Reflecting on intercultural encounters in the field: themes, dimensions and depth, host: Gery Nijenhuis, Onderwijsparade 2021 , @Krowden

Reflecting on intercultural encounters in the field: themes, dimensions and depth

MSc Degree students in International Development Studies leave their classroom to do fieldwork abroad. Well-developed intercultural competences - the ability to develop targeted knowledge, skills, and attitudes (e.g. the three dimensions of intercultural competences) that lead to visible behaviour and communication that are both effective and appropriate in intercultural interactions (Deardorff 2006) - are vital to successfully carry out such fieldwork. However, immersion in a different cultural setting does not itself assure intercultural learning: an active learning environment is needed to achieve this (Huber & Reynolds 2014). We developed a learning trajectory to train their intercultural competences, which was implemented for the first time in 2019-2020. One crucial ingredient of the trajectory is the written reflection on an intercultural encounter while in the field, so with someone who is perceived to have a different cultural affiliation.

04-03-2021 11:30 - 11:50

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