My Course INZ Toolkit
Name/s:
Rhonda Atkinson
Date:
April 2014
Course Prefix and Title: EPI 0002 Instructional Strategies
Original Course
Learning Outcome/s
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identify instruments
that determine the
learning styles of
students and infuse
strategies that
address the
different learning
styles into lesson
plans
Teaching Strategies, Student
Learning Activities, and
Assignments
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Use the Brief
Encounters Link and
Pandya Cultural
Norms HO OR the
Chatter Link and
Etiquette HO to
introduce lesson
content.
Cultural Style
Dimensions
Assessment
Cultural Discussions 1
and 2
Important Cultural
Differences in the
Classroom Worksheet
Classroom
Assessment
Technique (CAT)
INZ Toolkit Entry Name (mini-module):
Enhanced / Additional Global Learning
Outcome/s
(Ss will be able
to…)
Cultural Styles
Connections to Global Competencies
 identify style differences in other countries an
d cultures
 SKILLS: interacts with compassion, empathy, and respect for others in a manner
that reflects the cultural sensitivities within that environment.
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 ATTITUDES: Values and respects diversity
identify how cultural style differences affect
teaching and learning
Assessment Method/s and T
ools
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Cultural Styles
Worksheet
Sample
Classroom
Assessment
Techniques
Co-Curricular / Interdisciplinary
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Instructional Materials / Resources
Activities
1. Pandya Cultural Norms Sheets HO.pdf
(Accompanies Brief Encounters Link)
2. Etiquette Sheets HO.pdf (Accompanies
Chatter Link)
3. Cultural Style Dimensions
Assessment.docx
4. Cultural Styles Worksheet
5. Sample Classroom Assessment
Techniques
6. Discussion Template pptx
SAMPLE READING RESOURCES FOR
DISCUSSION 2
7. Culture in the Classroom.pdf
8. University Information and Policies,
Classroom Norms for Academic
Honesty.pdf
9. Important Cultural Differences in the
Classroom.pdf
10. Are there Cultural Differences in
Learning Style.pdf
11. 11. Peace Corps Culture matters.pdf
12.
13.
Participate in a short-term study abroad program:
http://valenciacollege.edu/international/studyabroad/students/defaul
t.cfm
Enroll in a foreign language class with the college or a
conversational course with Continuing Education
Observe an ESOL or EAP class
Interview a K-12 student from another country to learn more their
school experiences
My Course INZ Toolkit
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15. LINKS/OTHER:
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Brief Encounters Lesson and
Simulation
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/lesson
-plans/brief-encounters/
 Chatter
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/lesson
-plans/chatter/
 Cultural Diversity in Classrooms:
What Teachers Need to Know
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED37091
1.pdf
 Achieving Congruence Between
Learning and Teaching Styles in
Linguistically Diverse Environments
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED395048.pdf