Clash of Perceptions in the USA
Dr. Hasan Yahya
The Arab teachers in an Islamic Academy
I was invited to give a series of lectures for Teachers [Arab and non-Arab] in the United States. As a sociologist and expert on class management, I tried to give the best I had of my experience and education to help out this group. Change resistence is expected from static personalities and traditional intities. One time early in my career, I was invited to provide seminars to introduce methods of teaching in a changing society. The in-service workshop was a result of the administration plan to enhance instructive methods among teachers. The group of teachers was mixed, it includes British, Americans, and Arab teachers. For me, it will be unfair to present the workshop for all with their different cultural backgrounds, in addition, the administration encouraged the presenter to make two group divisions, one Arab group, and the second others non-Arabs. This means British and Americans.
In both groups first introduction, I tried to test how much the groups accept or reject change. So I did ask the group to count from one to five, from right to left or left to right. After number five, the next will count one then two then three, My expectations were that groups will abide with the instructions given. After completing the counting, I asked the groups who counted themselves as one, to form a group. Then those who counted two form another, and so on. As a result we have five groups no matter how many people in each group. The whole group number was 37. So we will have two people in two groups, so we take these two to work with the presenter. Our expectations were, that we will have five groups of seven people each, and the remaining two persons will join the presenter.
Groups Reaction:
The Arab Group: I began this test introduction for two reasons.
I wanted to separate friends from setting side by side next to each other, so the relations through interaction would be fresh represents a new situation. In other words adaptation was in mind when I presented the group divisions.
I wanted to mix the group to include male and female without in the same group without embarrassment to share the game of In-service.
The reaction of the Arab group was completely negative, more than one group member male and female refused the idea of mixation, and provided their logic, they used to set like this, and they liked it, so no need to change the situation. Second, women have to be on one side, and men on the other. Even though they were teachers have the same instructions and functions, they immediately divided themselves in terms of gender, and friendship or nationality.
The non-Arab Group: Unlike the Arab group, I began providing the same game of accpting change. The group members began counting from one to five, after completing countings, I gave the instructions to move and form the new groups of numbers One, Two, Three, Four, and Five. In less than two minutes all the groups were formed and too a place in the large room.
Psychologists and sociologists may guess immediately in terms of adaptation to new environment was different between the two Arab and non-Arab groups. Arabs did not only rejected change, but enforced stability over the instructor. While the non-Arab group conformed with the instructions and fulfilled the obligation for the new environment.
History and culture are two deadly aspects bring conflict among people.Education is used not to bring people together but to divide people in terms of nationality, color, gender and age.
Goals of education may be viewed as constructive, but latent goals cover the manifest goals in any institution or organization or nation.
Latent means hidden, covert, and therefore, embarrassing mater to discover.
Take for example, Zionism, or OIC, or NATO or SCO or the UN and its organizations. How to enforce economic, social, political and cultural rights? or even Democracy on those who reject it? What international standards or criteria can be presented before the rise of disputation? How these rights are implemented and what mechanisms oversee rights violations?
Hasan Yahya writes weekly column for Malaysia, www.Worldfutures.info and TINA International News Agency. www.hasanyahya.com
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