Misunderstandings
So the things that we can see, hear, and taste are part of surface culture. But the values and beliefs that are the reason for those things are part of deep culture.
Sometimes we misunderstand people from another culture because we don’t know the values and beliefs behind the actions.
Watch this video about a preschool teacher in Italy. What are the misunderstandings? Answer the questions that pop up.
Talk about it
The teacher is called Anna, The parents are called Amena and Elian.
- What happened with Amena and her child?
- What did Amena do?
- What did the teacher think?
- Why did they misunderstand each other?
- What could they do to try to understand each other better?
- What happened with Elian and her child?
- What did Elian do?
- What did the teacher think?
- Why did they misunderstand each other?
- What could they do to try to understand each other better?