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Book Excerpt: 110 Experiences for Multicultural Learning © 2004 by Paul B. Pedersen

110 Experiences for Multicultural Learning © 2004 Paul Pedersen. Washington, DC: APA Press Combines simulations, exercises and structured role-playing activities that have been used successfully in psychology classrooms to demonstrate the relevance of cultural diversity to psychological topics. Psychology instructors will find that these are more than just “curriculum”. These experiences aim to increase interactive learning both among culturally different people in the classroom and between students and the multicultural community outside the classroom. This purpose is best demonstrated in the Table of Contents. 110 EXPERIENCES FOR MULTICULTURAL LEARNING TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD CHAPTER ONE: FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCES 8 CHAPTER TWO: BRIEF 30 MINUTE WARM-UP ACTIVITIES 35 1. World Picture Test 44 2. Capturing Cultural Bias 48 3. Perception Versus Reasoning 51 4. What Other Persons Say, Feel and Mean 53 5. Outside Expert 54 6. Role Playing Cultural Stories 55 7. Drawing a House 56 8. Cultural Bingo 57 9. Learning to Grow Old 59 10. Finding Common Ground in an Argument 61 11. Gift Giving 63 12. Checkers and Chess 64 13. Inventing a Multicultural Retrospective 66 14. Western and Non-Western Perspectives 70 15. Coalitions and Trust Information 78 16. Fantasy Walk in the Woods 79 17. Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us 42 18. The Hidden Agenda 43 19. Interpreting Policy in Cultural Context 46 20. Cultural Impact Story-Telling 47 21. Culture-Shock Ratings and Symptom Checklist 49 22. How to Sabotage Multicultural Groups 62 23. Describing Cultural Identity 65 24. Interpreting a Projective Picture 69 25. Drawing Symbols of Your Culture 71 26. Geometric Symbols of Cultural Values 77 27. A Free Drawing Test 45 28. Dialogue Within Ourselves 50 29. Predicting the Decisions of a Resource Person 58 30. Capturing Cultural Metaphors and Simili 67 31. Multicultural Group Process Recall 68 32. Testing the Underlying Truth 72 33. Inference-Observation Test 73 34. The Test of Reasonable Opposites 76 CHAPTER THREE: LONGER ONE HOUR SIMULATIONS 81 35. Talking about Multiculturalism in Primary Grades 89 36. Happy Hell or Lonely Heaven: The Brain Drain Problem 95 37. A Classroom Debate 104 38. Two Cultural Perspectives of Education in Society 110 39. Two Levels of Communication in The Military Culture 113 40. The Plural Versus the Singular Cultural Perspective 115 41. The Importance of Key Words in a Transcript 119 42. Public and Private Self 121 43. The Johari Window 124 44. A Self Assessment of Multicultural Awareness, Knowledge and Skill 126 45. High and Low Context Cultures in Conflict 134 46. A Values Auction 147 47. Interviewing Local Resource Persons 88 48. Double Loop Thinking 103 49. Stereotypes of Different Groups 106 50. Stereotypes of Different Groups 109 51. Cultural Value Systems with Conflicting Points of View 112 52. Describing the Feelings of a Resource Person 118 53. Fighting Fair 122 54. Making History Live 125 55. Prisoners Dilemma 133 56. Four Contrasting Ethical Orientation 137 57. Finding Common Ground with your Best Friend 140 58. Being Normal and Being Abnormal 149 59. Nominal Group Process 161 60. Separating Expectations from Behavior in 10 Synthetic Cultures 90 61. Gift Giving Across Cultures 101 62. Role Playing a “Hypothetical Problem” in a Group 108 63. Role Playing a Newspaper Incident 112 64. Listening to the Voices 115 65. Culture Perspective Taking 117 66. Getting Feedback from Other Group Members 119 67. Cultural Value Systems in a Counseling Relationship 141 68. Triad Training Model 143 69. Culture-Centered Genogram 151 CHAPTER FOUR: TWO HOUR LABORATORY ACTIVITIES 163 70. Orientation for a Cross-Cultural Experience 169 71. Michigan International Student Problem Inventory 171 72. Critical Incidents in Airline Travel 219 73. Pot Luck Dinner 230 74. Evaluating A Workshop With A Pre-Test and a Post Test 275 75. Scripts for Trigger Tapes on Video 177 76. Intercultural Communication Skills for Help Providers in the Military 195 77. Rehearsal Demonstration Model 228 78. Role Playing a Transcript 231 79. A Synthetic Culture Training Laboratory 240 80. Critical Incidents in Multicultural Ethics 255 81. American/Contrast American 26 82. Decreasing Cultural Barriers 270 83. American Auction 277 84. Hearing the Sounds of a Cultural Context 278 85. Critical Incidents Involving Ethnic Minorities 179 86. Critical Incidents with International Students 203 87. Critical Incidents in Tourist Groups 215 88. Hearing the Devils and the Angels Within Us 229 89. Action Project 231 90. Lump Sum : A Budget Simulation 232 91. Culturally Learned Parent Roles for Refugees 257 92. Finding Common Ground in Sports and Athletics 272 93. Unanswered Questions and Knowledge Gaps 274 CHAPTER FIVE: HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES 280 94. A Personal Cultural History 285 95. Applications of Critical Incidents 323 96. Analyzing a Transcript 324 97. A Culture-Centered Interview Guide 325 98. The Cross-Cultural Trade-off 336 99. Adapting to the Culture of a University 357 100.No Questions Asked 287 101.Partners: A Sex-Role Training Exercise 290 102.The I.I.P.Questionnaire 306 103.Developing Cultural Life Skills 319 104.International Student Survey of Strong Feelings 346 105.Shopping in an Unfamiliar Culture 369 106.A Simulation Designing Exercise Called “Multipoly” 288 107.Life Styles and Our Social Values 312 108.Locating Power Networks in Organizations 317 109.Writing an Ethnography 367 110 The Cultural Grid 371 CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSIONS: Staying Out of Trouble 372 REFERENCES 377 Overall, the objective of this book is to stimulate awareness, knowledge and skills for managing the psychological dynamics of diverse cultural contexts in practical ways. Although these experiences can be used with a variety of students and classroom settings, most of the experiences are suited for teaching students in counseling programs. Instructors will do their students a great service by incorporating the experiences into the classroom, thereby blurring the boundaries between the classroom and multicultural community resources and helping students learn ways to use those experiences in their future practice of psychology Please Note: This excerpt appears by special permission of the author and publisher and may not be presented elsewhere without permission of the copyright holders. Explore. Discover. Learn. Search Africana Heritage for Related Content Read a review of this book by George F. Simons at diversophy.com Buy 110 Experiences for Multicultural Learning from booksamillion.com Buy 110 Experiences for Multicultural Learning from APA Press About the Author: Paul B. Pedersen, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University, Visiting Professor, University of Hawai‘i Department of Psychology, has taught at the university level for more than 30 years, focusing in the areas of counselor education, cross-cultural psychology, communication, intercultural training, international education, constructive conflict management, alternative and complementary therapies, and educational development. His primary interests include the effect of group difference on interpersonal and intra-personal interaction between cultural and nationality identities in the educational setting, multinational corporation, public or private sector, and in the community. Pedersen has authored or edited 40 books, 74 chapters in books, 99 articles, and 19 other monograph-length published or circulated documents. His consulting activities have included work in over a dozen countries with public and private organizations. Consulting has included an average of ten or more training seminars a year on aspects of intercultural communication or mental health. Pedersen was a senior Fulbright Scholar in 1999-2000, teaching at National Taiwan University. He is a fellow in the American Psychological Association''s Society for the Study of Social Issues as well as a fellow in the association''s Ethnic and Minority Issues, Counseling, and International Psychology divisions. Pedersen''s clients include, among others: The American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, American Association for Counseling and Development, The World Bank, Pan American Airlines, Northwest Airlines, EXXON Malaysia, American Field Service, Harvard University, Pace University, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fordham University, The National University of Malaysia, the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Agency for International Development, Stanford University, City University of New York, US Department of Health and Human Services, and the Australian Ministry of Cultural Affairs. To learn more, visit Dr. Paul Pedersen''s homepage Copyright 2004 The University of South Florida and The Africana Heritage Project. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. For more information, contact the Africana Heritage Project via e-mail.