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ERIC Number: EJ524661
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-7555
Challenges and Rewards in the Mixed Culture Classroom.
Tomic, Alice D. F.
College Teaching, v44 n2 p69-73 Spr 1996
Suggestions for teaching in a multicultural college classroom, based on experiences at American International University (England), include acknowledge and respect individual students' uniqueness; encourage and facilitate self-reflection; clarify institutional goals and objectives without implying that they are "right"; choose materials appropriate to maturity and acculturation level; develop social skills within cultural norms; and support first-culture identity development. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Attitudes, Language of Instruction, Multicultural Education, Resistance to Change, Student Attitudes, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: American International University (England)