PED-131.8700 Supporting Teachers' Multicultural Competence 14.4.-19.6.2021

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  • Select activity Material for May 26

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    Material for May 26
    

  • Select activity How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias | Valerie Alexander | TEDxPasadena (for May 26)

    

    How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias | Valerie Alexander | TEDxPasadena (for May 26) URL
  • Select activity Implicit Bias -- how it effects us and how we push through | Melanie Funchess | TEDxFlourCity (for May 26)

    

    Implicit Bias -- how it effects us and how we push through | Melanie Funchess | TEDxFlourCity (for May 26) URL
  • Select activity Can prejudice ever be a good thing

    

    Can prejudice ever be a good thing URL
  • Select activity English Medium Instruction (EMI)Additional materia...

    English Medium Instruction (EMI)
    

    Additional material to the recorded teaching session for Session 4
    

    
    

  • Select activity How language shapes the way we think

    

    How language shapes the way we think URL

    Getting your thoughts geared towards language.
    

  • Select activity How language transformed humanity

    

    How language transformed humanity URL
  • Select activity History of English

    

    History of English URL

    This is "nice to know" area, but still interesting :)
    

  • Select activity Watch before 12.5. session

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    Watch before 12.5. session
    

  • Select activity Aalto is Multicultural (Watch before 12.5. session)

    

    Aalto is Multicultural (Watch before 12.5. session) URL

    Please watch this, approximately 25 minute long video before 13.5. session.
    

  • Select activity Culture and Behavior (Go through before 12.5. session)

    

    Culture and Behavior (Go through before 12.5. session) URL

    Here is a short slideshow on how culture manifests itself in our behaviors. Mostly just food for thought, also combining ideas from the frameworks discussed last time. Although for marketing, it also deals with communication. I recommend trying to apply these ideas to your teaching situations.
    

  • Select activity Materials to get to know before Session 2, April 2...

    Materials to get to know before Session 2, April 28
    

  • Select activity Design & Cultural Frameworks (for April 28)

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    Design & Cultural Frameworks (for April 28) URL

    Just found this site and this is the best one so far, in my opinion, to getting an idea what the cultural frameworks are about.
    

  • Select activity Geert Hofstede - Cultural Dimensions (for April 28)

    

    Geert Hofstede - Cultural Dimensions (for April 28) URL
  • Select activity The Seven Dimensions of Culture (Trompenaars) (for April 28)

    

    The Seven Dimensions of Culture (Trompenaars) (for April 28) URL
  • Select activity E.T Hall's Cultural Dimensions (for April 28)

    

    E.T Hall's Cultural Dimensions (for April 28) URL
  • Select activity Schwartz's Cultural Dimensions (April 28)

    

    Schwartz's Cultural Dimensions (April 28) URL
  • Select activity High and Low Context Cultures (for April 28)

    

    High and Low Context Cultures (for April 28) URL
  • Select activity Brown & Levinson Politeness Theory (for April 28)

    

    Brown & Levinson Politeness Theory (for April 28) URL
  • Select activity Direct and indirect communication (for April 28)

    

    Direct and indirect communication (for April 28) URL
  • Select activity Ideas for Online Teaching Materials: Microlearning...

    Ideas for Online Teaching Materials: Microlearning Nuggets
    

  • Select activity Example of a microlearning nugget

    

    Example of a microlearning nugget URL

    Microlearning nuggets can be useful materials for your courses. Here is an example I came up with, something like this takes quite a while to produce, at least for the first time, but now that it's done, I can use it in all my writing courses. If you have some focused items to teach, think about it, this may help you as we have to continue teaching online in the fall.
    

  • Select activity Blog on microlearning nuggets

    

    Blog on microlearning nuggets URL
  • Select activity Bite-sized learning

    

    Bite-sized learning URL

    Another blog on microlearning.
    

  • Select activity Other useful materials

    Other useful materials
    

  • Select activity Stereotypes and Collective Identification

    

    Stereotypes and Collective Identification File PDF

    Another interesting article on stereotyping and especially on self-handicapping strategy.
    

  • Select activity Implicit Association Tests at Harvard

    

    Implicit Association Tests at Harvard URL

    Test yourself to find out whether you score how you'd expect to score. Very interesting!
    

  • Select activity More on communication styles

    

    More on communication styles URL
  • Select activity More on indirect and direct communication cultures

    

    More on indirect and direct communication cultures URL
  • Select activity High and Low Context with Estonians and Finns

    

    High and Low Context with Estonians and Finns URL
  • Select activity More on high & low context cross-cultural communication

    

    More on high & low context cross-cultural communication URL
  • Select activity An interview on Finland - New Zealand

    

    An interview on Finland - New Zealand URL

    An interview with Pirre Hyötynen who came back to Finland after 3.5 years in New Zealand with her family. We discuss the differences between these two places especially regarding educational system.
    

  • Select activity Positive and Negative Politeness in Didactic Communication

    

    Positive and Negative Politeness in Didactic Communication File PDF
  • Select activity High vs. Low - case Finland, Japan, and India

    

    High vs. Low - case Finland, Japan, and India URL
  • Select activity 7% rule - are words necessary?

    

    7% rule - are words necessary? URL
  • Select activity Cross-cultural communication

    

    Cross-cultural communication URL
  • Select activity Cultural differences in research - no hypotheses!?!

    

    Cultural differences in research - no hypotheses!?! URL
  • Select activity Expanding horizons - the idea of antifragility

    

    Expanding horizons - the idea of antifragility URL
  • Select activity Just Listen

    

    Just Listen File PDF
  • Select activity Thoughts on Lecturing

    

    Thoughts on Lecturing URL
  • Select activity Time concepts

    

    Time concepts URL

    Time concept allows you to quickly realize what ethnocentricism feels like. These are different ways of experiencing time, none of them superior or inferior. It is interesting to explore how time can be seen so differently.
    

  • Select activity Stereotypical Finnish Behavior Illustrated

    

    Stereotypical Finnish Behavior Illustrated URL

    I love this cartoon, it provides you an insight to how Finns think and behave in general.
    

  • Select activity Gender Neutral Language

    

    Gender Neutral Language URL

    Especially in linguistics, most journals request all publications to use gender neutral language. Here is one site to guide you to it, often using plural in English is already a step to the right direction.
    

  • Select activity INTERCULTURALISM AT THE CROSSROADS - Comparative perspectives on concepts, policies and practices

    

    INTERCULTURALISM AT THE CROSSROADS - Comparative perspectives on concepts, policies and practices URL

    Unesco publication on interculturalism.
    

  • Select activity Get Inspired!

    

    Get Inspired! File PDF

    A basic book on teaching and developing yourself as a teacher.
    

  • Select activity Amy Cuddy on body language

    

    Amy Cuddy on body language URL

    Can you make your body believe you're smiling? Can you influence your hormone levels through power poses?
    

  • Select activity Intuition Unleashed by Asta Raami

    

    Intuition Unleashed by Asta Raami URL
  • Select activity Review on "Other Floors, Other Voices" by John Swales

    

    Review on "Other Floors, Other Voices" by John Swales URL
  • Select activity Some reading on motivation (mainly for Group 4, bu...

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    Some reading on motivation (mainly for Group 4, but for all interested)
    

  • Select activity Longitudinal Study on motivation towards mathematics

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    Longitudinal Study on motivation towards mathematics File PDF

    Here is the article I promised I would share. Plus some others as well :)