Julia Lewis
Keywords:
case study, new teachers, cultural differences, class managementAbstract
Julia Lewis was a new instructor teaching SSS 101, Student Success Seminar, for the first time at Northern University. Having lived her entire life in the South and having some difficulty adjusting to her new surroundings, she worried that she may not be able to relate well with her students who seemed so different. She decided to use the first day of class to build a sense of community among the students. Her first exercise was the name game where students could learn each others names and an interesting fact about each other. The game began slowly as students were reluctant to get involved. Within minutes the game had turned into a fistfight between two male students. Julia dismissed the class. Julia wondered how this could have happened and what she would do when the class met again.
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