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Nitza Hidalgo
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Hidalgo theorized that three distinct levels of culture exist and that they impact our views as teachers.
With the three levels in mind, reflect on your own culture and analyze how it might effect your future classroom.
"Culture informs what we see and understand, as well as what we omit and misconstrue."
Information from
Multicultural Teacher Introspection by Nitza Hidalgo
http://sidorkin.com/408/Hidalgo.PDF
So what?
"Many educators around the country are interested in developing a multicultural approach in their teaching...Before we can begin to understand others, however, we need to understand ourselves and what we bring to our interactions with others. For this reason, it is important for teachers interested in learning more about other cultural groups to first look inward."
- Nitza Hidalgo
Three Levels of Culture
Behavioral Level
1. Symbolic
2. Behavioral
3. Concrete
- How we define our social roles
- Our behaviors reflect our values
- Language, nonverbal communication, gender roles, political affiliation
Concrete Level
Symbolic Level
- Most visible and tangible level
- Music, food, art, holidays
- Surface level elements of culture
- Values and Beliefs
- Abstract; can be difficult to articulate
- Essential to our interpretation of the world