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Cultural
Rai Som Learning Centre is a learning hub for the entire community, providing education and hope to around 200 young lives, primarily ethnic Tai Yai children who are indigenous to the area, and other Tai Yai children who have migrated from neighbouring countries. The school, which has been operational for five years, started with bamboo huts as classrooms, but now has permanent structures for learning.
Not only are you teaching in a different country to your own, but with students who have differing cultural understandings and relations to the world. Thus, in our lesson planning, we must be aware of cultural differences and connect to the frame of reference of our students. This makes learning relevant and connected to their reality.