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Intercultural Competence
This section is focused on the concepts of Intercultural Competence, navigable by level of proficiency:
- Beginner: "Understand the difference between universal and particular."
- Intermediate: "Engage in dialogue among persons with diverse experiences."
- Advanced: "Engage different cultures to build equitable communities."
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Intercultural Competence Resources
From Domains/Dimensions Related to Diversity:
Students will be able to define culture and explain the different dimensions of culture. Students will be able describe the way the universal functions as a normative lens that often disadvantages the particular, specifically in relation to majority/minority relationships across aspects of difference.
- Citizens of the World Student Showcase
Center for International Programs, UDayton Global, and Heritage Coffeehouse - Assessing intercultural competence
Deardorff, Darla K. (2011), New Directions for Institutional Research 2011(148) - Your Stereotypical Life Story
from the Safe Zone Project - Identity Signsfrom the Safe Zone Project
- 3 Reasons Positive Stereotypes aren’t that Positivefrom It's Pronounced Metrosexual
- Civil Rights Movement Mythbusters QuizArrington, Jennifer & Levine, David, from Teaching for Change
- Big Shoes to Fill: A Teambuilding LessonMenkart, Deborah (2017), from Civil Rights Teaching
- Women Make Historyfrom Teaching for Change (2017)
- Resistance 101: A Lesson on Social Justice Activists and StrategiesMenkart, Deborah & Acosta, Allison (2018), from Teaching for Change.
From Domains/Dimensions Related to Diversity:
Students wll be able to evaluate the effects on and potential changes to the cultures of marginalized groups by systems of injustice, backgrounds, values, cultures, and abilities. Students will explore through dialogue the perspectives of multiple stakeholders on a given problem, threat, or difficulty. In addition, students will be able to listen in an affirmative and empathetic manner while engaging others with civility and respect.
- Intergroup Dialogue in Higher Education: Definitions, Origins and Practices.
Zúñiga, Ximena, et al. (2007), - What Makes Dialogue Unique?Yankelovich, Daniel (2001), from The magic of dialogue: Transforming conflict into cooperation
- Deliberate DialogueChakraverti, Meenakshi (2009), from Handbook on building cultures of peace.
- 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation
Headlee, Celeste (2015), TED Talk - Breaking Bread ProgramCenter for International Programs, Campus Ministry, Office for Mission and Rector, and The Brook Center
- Dialogue Zone in the Roesch LibraryProvides facilitation assistance for faculty, staff, and students. Programming for capacity-building in dialogue and strengthening awareness of dialogue and its uses in the local community and the world at large also available.
- Crucial conversations: tools for talking when stakes are highPatterson, K., Grenny, J., McMillan, R., & Switzler, A. (2012) New York: McGraw-Hill
- Dialogue in Teaching: Theory and Practice
Burbules, Nicholas C. (1993), New York: Teachers College Press, Columbia University.
From Domains/Dimensions Related to Diversity:
Students will be able to devise and implement an equitable process for developing a solution in collaboration with people of multiple cultural groups or populations. Students will also be able to build meanigful realationships with people of multiple cultural groups or populations, especially those who might be marginalized or disadvantaged in a particular social context. In addtion, students will be able to produce solutions that reflects the perspectives of stakeholder groups, especially those that might be marginalized or disadvantaged, and apply diversity as a source for creativity, productive collaboration, and growth.
- Road to reconciliation: ex-IRA members and British soldiers come face to faceCobain, Ian (2015), from The Guardian
- Civil Dialogue in Uncivil TimesUD Department of Communication (2016)
- Civility Is: a Rutgers PerspectiveLazes, Scott (2010)
- Can A Divided America Heal?Haidt, Jonathan (2016), TED Talk
- The Single Most Important FactorUS-Ireland Alliance (2008): 10th Anniversary Symposium regarding Good Friday Accord in Northern Ireland
- Dialogue Zone in the Roesch LibraryProvides facilitation assistance for faculty, staff, and students. Programming for capacity-building in dialogue and strengthening awareness of dialogue and its uses in the local community and the world at large also available.
- Resistance 101: A Lesson on Social Justice Activists and StrategiesMenkart, Deborah & Acosta, Allison (2018), from Teaching for Change.
