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The Interaction of Culture and Learning: Implications for Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapists have agreed that culture can affect therapy by influencing such factors as acceptance of a physical disability, attitude to the sick role, and perceived pain. Occupational therapists however, seem to have ignored the fact that culture also affects factors that influence learning. Learning can be a critical component of paediatric occupational therapy; therefore, it would seem desirable if not necessary for therapists who work with children from different cultural groups to be aware of the cultural variations in those characteristics that influence learning. With this knowledge, therapists would be able to develop strategies that would complement the unique characteristics of each child and ensure effective therapy This paper supports this argument. It introduces therapists to the research literature on the cultural variations in motivational style, cognitive style, human relational style and social interaction and discusses how the literature could be used to develop more effective therapy