1 / 17

Exploring European Identity and Values Through Cross-Cultural Education

Uncover personal, national, and European identities through exchanges at Fontys University. Learn how upbringing shapes values and impacts cultural diversity. Explore correlations between upbringing values and societal beliefs in a global context.

ceceliab
Download Presentation

Exploring European Identity and Values Through Cross-Cultural Education

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. Welcome! EUROPEAN VALUES EDUCATION - EVE Me, we and the other Europeans Fontys University of Applied Sciences Tilburg/NL

  2. Who we are • Students of Fontys University of Applied Sciences Insert: name of students and photos

  3. What is it about? • 3 lessons as a part of the exchange between Cambreur • College/NL, Gymnasium Lünen-Altlünen/D and • Gymnázium Kolín/CZ • exploring our personal, national and European identity • in a nutshell

  4. What is the context? • 1970ies: initiative from the universities of Tilburg & Leuven  exploring the values of Europeans by asking questions about their opinions, attitudes, convictions about topics such as: • Europe, politics, religion, society, family, work, etc. • Random samples: 1500 respondents of 18 years or older • Identical (translated) questionnaires – 37 languages (CEPS/INSTEAD )

  5. What is the context? • 1981: EC countries + • 1990: EU + Eastern Europe + • 1999/2000: EU + Eastern Europe + • 2008-10 4th wave! = 47 countries

  6. How will it be organized? • 3 lessons with discussions about: • Upbringing, to explore our personal values • Love and Relationship, to explore personal and cultural differences • Controversial Issues, to discuss a possible European dimension

  7. What is identity? Why do we need identity?

  8. Concept of identity & culture How do we learn culture or values? By Geert Hofstede (2005)

  9. Diamond ranking: upbringing

  10. Diamond ranking: upbringing values • What struck you when you discussed your diamond about upbringing? • Where did you discover diffrences and where similarities in your group? • How could you explain these differences and similarities? • Do upbringing values change? • How could you explain differences and similarities between different countries (averages)?

  11. Theory: upbringing values • “hard work”, “obedience” and “religious faith” more traditional upbringing values (e.g. demanded by (religious) authorities, or necessary to survive) • “ tolerance”, “imagination”, “independance”  more post-modern upbringing values (e.g. necessary to survive in an individualising world in high income countries)

  12. Checking the theory Do you see a correlation between the following maps?

  13. Checking the theory Do you see a correlation between the following maps?

  14. Checking the theory Do you see a correlation between the following maps?

  15. Checking the theory Do you see a correlation between the following maps?

  16. Checking the theory Do you see a correlation between the following maps?

  17. Lesson outcome • We learn (some) values from our upbringing. • (Upbringing) Values differ between persons, groups, cultures and countries. (Diversity) • There are several factors which have an influence on the diversity of values, like income, being religious, age etc. • (Upbringing) Values are changing. • Theories can (only) partly explain diversity between people of different countries.

More Related