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Perspective Sharing Perspective Taking Developing Intercultural Communication Competence. glyn.rimmington@wichita.edu mara.alagic@wichita.edu. Questions?. Can we be put in pigeon holes? What is the nature of cultures? Perspective Sharing & Taking? PSPT for dialog analysis?
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Perspective Sharing Perspective Taking Developing Intercultural Communication Competence glyn.rimmington@wichita.edu mara.alagic@wichita.edu
Questions? • Can we be put in pigeon holes? • What is the nature of cultures? • Perspective Sharing & Taking? • PSPT for dialog analysis? • PSPT in online role-play simulation? • Where next?
Third Place Learning “We have a firm commitment to NATO, We are part of NATO, We have a firm commitment to Europe, We are part of Europe”. Consider a disorienting encounter… “We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, As we should. Africa is a Nation that suffers from incredible disease”.
Third Place Learning Perspective Sharing/Taking Strategies Critical [Co]Reflection Bodymindfulness Every voice counts Active Listening Cultural Proficiency Dialectic Thinking
Third Place Learning Perspective Sharing/Taking Strategies Critical [Co]Reflection Bodymindfulness Every voice counts Active Listening Cultural Proficiency Dialectic Thinking “We hold dear what our Declaration of Independence says, that all have got uninalienable rights, endowed by a Creator.”
Perspective Sharing Sharing Share you self-critical perspective Ask for the other person’s perspective
Perspective Taking? Taking Ask Q in such a way it is answered from your perspective Share about self but from the other person’s perspective
Perspective Sharing & Taking Sharing Taking
PSPT for dialog analysis? spreadsheet
PSPT in online role-play simulation? screen snapshot
Scenario examples: Misconceptions • Smiles • Priorities • Disruptive student • Punctuality • Dress code • Exchanging money • Cute or Ugly? I have a cold • Yes or no? Head wobbling
Selected references Bennett, J. M. & Salonen, R. (2007) Intercultural Communication and the New American Campus. Change, 46-50. Bhabha, H. K. (1994). The location of culture. (Routledge Classics Edition). New York: Routledge. Mezirow, J. (Ed.). (2000). Learning as transformation: Critical perspectives on a theory in progress. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Rimmington, G. M. & Alagic, M. (2008). Third Place Learning: Reflective Inquiry into Intercultural & Global Cage Painting. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing Inc.
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