Levels of Culture
Demographics in %
Cultural differences
General
Levels of Culture
100
The most visual cultural level and examples include music, clothes and art.
What is Concrete?
100
75 %
What is the Caucasian group?
100
These students might prefer-1)peer-orientated learning when comfortable with peers, 2)conformity, and 3) a high degree of structure.
What is the Hispanic American student?
100
It has three levels and we all have it.
What is Culture?
100
Mexican food.
What is Concrete?
200
This is the cultural level that defines our social roles, and examples are language, gender roles, family structure and nonverbal communication.
What is Behavioral?
200
19.5%
What is the Hispanic group?
200
These students might prefer 1) discussion, 2)active projects and 3)collaborative works.
What is the African American student?
200
Making a cultural background information sheet.
What is a way to get to know the ELLs?
200
Paintings
What is Concrete?
300
This is the cultural level has to do with our values and beliefs and examples include value systems, spiritually, religion, worldview, beliefs, and mores.
What is the Symbolic?
300
less than 1%
What is the American Indian/Alaskan Native and Multicultural and biracial?
300
These students might prefer- 1) listening, 2) note taking and 3)reading textbooks according to
What is the Asian student?
300
One way to do this is have a multicultural library.
What is having a multicultural responsive classroom?
400
An example is classical music.
What is the Concrete?
400
1.9 %
What is the Asian American group?
400
Research shows the schools stress this for these students competition, information, tests and grades, and linear logic
What is the white American?
400
Have a student culture heritage presentation and invite the parents to be an active part or be part of the audience
What is a way to reach out to ELL parents?
400
Holiday customs
What is Symbolic?
500
Speaking Spanish.
What is Behavioral feature?
500
2.5 %
What is the African American group?
500
These students might prefer 1) an established context for new information, 2) quiet times for thinking, and visual stimulus
What is the Native American?
500
He came up with the Iceberg Theory of Culture.
What is Edward T. Hall?
500
Religious beliefs
What is Symbolic?
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