5/21/15; Week5: Cultural Differences Concerning Time


                Have you heard of polychronic and monochronic concepts of time?



  • The monochronic culture schedules one event at a time in an orderly fashion. In the polychronic culture, employees can work on several tasks simultaneously. Polychronic individuals thrive on carrying out more than one task at the same time as long as they can be executed together with a natural rhythm. (According to https://vplegacies.com/)

 

This means that if you are in an area where it is a polychronic society, you will need to make connections, make friends, and network even more! Hall says that “Outsiders residing in [polychronic areas] find the bureaucracies unusually cumbersome and unresponsive.” In polychronic societies you must find a friend to help you get connections. Procedure is really important in the United States.

How does this apply to education and school systems?  If you come from the opposite society, you will suffer if you do not understand these differences and the techniques to follow what time discipline your area has. Students who may be new to the area or country will need extra care, teachings, and councilors.  Support is what the doctor ordered. Punctuality may have to be thrown out the window in the first weeks or months a student and their family are still learning. If you are an educator, please keep this in mind. Get training and counsel and study about new cultures you may come across in the classroom is vital.

   

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