Measurement units. intercultural educational activities

dc.creator	Ioana Magdaş
dc.date	2009-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:17:15Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:17:15Z
dc.identifier	2065-1430
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c39f7e4f99a6401883b5be07a80578b0
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18929
dc.description	Today’s society is characterized by a plurality of cultures in such a way that a person will often interact and interrelate with new cultures. The situation becomes even more complicated when one has to adapt to a new culture for a short period of time (travel or study visit) or a long period of time (new work place, emigration etc.). Any person’s first impulse when getting ready to travel to a foreign country is to find out as much as possible about the respective country and its culture. Most of the time however, some details which are related to the practical aspects of such a visit are neglected. By this we mean everything from obtaining a visa (if necessary) to the shopping you need to do once you have arrived in the country. The first surprise might arise at the border when you might be asked to write you height or weight in a form using a different measurement unit (for instance feet or inch instead of cm) and can continue with distances being expressed in miles not in km, having to fill the gas tank using gallons and not liters and even being forced to shop where weight is expressed in lb instead of kg etc. Subsequently, intercultural education must not overlook the aspects formerly presented. In the present article we present a set of didactic activities which serve the purpose of familiarizing pupils with different measurement units so as to cope easily with situations that required interacting with new cultures or with people that are part of other cultures.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
dc.relation	http://adn.teaching.ro/
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2065-1430
dc.source	Acta Didactica Napocensia, Vol 2, Iss s1, Pp 51-56 (2009)
dc.subject	measurement units
dc.subject	interculturalism
dc.subject	educational activity
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Measurement units. intercultural educational activities
dc.type	article