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Jill Sims

Creating Caring Cultures, Part 4: Reflecting on Intercultural Experiences

“Reflection is a central feature of experiential education and serves the function of solidifying connection between what a student...

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Creating Caring Cultures, Part 3: Interacting and Empathizing for Intercultural Understanding

“A classroom full of empathetic kids simply runs more smoothly than one filled with even the happiest group of self-serving children. ” —...

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Creating Caring Cultures, Part 2: Actions for Nurturing Intercultural Understanding

“A Senegalese poet said ‘In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand, and we will understand only what...

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Why is Intercultural Understanding Important?

Intercultural understanding is essential to creating caring cultures where diversity is celebrated and every person experiences belonging.

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Inquiry Series, Part 4: What Does Inquiry Look Like from the Students’ Experience?

“If you know where they need to go you can plant the clues to help get them there.” -Madly Learning This is the last stop on our look...

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Inquiry Series, Part 3: What Does the Teacher Do to Create a Community of Inquiry?

“Curiosity facilitates engagement, critical thinking, and reasoning. We nurture children’s curiosity and other life-long learning skills...

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Inquiry Series, Part 2: What Could a Community of Inquiry Look Like?

"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the curiosity of young minds to satisfy it afterwards." - Anatole France After...

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Inquiry Series, Part 1: Why Should I Build a Classroom Community of Inquiry?

“Identifying problematic situations within the curriculum, posing questions, researching, and reporting depend on and foster a community...