As educators, we do need to be more mindful of cultural intelligence within our classrooms. As a society, we are so diverse in relation to so many different aspects, so we not only need to be altering the way our classroom functions but encouraging learners to also be more accepting and mindful of cultural intelligence, as well. Children need to understand these differences so that barriers and isolation are also minimised.
At the beginning of this lesson:
To begin today's session, we had some interesting discussions around our own cultural intelligence and discussed our personal experiences around the '3 r's'; these are rituals, relationships and restrictions. This stemmed from watching the following video below about comments made about what we say, when somebody asks, 'Where are you from?'
Individual reflection about the key question, 'Where are you from?'
As a society, we have a natural ability to comment and say that we are from the place we are born in. One of the key aspects of the video above was that we should be thinking instead, of our personal experiences. Experiences lead to how we are as individuals. Although we may be born in a region or country, should that notion define us as individuals? Many experiences, regions, countries all contribute as how we are as an individual. So, when we as teachers ask our learners where they are from, I personally don't believe we should expect our learners to say a town, we should be questioning and encourage deeper thinking to support our learners in thinking about where do they actually come from.
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