Developing Cross-Cultural Competence: A Guide for Working With Children and Their Families (Developing Cross-Cultural Competence (Lynch)) 3rd Edition

Hoping this book helps me to become a better teacher and person...in the classroom and in life as well. It's important to get to know families in order to teach children to their understanding.

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As an educator who started her journey as a daycare worker, assistant director in a daycare, an educational support person for elementary, then middle/high school, and finally an elementary teacher I can honestly say that in those early years this book was a great introduction to aiding my cultural awareness and ability to work with parents of different cultures. The disclosure of the nine cultures presented in this book with the explication of their own culture, linguistic backgrounds, beliefs, values, and behaviors. Even their educational believes were eye opening. The author covers Anglo-European, Native American, African American, Latino, Asian, Pilipino, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, and Middle Eastern in this book. Mind you, you need to keep in mind that the information presented is a "general" overview. Do not assume that what is said is the same for every ethnic background. Working with families and students will allow you to test and assess what the book offers you in understanding those cultures.Overall, this book provided me with a basic support and understanding which was very helpful when working with the diverse population I work with. If you have never worked with a diverse population this is a good book to start with. But do not let it be the bible to interaction either.

I got this book for a speech-language pathology graduate course on multicultural issues in the field of Speech Path, but it is a truely great resource for anyone who is or will be working with different cultural backgrounds or anyone who is interested in learning more, maybe evwen about their own cultural background. I like that the book discusses traditions/beliefs of the different cultures both in the US and the other countries. Also, I was impressed by the number of different country cultures included and not just continental "cultures" all rolled into one.