Communication and Learning

Heejung Park

13Cultural Values and Human Development

Abstract: Cultural values – a set of values governing a society – guide individuals’ behaviors and define optimal pathways for human development. As such, differences in cultural values generate variations in learners’ attitudes, practices, and achievement. This chapter addresses the connection of cultural values with human development including learning, and its increasing complexity in the current era. First, the chapter provides conceptualizations of culture and cultural values and highlights national and ethnic variations in cultural values particularly relevant for learning and communication. Second, it explains that culturally informed feedback from parents, teachers, and peers regulate ...