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| Autor/in | Rao, Nagesh |
|---|---|
| Titel | Are We Caught between Two or More Cultures? The Importance of Teaching Cultural Marginality in Our Classrooms. |
| Quelle | (1995), (16 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Differences; Cultural Interrelationships; Cultural Pluralism; Higher Education; Models; Multicultural Education; Student Attitudes; Student Development |
| Abstract | Both marginality and moving between cultures are concepts which need to be discussed in college classes. While America and the rest of the world are becoming more multicultural through marriage, immigration, sojourn, etc., little is being done to prepare students to interact effectively with other cultures. In Milton Bennett's (1986, 1993) developmental model of intercultural sensitivity, people move from being ethnocentric to being ethnorelative, each in 3 stages, based on the way they deal with cultural differences. In the first stage of the model the person is in "denial of differences." In the second stage, the person moves from denial to "defense against differences" where they perceive the differences as threatening to their own cultural identity. In the third stage,"minimization of differences," cultural differences are trivialized. The fourth stage of the model is "acceptance of differences." In the fifth stage, people are "adapting to differences" by learning alternate communication and behavioral skills to adapt to a new culture. In the sixth stage, "integration of differences," the person realizes that his/her identify comes from the process of defining themselves. In Janet Bennett's (1993) explication of encapsulated versus constructive marginals, the former is troubled by ambiguity, neither feeling at home nor having a recognized reference group, and has difficulty in decision making; and, the latter makes a conscious choice of the boundaries between cultures, has marginal reference groups, and has a sense of "dynamic in-betweenness." Combined as one model, these ideas can be used to teach students about how to cope in a multicultural world. (Contains 7 references.) (Author/CR) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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