05/28/2021 Cross-Cultural Students in the Classroom

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What are the differences to have Cross-Cultural students in the Classroom?

There are many examples of the differences between cultures. For example, when you have Asian students in the classroom they are not participative in the classroom, they are less expressive and they speak in a low tone. They do not have a disagreement with the teacher because they believe that behavior is unrespectful.

On the other hand, Hispanic students have more expressivity when they speak to the teacher. They make more jokes during the class.

American students arrive late to the class and they do not apologize to the teacher for the delay. African students are more active than white students.

We have many differences depending on who is watching even if you do not have Cross-Cultural students in your classroom you will have differences. I had an experience, many years ago when I was at the Art University in Mexico, I had an interdisciplinary class in which I had two teachers one of them was a young Painter and the other was an old actor where the students were from different universities and they were painters, dancers, musicians, sculptures, and others from different art disciplines. Two of my friends were speaking then the actor teacher got angry and he started yelling. He was red and he vociferated –I am the teacher and nobody can say anything when I am speaking-

The first thing that any teacher needs to do in a classroom is to have rules, share with the students and make agreements to have a respectful environment.


How to manage as a Teacher the behavior in Cross-Cultural students in the Classroom?

1.         1.Rules in the classroom avoid misunderstandings and create a better environment.

2.           2.When you have a Cross-Cultural student and you do not understand his/her behavior try to have an interview with the student to explain your point-view.

3.          3. Be respectful with cultures when you give examples.

         4. Ask your student if they have doubts when you give instructions.

References

https://video.byui.edu/media/06+Cross-Cultural+Students+in+the+Classroom/0_r2lcaswt

Comments

  1. noemicanterasalcedoJune 1, 2021 at 10:20 PM

    Good explanation about cross-cultural students, if I have the opportunity to teach them I have to consider student´s paradigms in order to avoid misunderstanding between they and I. your rules suggest are good tools to maintain good classroom environment.

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  2. Zaida ADMJune 5, 2021 at 8:04 AM

    It is evident that the teacher had a high PDI (Power Distance Index) and very little knowledge of his students' culture. It is certainly important to set standards, but knowing a little more about the culture of our students can significantly save us the bitter pill of falling into a Cross-Cultural Landmine.

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