glossary

Challenge 1:

globalisation = Everything that has to do with the world like culture, problems, economics,.. . Global means world (wereldomvattend)

assimilation = absorbing knowledge by the things we already know.

formal education = the proces of developping people in knowledge, skills, mind and character in a structured program.


Challenge 3:

transcendent learning = Something that is totaly new or the landscape in you're head is wrong (you don't use it)

culture shock = the result of desoriëntating . It's not simular to our own values, beliefs and behaviours.

prejudice = an assumption made about someone or something before having adequate knowledge.



Challenge 2:

Ethnocentrism = having an exaggerated national feeling focusing on your own norms and values. (Dat je vooral je eigen normen en gewoonten volgt zonder open te staan voor anderen)

internationalization =the act of bringing something under international control.For example the international markets.

e- twinning = Is an example of a medium to get international contacts and you can use it in the class.


Challenge 4:

Nacirema = means in the reading text american . Some words you need to read in the other direction.

Civilazation = a society in an advanced state of social development (with complex legal and political and religious organizations) the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization.

trading: how you communicate go in contact and behave to other people.


Challenge 5:

Minority = a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part.

unificaton  = unification is a spiritual practice that brings us the realization of unity with life.

paradox =  is a statement or concept that contains conflicting ideas.


Challenge 7

awareness = is the state or ability to perceive, to feel, or to be conscious of events, objects or sensory patterns.

convention = A convening of members of an interest group in which topics of interest or concern may be formally discussed and appropriate courses of action planned. A social convention may also involve informal social discussion and social activities.

curriculum= is a plan of learning.

learning encounters = the learning of something that has an impact on our lives.



Challenge 6:

developping = (ontwikkelen) to build something up.