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MODULE 2

Inter-cultural Communication and Cultural Change

Reaction:

Inter-cultural communication means communication between people of different

cultures and backgrounds. Communication and culture helps us to learn different values,

beliefs, behavior and customs of different cultures. Communication can be a useful

source of intercultural knowledge and mutual enrichment between culturally diverse

students if managed proactively by the teacher. Otherwise, communication could be a

source of frustration, misapprehensions, intercultural conflict. Not only do we need to

understand the way we, ourselves, communicate, but we need to understand that others

communicate in different ways. Since, we communicate differently, we all perceive the

world differently as well, giving us a bigger and broader chance at understanding the

world around us and the people who live here. Being able to communicate

interpersonally and intercultural is an important skill as we move forward into the 21st

century. We are no longer isolated in the corners of our world, but we have been tossed

into a wide abyss of multiple intercultural and international communication opportunities

whether it is by visiting a foreign country, learning a new language, or interacting with a

new person at work, school, or in public.

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I think the main goal of intercultural communication is to realize the value and

importance of accepting a spectrum of global differences this world has. A simple advice

I give how to behave and communicate when you are abroad is: Be polite, behave also

be strong and calm do not show your weakness, you must believe in yourself. Everybody

should realize he /she is representing his country. What people think about you usually

think about your country too. Accept and respect the culture and all stuff connected.

Every culture is original and special we should not try to change to the picture we like.

Module 3

The Four Pillars

Reaction:

The four pillars of education which are learning to know, leaning to do, learning

together and learning to be ,each one has a different point of view and helps us see

things and understand different things. Learning to know; mainly talks about how we

start thinking, we process things, how we concentrate, and memory skills. As you know

since we are small kids we start learning, concentrating and thinking. I personally think

this is the most important pillar of education since its the first one we develop and use in

our live. Learning to do; talks about how can we use education and how can we adapt it

to future. What I understand about this learning is that is for professional persons, who
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want to improve it all. The learning to be together; talks about how can we unite the

world, how can we teach our students to care for others and make awareness of what is

going on, in the world and in other countries and the last one learning to be; talks about

how can we just be ourselves and succeed and how that can help us in education letting

us be creative and follow our opinions and statements.

I believe as educators we must combine all the pillars. All make the basis of a good

education. We need to give the students knowledge in order the gain the competencies

they need to outstand in their future. We must give them the tools they need to

recognize the world around them, exercise their memory, attention and thought. If they

have the knowledge they learn to do, they materialize what they have in their brains;

each one according to their level and capabilities. They learn to make judgments about

right and wrong so they can think critically. Also we should guide them through the

discovery of who they are, and what do they want in life, we must provide all the possible

experiences so they can reach to those answers. If they know who they are, accept and

love themselves they will accept, tolerate and love others. They will learn the importance

of a persons essence; that goes beyond social class, color, education and culture. All the

pillars are part of an integral education that allows us to form human beings, that will be

able to defend themselves in a world of constant change and will make them part of a

better world.
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Module 4

The Teacher as a Person in the Society

Reaction:

A teacher is the builder of nation. He/she is a prestigious person in the society we

have so many expectations from a teacher ranging from his role in classroom

environment to his role as a citizen of the country.

From the discussion that we had, I learned that each of us has a philosophy to

adhere, and I found out that I might be a progressivist and essentialist as well. The

progressivist states that the learns accept the impermanence of life and the inevitability

of change, that everything else changes. This group of teachers teach learners so they

may live life fully NOW not to prepare them for adult life. On the other hand, having a

potential as essentialist, it states that teachers teach for learners to acquire basic

knowledge, skills and values. Teachers teach not to radically reshape society but rather to

transmit the traditional moral values and intellectual knowledge that students need to

become model citizens.

As a teacher, you have a significant role to play in society. Your influence on your

students and on other people with whom you work and live depends a great deal on

your philosophy as a person and as a teacher. Our philosophy of life and your

philosophy of education serve as your window to the world and compass in the sea of

life.
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As a future teacher, I believed that the students/pupils should be taken good care

at school or even at home and feed them with knowledge appropriately intended for

them in becoming enlightened and intelligent citizens in a democratic society. A teacher

should sustain the relevance of the academic needs of a child to prepare them not for

the adult life but how to deal life for today. In one way to another, they will be able to

know and adapt any circumstances they will be encountering as they continue their

endeavor in this world.