Survey

Here are some proposed survey questions that could provoke thought and help challenge you to apply the information in the book.

from Tony 1. To what extent should parents be involved in the classroom?

2. Do business and corporations belong in education?

3. Which should be taught more in the classroom – academic intelligence or emotional intelligence?

4. How much are you willing to work with other teachers in your school? In your city? (or How important is teacher collaboration?)

5. What are the three biggest issues in education?

6. How are you able to teach to every student in all of your classrooms regardless of ethnicity, language fluency, or academic ability?

7. When should technology not be used in the classroom? (or What is our role in teaching technology to students?)

8. What are three challenges to making a change in your school?

9. What is the role of the media in education?

10. How can we retool our schools to be responsive to new social and emotional realities of third culture kids?

from Donn 1. Do you believe that your school, needs to work on relations with internal constituencies or external constituencies as a first step towards reculturing?

2. How might you envision a positive role for business in your school?

3. In what ways have you involved parents in your teaching? What do you believe their role to be in your school? Could you involve them more?

4. In what ways can your administration (including governing boards) provide the support necessary to reculture your school?

5. How has the increasing number of second culture (host country) students affected your school’s ability to serve diverse learning styles and cultures?

6. How does this trend impact the effort to reach out to external constituencies?