The role of
the team member/leader in the business and industry world is something that can
easily be applied in the classroom. The
description in this chapter discusses the “increased globalization and
decentralization of organizations” (p. 179) that has been occurring recently in
the business world, and the school setting is also experiencing the same thing,
so far on a smaller degree. As we want
to give more educational opportunities to our students, we need to provide more
options for acquiring that education.
This, as we are currently experiencing, is becoming more prominent
through online classes, but there are movements in the education world that
also allow for the decentralization.
With the prominence of social media and communication technologies such
as video chat, students can work with each other from afar. This works great in schools like mine, where
we have students coming from around 20 districts prior to coming to our school. This provides situations where students that
are working on a group project together may live over an hour apart. Some of our students have overcome this by
using iMessage and Facetime on their iPads to collaborate.
Another aspect
of ID that is extremely applicable and extremely useful to the classroom
setting is cross-cultural training. As
educators, we need to have a good understanding of the factors that influence
our students outside of school. Again,
since our school serves students from a wide variety of geographical locations,
it also, in turn, means we are serving students from a wide variety of educational
experiences, socioeconomic backgrounds, and ethnicities. As a result, we need to focus on how to best
serve all students, and realize that what works for one of our “clients” may
not work for the “client” sitting next to them.
This can be challenging for teachers that do not come from the same
culture as a students, so teachers need to put in a lot of effort and be
flexible as they figure out how to best serve their “clients.”
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