tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001490151752578263.post2457193878478577967..comments2024-03-27T20:15:26.777-05:00Comments on Spanish & Illinois: How to Teach Culture in Spanish Community Service Learning (1)Ann Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02845784986631091647noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001490151752578263.post-53345518410080323182009-03-29T13:09:00.000-06:002009-03-29T13:09:00.000-06:00I love this post! I have much in common with you-...I love this post! I have much in common with you--language & culture teaching as well as young children. My child's last check up had the item "can your child stack 5 blocks?" I said "I'm sure he can, but I've never sat him down and tested him on it." I was stunned when the nurse brought me 5 blocks--so I could test him! With both my children I have had this problem at the doctor's office: they are telling me things from charts and questionnaires and I want to scream "can you look at the human specimen I brought in?!" They're doing fine. They're motoring all over your office with their fine motor skills!<BR/><BR/>But it really ties back to culture and how we teach it. As well as all our beliefs about cultures. We all tend to think like the doctors do--our written documentation indicates that X cultures handles Y activity in a certain way. And we stick to that belief even when we receive visual evidence to the contrary. And to me this is what we are teaching when we teach culture: open your eyes and ears (and heart--is that too cheesy?) and observe the world around you. Learn that way. As well as from books and charts and questionnaires. There are a lot of pieces to these puzzles and we need them all to get a complete pictures.Darcy Learhttp://underemployedblog.comnoreply@blogger.com