West and East

West and East

Individualistic VS. Collaborative
I am special. I am unique. I am me. I am an individual. I am who I am. I am a rational agent. I am responsible for my own action. I am part of my family. I am part of my community. I am part of my country. The goodness of the whole is more important than the individual. My actions directly impact my family and my community.

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Self

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Lifestyle

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Independence Develop early independence Express yourself Responsible for self Live on ones own Ones own goals take priority Motivated by own preferences, needs , rights Tasks more important than relationships Cognitive skills independent of social skills Interdependence Learn to depend on others Read nonverbal cues Listen to authority Be responsible for others Personal goals secondary to goals of the group Motivated by the norms of, and duties imposed by, the group Relationships more important than tasks Social and cognitive skills integrated Westby (2009)

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How is a child taken care of?
Individualistic VS. Collaborative

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How a senior life looks like? Individualism vs. Collectivism

Individualistic VS. Collaborative

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Power Distance
Low Power Distance Persons must earn respect Collaborative classrooms Teachers facilitate learning Persons direct themselves High Power Distance Parents teach children to obey Children respect parents & those in authority Teachers take initiative in class Teachers are to transfer wisdom Students respect teachers Persons expect direction

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Power Distance
Pakistan Columbia Costa Rica Korea Chile

Guatamala

Singapore Malaysia Philippines Large Power Distance Low Individualism

Individualism

Small Power Distance Low Individualism Israel

Hong Kong Mexico Greece Turkey Iran Brazil India

Japan Spain

Finland

Norway

South Africa Italy France Belgium Large Power Distance High Individualism

Denmark Canada New Zealand Small Power Distance Britain High Individualism USA Australia

Hofstede, G. (1984). Cultures consequences: International differences in workrelated values. Newbury Park, CA: Sage

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Forms of Discourse

Linear

Circular

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Thought Process

CULTURAL THOUGHT PATTERNS IN INTER-CULTURAL EDUCATION Some Oriental writing, . is marked by what may be called an approach by indirection. In this kind of writing, the development of the paragraph may be said to be "turning and turning in a widening gyre." The circles or gyres turn
around the subject and show it from a variety of tangential views,

Things are developed in terms of what they are not, rather than in terms of what they are. Again, such a development in a modern English paragraph would strike the English reader as awkward and unnecessarily indirect.
but the subject is never looked at directly.

Robert B. Kaplan University of Southern California

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Problem Solving

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Definitions of Education
West (Latin) which comes from a verb educere which means to lead, draw, and bring out the horizontal drawing out of wisdom into vision East Teaching () Nurturing ()

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Education
US pays great attention to train the students practice ability to utilize the knowledge, cultivating the students question to the knowledge and authority and building the ability to extend the knowledge system. Taiwans education pays more attention to the instilling and accumulation of knowledge, cultivating the students respect to the knowledge and authority and building the ability to inherit the knowledge system.

The acceptance to knowledge The dynamic changes to Structured Consistence knowledge. Unstructured Freedom

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Social Relationships
West
Informal, egalitarian. People most comfortable with their social equals; importance of social rankings minimized.

East
Formal, hierarchical. People most comfortable in the presence of a hierarchy in which they know their position and the customs/rules for behavior in the situation.

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Teachers
American teachers were more knowledgeable about general educational theories and classroom skills. Evokes creative thinking. Encourage students to challenge the knowledge. Teaching atmosphere lively and vivid. . Chinese teachers had stronger knowledge of the subject matter and building the solid foundation. Spend more time with their students. Persistence. Authority figure. ..

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Students
West
Self-confidence Independence Curiosity Free thinking ..

East
Discipline Obey Good observers Patient Respectful Afraid of making mistakes

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