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Beyond the Media: How Communicating Across Cultures Challenged Students’ Stereotypes

Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 4:23pm

This poster chronicles the experiences of a rural, American class trying to understand current events in the Arab world and how communicating across cultures challenged stereotypes fostered by media coverage.

Presenters:

Jennice McCafferty-Wright, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Ryan Knowles, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

session id:

Fez2013 [1]
Middle Level-Jr. High School [2]
Teaching about Democracy and the Arab World [3]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/conference/sessions/beyond_the_media_how_communicating_across_cultures_challenged_students_stereotyp

Links:
[1] http://www.socialstudies.org/fez2013
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/middleleveljrhighschool
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/teaching_about_democracy_and_the_arab_world