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As with every country, New Zealand gives us as educators the opportunity to enrich the
children with new experiences that in the future will help them so that they are able to make
connections, reflections, enhance their points of view, increase their creative capability and grow
in values that will turn the children into tolerant and inclusive people that always respect their
roots and that establish good human relations
Studying a country connects us directly with the following Human Units:
.-Understanding myself.
How do I identify myself through my culture?
.-Understanding how I relate to others.
How do I relate to people in my country that have a different culture?
.-Understanding time and space relationship.
In what part of the World Globe am I and how does that affect our use of time?
.-Understanding organizational systems and patterns.
What political system do we have?
.-Understanding the world and its surroundings.
What type of fauna do I find on an island?
.-Understanding human Creativity and its capability to innovate.
How can I change what surrounds me and how does my environment transform me?
Importance of studying a country:
Studying and having the possibility of knowing different cultures is widely beneficial in the
children´s learning process, because through this marvelous trip we can see aspects that go from
the language, geographical location, new terms, increasing their vocabulary and mastering new
concepts, developing a sense of commitment and respect for people of different cultures, time