ERIC Number: EJ767660
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-1383
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Intercultural Communication and the New American Campus
Bennett, Janet M.; Salonen, Riikka
Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, v39 n2 p46-50 Mar-Apr 2007
Modern educators face new challenges both in teaching about culture, and in teaching across cultures. While culture is often addressed in the "content" of the curriculum, it is less frequently incorporated into the "process" of teaching and learning. In short, cultural knowledge does not equal intercultural competence. Being global citizens requires powerful forms of intercultural competence. Such competence bridges domestic and global diversity by focusing on patterns of interaction in a cultural context, whether within a country or across national borders. Intercultural communication is about negotiating shared meanings. Thus the study-abroad student needs to be interculturally competent, as does the student in a course on race, class, and gender. The growing global focus on developing interculturally competent students, professionals, and citizens suggests five key trends for which there are associated resources. While there are outstanding materials grounded in other disciplines that address this issue, the primary focus of this review is to highlight the contribution of the "intercultural" perspective by describing the literature it has generated. Lists of resources on the following topics are provided: (1) The Intercultural Perspective; (2) Integrating Domestic and Global Diversity, Learning Culture Experientially, and Teaching and Learning on the Culturally Complicated Campus; (3) Assessing Intercultural Competence; and (4) Linking Intercultural Competence to Global Leadership. (Contains 31 resources and 9 online resources.)
Descriptors: Student Needs, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Educational Trends, Teaching Methods, Leadership, Global Approach, Bibliographies, Learning Experience, Measures (Individuals), Student Evaluation
Heldref Publications. 1319 Eighteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Tel: 800-365-9753; Tel: 202-296-6267; Fax: 202-293-6130; e-mail: subscribe@heldref.org; Web site: http://www.heldref.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Bibliographies
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A