Still going strong, but this isn't going to be easy. "Read 152 pages today and answer these questions." We're definitely not in college any more.
- Culture is shaped by conditions faced, and as conditions change, so does culture.
- Beliefs manifest themselves in different behaviors depending on the culture.
- Students will suppress behaviors that mark them as different. which makes it difficult to form their own identity. Forming identity is part of normal cognitive development, and when that is interrupted, a student is more likely to fail in school.
- Learning cannot occur in isolation; it is socially mediated.
- Voluntary minorities, those who immigrate to the U.S. freely, tend to be more successful in school than involuntary minorities, those who have been conquered, colonized, or subjugated by the U.S.
- Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: to maximize learning opportunities, teachers must gain knowledge of the cultures represented in their classrooms.
- Proxemics: the interrelated observations and theories of man's use of space as a specialized elaboration of culture.
- The U.S. tends to be a non-contact culture. When in Rome, stand as the Romans do.
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