Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

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Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

What do we mean by a multicultural enviroment?

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

Broad concept

Differences such as language,

dress, traditions, food,

societal structures,

art and religion.

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

CALD Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

Changing Demographics

Reality all aquatic educators will face some CALD families / students in programmes.

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

Types of cultural environments:

Monoculture

Multi-culture

Defined or modified by laws

Understanding diverse populations

Refugees

New arrivals immigrants

International students and visitors

Expat communities

Given the changing deomgraphics all aquatic educators wil face the reality of CALD familrs intheir programmes.

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

1. Get to know the families:

What are their cultural community backgrounds, are they new to the area, country

What languages are spoken at home, do the parents extended family/helpers speak any English

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

2. Bridge the language barrier:

Establish relationships of equality and respect from the very first contact.

Translate notices into different languages that maybe in your community.

Aquatic Language

Communication:

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

I hear and I forget

I see and I remember

I do and I understand

Confucius

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

3. Link students and families:

Students/familes from same cultural /language backgrounds in same class if and where possible.

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

4. Staff:

Need to consider staff may come from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Need to consider their training needs and adaptions

How do they communicate effectively

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

5. Strike a balance:

Between the families culture and beliefs and what are your own beliefs and values.

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

6: Clearly defined guidelines:

Ensure families are aware of the rules, behaviour codes and standards required.

If they don't understand spend time explaining to them.

Understand their needs and adjust if required

Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

7: Water safety

Imperative to ensure that the safety messages are well understood

Your experiences may not be theirs

Water activities may not be part of their culture

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Teaching Tips in a Multicultural Environment

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