Educate Your International Flavor

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Educate Your International Flavor

• Dr. Tunde Szecsi
• Danielle Beckner
• Florida Gulf Coast University

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Eagles Educate/ACEIStudent BranchFlorida Gulf
Coast University

• Established October 2004
• Members 36 (ACEI) 27 (general)
• Events in 2005/2006
• The Real Deal From College to Teaching
• World Teachers Day
• Hispanic Heritage Festival
• Proposal Writing Workshop
• Educate Your International Flavor
• Reading on the Lawn
• Contact Danielle Beckner, Vice-President
• dnbeckne_at_eagle.fgcu.edu

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Educate Your International Flavor Presenters
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The Speakers and Their Countries

• India - Senior Finance major
• Albania - Junior Elementary education major
• Palestine - Senior Elementary Education major
• Ecuador - Junior Business major
• Peru - Junior Elementary education major

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Questions for the Speakers

• How does the educational system in your home
  country differ from that in the U.S.?
• How has your experience been with the educational
  system in the U.S.?
• What suggestions would you offer to pre-service
  and/or practicing teachers to most effectively
  include and educate you/your child in their
  classrooms.
• What should pre-service/practicing teachers know
  about your culture and how it influences
  education in the U.S.?

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Thoughts About Teachers

• Teachers are strict but fair (Ecuador)
• Respect for teachers (all countries)
• Teachers are your second parents (Peru, India,
  Albania)

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Speakers Recommendations

• Recommendations Related to Academic Areas
• Starting learning/teaching foreign languages at
  an early age
• Strengthening math and science skills
• Having recess might prevent behavioral problems
  and promote better focus during learning
• Using English in a comprehensible manner in class
• Understanding the process of learning a
  foreign/second language

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Speakers Recommendations

• Recommendations Related Cultures
• Making an effort to pronounce your students
  names properly
• Accepting variations of the English language
• Being knowledgeable about students backgrounds
  (camel-India Muslims) and teaching other
  students about cultures in an appropriate way
• Developing understanding about religions and
  traditions (handshaking)
• Being interested in other cultures (do not be
  self-centered), and developing a global
  perspective