. A quick search on the Internet results in …
Special Days | Global Issues SIG
iatefl.org
27th January Introduction Write on the board: Holocaust – when? who? where? what? why? how? Ask students, in small groups, to discuss the questions …