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In the words of Edward Hall, “it is impossible for [a man] to divest himself of his own culture, for it has penetrated to the roots of his nervous system and determines how he perceives the world. ... Sherry Field, an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin, describes how teachers can use culture to teach social studies. ... Her article describes the Universals of Culture and how to use them in the primary classroom. ... Scott Moreau, an author and associate professor at Wheaton College, culture is an aspect of life that is difficult to define. ... 121) He claims that, because culture is a dynamic pattern, it is not static and is slow to change. Culture is also innate, not learned, interrelated in its facets, and shared by a group of people. ...
Culture can also be separated into three categories: human universals, which are facets shared by each culture around the world; cultural particulars, the means by which a culture meets its own needs; and individual idiosyncrasies, the way each member of a culture decides which elements to accept or reject and has diverse skills pertaining to their application (Moreau, 1995, p. ... In her article “Using Children’s Literature and the Universals of Culture to Teach about Mathematics,” Sherry Field focuses primarily on the first category: human universals of culture. She defines these in ten themes: material culture such as food, shelter, transportation, clothing; language and nonverbal communication; the Arts; play and recreation; education; and social organization (Field, 2003, p.
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