Ndura, Elavie2007-11-292007-11-292006Ndura, E. (2006). Reflections of teachers’ culture in the classroom: Beginning to see and hear. Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education, 8(2), 1-13.https://hdl.handle.net/1920/2896This qualitative study investigated practicing teachers’ characterization of their classroom practices and relationships with culturally different students after being engaged in three weeks of reflective activities surrounding cultural identity development and how culture shapes our worldview, dispositions, and behaviors. The study showed that through such engagement, the participants began realizing that they and their students were human beings whose experiences and perceptions are shaped by their cultural backgrounds. The study revealed that while teacher-student relationships were portrayed mostly as nurturing, they were hampered by tension resulting from a clash of cultures.enEducationCultureArticle