}In language, we use signs and symbols – whether they are sounds, written words, electronically produced images, musical notes, even objects – to stand for or represent to other people our concepts, ideas and feelings.
}‘Culture’ is one of the most difficult concepts in the human and social sciences and there are many different ways of defining it
}Culture is used to refer to whatever is distinctive about the ‘way of life’ of a people, community, nation or social group.
}Culture can be used to describe the ‘shared values’ of a group or of a society.
}To say that two people belong to the same culture is to say that they interpret the world in roughly the same ways and can express themselves, their thought and feelings about the world, in ways which will be understood by each other
}Members of the same culture must share sets of concepts, images and ideas which enable them to think and feel about the world, and thus to interpret the world, in roughly the same ways. They must share, broadly speaking, the same ‘cultural codes’ or ‘cultural knowledge’.
Imagine that an electro-magnetic pulse hits Australia, and other countries around the world, as an act of terrorism. All electronic devices, including computers, smart phones, and the Internet, cease to work. How do you think this would affect your life, especially in the areas of socialising and education?As a teacher, it is often difficult to motivate and engage with students 'in real time' during a traditional classroom lesson. I believe this is related to this generations constant usage and reliance on the digital world. The very nature of the Internet is instantaneous, so these students are often expecting results to occur just as rapidly in 'real life'. So how do you motivate a student to study long term and set long term goals when they're use to receiving things NOW! Even the task of getting student to come to this blog is a mission, when their Internet browsers seem to know only four locations: Google, YouTube, facebook and Wikipedia.
