“The world is not changing.It has already changed”

Dr. Samuel Betances

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Understanding Somali Culture

Presented by: Abdimalik AskarScholar, Journalist, and Politician. Ed.D candidate:

Leadership of Education

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COMPANYL/O/G/O

General

Q/A

Culture

Parents

Students

Overview

Cultural Game 10

Evaluation and Conclusion 10

Introduction/ Icebreaker 10

Before Civil War

After Civil War

Cultural Game 10

Evaluation and Conclusion 10

Introduction/ Icebreaker 10

To understand a culture, we must

first understand the

beliefs and values of the people.

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Cultural Game 10

Evaluation and Conclusion 10

Introduction/ Icebreaker 10

World Value

Traditional Secular

Strong belief in God Strong belief &authority reason & human

Africa Asia L/America United States Europe

(Adapted from BrigidBechtold Consulting, 2004)© Abdimalik Askar

Time Perception

Do one thing at a time Do more than one thing at a timeThe clock-mechanical The sun-natural cyclesPrecisely segmented time FlexibleFuture orientation Present orientationPeople live & plan for future People live for today Task Focused People focusedSchedules as imperatives Schedules as goals

North America Africa

German Middle East

Scandinavia Asia Latin America

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Cultural Game 10

Introduction/ Icebreaker 10

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Remember - One of every six people on this planet is a Muslim!

Dates Fajr (Morning)

Dhuhr (Noon)

Asr(B/w Noon

and evening)

Maghrib (Evening)

Isha(Night)

8-Apr 6:00 PM 1:16 PM 5:00 PM 7:51 PM 9:20 PM

1-May 5:15 AM 1:11 PM 5:07 PM 8:20 PM 10:00 PM

2-May 5:15 AM 1:10 PM 5:15 PM 8:22 PM 10:15 PM

3-May 5:00 AM 1:30 PM 5:15 PM 8:25 PM 10:00 PM

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Muharram(Islamic New Year, 14333)

26 October, 2013

Mawlid al-Nabi(Muhammad's Birthday)

December 5, 2013

Ramadan begins July 10, 2013

Eid al-Fitr(Ramadan ends)

August 10, 2013

Eid al-Adha(Festival of Sacrifice)

October 7, 2013

Challenges Facing Parents

Challenges

Various aspect of life struggle

Assistance with Homework

Communication with teachers

To protect religion and culture heritageParticipating

school events

Language

Education discussion with child

Time volunteer in school

The reasoned Somali student fail in the school is lack of reading.

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The reasoned student fail is not returning homework.

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Student Behavior is depended on the house is coming from.

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Be aware of students: monitor their participation, know their names, look at each individual. Talk to the students individually: do not like to be embarrassed (embarrassment is one of the worst things for them (Amakulo, 2005). © Abdimalik Askar

Check for understanding by asking follow-up questions: often will say they understand something, even when they don’t (afraid of being embarrassed) (Amakulo, 2005).

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Somali culture is extremely social and interactive, and students will benefit from collaborative activities, but may struggle with individual work. (Farid & McMahan, 2004).

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“What’s done to children, they will do to society.” (Stacia Tauscher)

“You are not teaching [a class] …you are teaching human beings” (Dr. Samuel Betances)

“We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.” (Dr. KarlMenninger)

QUOTES

“It matters less where we are from.

What really matters is where we

are going”

Dr. Samuel Betances

Conclusion

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Cultural Game 10

Evaluation and Conclusion 10

Introduction/ Icebreaker 10

References• Bechtold, B. (2004). Somali Cultural Workshop.

Minneapolis, MN. BrigidBechtold Consulting.• Breslow, Lori (1997). Teaching Notes. Sloan

Communication Program, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). (1997). Retrieved April 02, 2008 from http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-279Spring-2005/B47DFA91-76FC-4AFC- BD11-3170FAEA1FA3/0/intculcommlecnot.pdf

• http://www.humanrights.state.mn.us/somali_culture.html• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/call/

call_93-1_chp5.htm• Monica Friedlander (1991), The Newcomer Program:

Helping Immigrant Students Succeed in U.S. Schools http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/booklets/immigration/5.html

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