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TITLE: WHAT
IS CULTURE? - HANDOUT 3
Observing the culture of the classroom
For this activity, you will become a researcher collecting information
to help visitng foreign students adapt to your school and class.
You will have to observe and document how your class or school
operates. To help you get started, try to think of the kinds of
things you would want to know if you were starting school in another
country.
Some broad questions you should try to answer are the following:
• What do we do?
• Why do we do what we do?
• How do we feel about what we do?
As a reseacher, you should record what you see and hear happening.
You should also talk with other students regarding their feelings
about what happens in the class.
Think about how some of the following things are done in the
classroom:
How does each day begins?
What are the standards of behavior (rules, and so forth) ?
How and when do students work together in groups?
What projects are done in class?
How much homework is required?
How and when students work individually?
How is student seating assigned?
How are students expected to treat one another?
How does the school day end?
What other activities and procedures occur throughout the day
or class period?
Observe one of the activities or routines of the classroom and
document it in detail.
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