Teaching Culture

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

By Anne Fox

Intercultural Project Based Learning for Students
quickshout.blogspot.com - Nik Peachey
This is a fantastic idea for creating intercultural exchange projects with students from different schools around the world. The site has a really …
Creative Work
How One Professor Uses Podcasts to Teach Empathy and Social Justice
edsurge.com - Ashley Neglia
Necessity is often the mother of invention. For Dr. Jessica Calarco, it was motherhood itself that necessitated—or at least sparked—innovation.Five …
Teaching
Teaching Resources
teachingforchange.org
Articles, Recommended Books Anti-bias curriculum is an approach to early childhood education that sets forth values-based principles and methodology …
The Science of Empathy: What Researchers Want Teachers to Know
edsurge.com
There’s a lot we don’t know about how the brain works. But scientists are finding out more everyday. And one maybe surprising thing experts are …
Virtual Reality
Can VR teach racial empathy?
NBC News
‘1,000 Cut Journey’ is an immersive virtual reality experience in which the viewer becomes Michael Sterling, a black man, encountering racism as a young child, adolescent and young adult. The project its
Stereotypes
How experiencing discrimination in VR can make you less biased
bigthink.com - Jeremy Bailenson
Jeremy Bailenson: Most psychologists agree the best way to have somebody increase empathy is to engage in something called perspective …
Education
How to Teach the Story of Human Migration Without Bias
edweek.org - Adam Strom Veronica Boix Mansilla
Commentary —Jared Boggess for Education Week Three blinds spots educators have about migration By Adam Strom & Veronica Boix Mansilla March 4, 2019 We …
BBC Radio 4 - I Can't Be Racist
bbc.co.uk
Social psychologist Dr Keon West explores racial bias, and the concepts of both conscious and unconscious bias, drawing on the latest pyschological and sociological research. He examines common misconceptions
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 …
Here’s how teaching must adapt in the age of globalization
weforum.org - Louis Volante
Classrooms in many parts of the world are increasingly diverse. International migration patterns have significantly changed the cultural make-up of …
Unplanned opportunities - A lesson in culture
teachingenglish.org.uk
It was break time in a multicultural class in Newcastle. I was marking writing while sitting at a table at the front of the room. A Saudi lady in my …
50 Tips and Tricks to Facilitating a More Inclusive Classroom
weareteachers.com - Kirstin Kelley
Most of us know that creating a more inclusive learning environment is a good thing. But figuring out what steps to take to benefit our marginalized …
Parable of the Polygons
ncase.me
This is a story of how harmless choices can make a harmful world. These little cuties are 50% Triangles, 50% Squares, and 100% slightly shapist. But …
Nicky Case
ncase.me
•THINGS YOU CAN PLAY• explorable explanations, a hub for learning through play how to remember anything forever-ish, an interactive comic on the …
We Become What We Behold by Nicky Case!
itch.io
Using Computer Games to Raise Global Issues
quickshout.blogspot.com - Nik Peachey
Computer games are increasingly making their way into the field of education these days and for good reason. • They are part of our students' lives • They …
Main page | Intercultural Dialogue
unesco.org
Are Cultural Competence and Global Competence the Same Thing?
gettingsmart.com - David Ross
People assume that because my sons have grown up in a multilingual and multicultural home they are naturally culturally competent. They assume that …
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 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 GrayBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Nov 4, 2018 A Global Exploration Project for PreK-12 Students and Teachers A few weeks ago, I noticed the New …
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 Are you working in the area of Global Citizenship Education or educational innovations? Do you think that …