Tolerance

Tolerance. What's for me Tolerance?

Today we have seen a lot of terms that have to do with tolerance. From this session, I have learned that coming to another country can be a culture shock because of the different way of thinking, which often also differs from person to person.

Example: When I arrive in Denmark, I have a culture shock.
In Belgium it is not allowed that the students leave the classroom without permission from the teacher. In Denmark it is different. The students decide when they want to leave the classroom. If this happened in Belgium, you would get a comment from your teacher. So for me this was a culture shock.

From this session, I have also learned that you first have to think about yourself, 'Why are we doing something in a particular way?', and then thinking about 'Why do the Danish students this in another way?' First you have to look to the way it is done in your own teaching system, and then to the teaching system of the other country.
What can be of help for you to figure out why something is done in a particular way, is to ask yourself the question;: "What is the reason for this?". You can note the answers to this questions in a diary. After the lesson or situation, you can wonder/think about why they do it, .... . A tool that can help you is the model of 'culture shock'. By simulation and participation in different places, you can try out different ideas .

 How can you teach children about tolerance?
In this session we have done a game. The goal of this game was that we understood each other, and learned what the different thoughts of each other are. It was a nice game that is applicable to all ages in school. In this way you can look to each other's thoughts and you can accept the reasoning from each person.

                                                 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c0mfzhI2Vg

Words of the session

Assimilation learning:
According to Jean Piaget there are three areas of knowledge: assimilation, accommodation and equilibration. These words mean:

-  Assimilation: The knowledge that you have is bigger than before.

-  Accommodation: You learn new knowledge. Your adapt your knowledge to the new things you learn.

- Equilibration: This is a combination from assimilation and accommodation. 

 By this new look at learning, you can create new structures in your brain that you can juice      for new skills. = The look on learning.

Culture shock: According to the dictionary, culture shock means: 'The new things that people experience when they come to a new culture, and which can be shocking as they are very different from their normal experiences (example: a new country, land, ...).'
When they see a habit that they do not use in them culture.

Stereotype:
A stereotype is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things,but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality.