early years
Why a Multicultural Environment is Good for Young People?
15 November 2022
What Does Culture Mean?
According to Oxford Dictionary culture is ‘the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society’ and in addition to that – ‘the attitudes and behaviour characteristic of a particular social group’.
Culture in Early Years
Jennie Lindon describes in her article ‘Cultural diversity in the early years’ that by young children developing a sense of their own identity through their family life they can then learn about other cultures out with the family unit. These experiences away from the family are of great importance and help broaden the understanding of other cultures.
Learning Languages
Learning a second language is easier for a child as their brains are designed to absorb new information unconsciously. Check out this TED Talk where Patricia Kuhl explains how babies listen to the sounds around them.
Multicultural Workplaces
Tim Cook, CEO of apple has been clear that he sees diversity as vital to the future of Apple. In 2013, he used an article in the Wall Street Journal to share his belief that “people are more willing to give of themselves when they feel that they selves are being fully recognised and embraced”. In 2015, he said that diversity “is the future of our company”.
https://www.apple.com/diversity/
What a Multicultural Environment Means to L&E
Learn & Experience have a very clear vision. Creating experiences to bring together young people from around the world while keeping to a simple principle: Happy Children Thrive! L&E offer experiences for young people which include World Camps, Teen Travel and Open Minds and we have been bringing the world’s youth together since 2009. We firmly believe that being exposed to people from all over the world and from many different backgrounds at a young age is hugely beneficial. Each one of our programmes is designed to allow young people to have an amazing experience whilst being surrounded by a diverse group of people. Want to join one of our programmes click HERE to read what we have in store for 2023!
L&E Parent Talks About the Importance of a Multicultural Program for her Children
Learn & Experience programmes include World Camps, Open Minds and Teen Travel
The Learn and Experience Podcast
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