This activity allowed me to realize the different ways to evaluate different cultural activities and gave me a better understanding of customs different than mine own.
Joyce Bain
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Could you please explain what DIE is?
D = Description
I= Interpretation
E= Evaluation
Thanks for the comment
Joyce Bain
Thanks, Joyce. I came in on that discussion late.
nan
Hello!
Jumping in -- I thought you all might like to hear about this development... Some folks in Intercultural
Communication (the field the DIE activity was borrowed from when designing the culture module for ELL-U)
have begun using DIVE: describe, interpret, *validate*, and -- for the final step, some continue to
use "evaluate", while others use "explanation."
Brewer and Cunningham (2009) discuss using D.I.V.E. (where e=explanation) in the first chapter of
Integrating study abroad into the curriculum: Theory and practice across the disciplines (Stylus
Publishing). Although the cross-cultural context is different, the principles have broad application.
Here's the Google book link, if anyone's interested:
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=bXO0HhgdjVQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR3&dq=study+abroad+transformative+potential&ots=NRrJ28yp47&sig=oFbEhhX9x-T4uoWs9rFd0QUyz00#v=onepage&q=study%20abroad%20transformative%20potential&f=false
Nicole Pettitt
P.S. I'm glad to hear the culture module of ELL-U
continues to be useful to this community!