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- Title: From We and They to US: A Pilot Study of Cross-Cultural Awareness Training in Middle School (Report)
- Author : Teaching and Learning
- Release Date : January 22, 2008
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 235 KB
Description
Given the ever-increasing diversity of U.S. society, it is essential that the educational system take a greater role in developing students' cross-cultural awareness skills in order to promote positive communicative interactions among people from diverse backgrounds. Students of all ages need to learn to recognize how culture affects people's worldviews and how people's beliefs, norms, attitudes, and values are shaped by their culture (Chen & Starosta, 1998; Lustig & Koester, 2003). Yet, most cross-cultural awareness training conducted in educational settings is found at the university level and is frequently reserved for students going abroad. This paper presents the results of a pilot study on cross-cultural awareness training conducted with an eighth grade student population. The purpose of this pilot study was to ascertain whether cross-cultural awareness training could be introduced successfully into the middle school and to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptance of the training sessions. The qualitative means used to assess the success of the training indicated that it was successful with this younger student population to the extent possible, given the limitations of the study itself. **********