1 / 45

MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE

MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE. Please follow the text and the exercises on your own paste. If you decide to do everything at once and in-depth, it will take you between 90 min on the average. Personal exercises are marked with the following symbol: You need Internet access for some of them.

chanel
Download Presentation

MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE

  2. Please follow the text and the exercises on your own paste. If you decide to do everything at once and in-depth, it will take you between 90 min on the average. Personal exercises are marked with the following symbol:You need Internet access for some of them.

  3. Your ability to function well within a new or global environment impacts your success as a scientist and your personal wellbeing.

  4. Cultural Awareness is having sensitivity and understanding toward members of other ethnic groups. That however is not enough.

  5. To be able to succeed in today’s global and multicultural environment, you need to possess / masterCultural Competence.

  6. Cultural Competenceis the ability to effectively operate withinvarious different cultural contexts.

  7. To function well in an intercultural environment you need to understand the cultural basis of your emotional responses to unfamiliar behavior and then make adjustments.

  8. What is Culture?Culture is the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes members of one categoryof people from others. - Hofstede

  9. Personal Workout 1 Push the button to learn about the five Dimensions of Cultures Push the button to learn how your culture compares to other cultures

  10. Not everyone in a given society is programmed in the same way. There are considerable differences between individuals as a result of the unique experiences that shape them.

  11. However, also important,there are attitudes and beliefs thatwe may be either unwilling or unable to report because we are unaware of them.

  12. The Implicit Association Test measures exactly that-our programming as a result of culture and environmentthat we may be either unaware of or unwilling to recognize.

  13. Click on the button to take the following two Implicit Association Tests: Personal Workout 2 • RaceIAT • Gender-ScienceIAT

  14. Please take 10-15 min and write down your responses to the following questions- What did you learn by making the test ?- How would that help you in an intercultural environment? Personal Workout 2

  15. Complete the statement, `“I am a(n) _______,” rather quickly 20 times. Do not think at all about your responses. Example: I.e., I am a (wo)man, a scientist, I am XXX nationality, I am a dog lover … and so on.This is only an example. Do not follow it literally. Write down whatever comes to your mind. Personal Workout 3

  16. Now look for:- individual traits- collective affiliations - ethnic identity Do your ethic, cultural or other group affiliations come before your individual ? Which ones come first? Why is that according to you? Personal Workout 3

  17. Let’s reflect now on how cultures differ withYang Liu‘s Info-graphics“East Meets West”

  18. Look at the following info-graphics and reflect on how people differ in countries you have lived in or travelled through. Which feel closer to you? Personal Workout 4

  19. Way of Life

  20. Self Consideration/ Ego

  21. The Boss (Power Distance)

  22. Expression of Opinion

  23. Attitude to Time

  24. Childhood (the environment in which a child grows)

  25. Waiting in Line

  26. Sunday on the Street

  27. Networking

  28. At a Party

  29. At the Restaurant

  30. Dealing with Challenges

  31. Life of Elderly People

  32. New Things (Distance to Change/ Embracing Change)

  33. Daily Drinks (# of cold drinks vs. warm drinks)

  34. 1970 2006 Vehicles

  35. China Germany

  36. Aid for Stomach Ache

  37. Taking a Shower

  38. Weather

  39. Anger & Displeasure

  40. Travelling

  41. Take 5 to 10 min and think how you interpret the following:“A first grader should understand that culture is not a rational invention. All cultures function on faith rather than truth.“—Kurt VonnegutWhy did Kurt Vonnegut say that? Personal Workout 5

  42. We are all unique and therefore different. We are composed of hundreds of cultural influences and experiences that contribute to our uniqueness.

  43. Take about 10 min and write down the top ten most significant cultural influences and experiences in your life. Recognize some of the choices which you have made in your life which have contributed to who you are today. Personal Workout 6

  44. Take about 5 min and think about the following statement:Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.Martin Luther КingWhat does that mean for you personally? Personal Workout 7

  45. Thank you for taking the time to improve your intercultural competence.If you have any questions on the exercises or anything else, please send them to:Natalia Blagoeva, Eudaimonia Solutionsnatalia@eudaimoniasolutions.com

More Related