In the final lecture of the session, you will learn the stumbling blocks of intercultural cooperation such as ethnocentrism, verbal and nonverbal communication, and different values. When comparing the cultures, there are a few frameworks you may use. Lecturer Salo-Lee elaborates Hofstede´s framework in the education context. Many other frameworks can be applied for us to have a better understanding of different cultural dynamics.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: none

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture HERE.

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Assignment after the lecture: Check Hofstede´s dimensions of workrelated cultural values from the website http://www.geert-hofstede.com/geert_hofstede_resources.shtml . Think about in the education context, where are the features of your own culture in the following 5 aspects:

• large/small power distance

• individualism/collectivism

• strong/weak uncertainty avoidance

• masculinity/femininity

• long/short term orientation

You can look also:

http://www.geerthofstede.nl/dimensions-of-national-cultures