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Kar

Pedagógiai és Pszichológiai Kar

Szervezet

PPK Interkulturális Pszichológiai és Pedagógiai Intézet

Kód

SOCM17-111

Cím

Intercultural Training

Tervezett félév

Őszi

Meghirdetve

2024/25/1

ECTS

2

Nyelv

en

Leírás

leírás: angol nyelven

Oktatás célja

The course brings the understanding of the mechanisms of intercultural relations into focus. Besides providing an insight into the theories of intercultural interactions and relations,  the course makes participants aquainted with the close connection between culture and  human thinking, emotions and behaviour, the characteristics of intercultural relations, through personal experiences.. It aims to increase intercultural sensitivity, competence, gender awareness and improve the efficiency of intercultural communication. It aims to replace the monocultural view with an intercultural one and to provide the necessary knowledge and skills related to the latter. Learning outcome, competences knowledge: -          Knowledge and understanding of the main characteristics of the values of different cultures -          Knowledge of the main achievements of modern cultural psychology -          Knowledge of the historical and cultural aspects of the relationship between majority & minority groups -          Knowledge of the basic processes of intercultural communication -          Knowledge of basic forms of intercultural relationships and social practices attitude: -          Openness to accepting the values of other cultures -          Acceptance of the norms of intercultural communication skills: -          Ability to work efficiently in intercultural organizations and to win partners’ cooperation -          Ability to reflect on the hidden assumptions of one’s own culture, to identify and critically relate to others’ prejudices and ethnocentric views -          Ability to understand the characteristics of intercultural communication, to apply them in organizing partners’ work and to deal with possible conflicts efficiently

Tantárgy tartalma

Topics of the course The course gives an insight to theories of intercultural interactions and relations (e.g.: identity strategies, identity negotiation approach). It illustrates the close relationship between culture and human thinking, emotions and behavior and the nature of intercultural relations through own experiences, furthermore, it increases intercultural sensitivity, competence and efficiency of intercultural communication. Ethnocentrism. Raising awareness of diversity. Framing; description, interpretation, evaluation.Theories of intercultural interactions and relations (Ting-Toomey’s face-negotiation theory, Berry’s stress and coping model, Argyle’s culture-learning theory, Phinney’s approach of identity, Camilleri’s and Cohen-Emerique’s identity strategies, identity negotiation approach). Culture and  human thinking, emotions and behaviour, the characteristics of inter-cultural relations, through personal experiences.. Learning activities, learning methods Interactive lecture, training method, experiential learning, case analysis (e.g. film)

Számonkérés és értékelés

Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation: requirements -          Active participation during the training - maximum 4 hours absence -          Reading the assigned readings -          "Intercultural Trial (Heptathlon)": group exercise which consist of  creating group tasks and solving those tasks (participants devise seven experience-based simple group task that will be realized by other participants from the group) -          Writing a paper about the experiences of “Intercultural Trial (Heptathlon)" mode of evaluation: Pratice mark. The writing assignment will be evaluated by grades and text feedback. criteria of evaluation: -          Constructive participation in the course -          Relevance of the topic in writing assignment, and meeting the criteria -          Self-reflexivity of the writing assignment -          Coherence and complexity of the writing assignment

Irodalomjegyzék

Compulsory reading list Bennett J.M. (2009) Cultivating intercultural competence: a process perspective. in Deardoff, D. (Ed.) The Sage handbook of intercultural competence. Sage Publications. Los Angeles, 121–140. Deardoff, D.K. (2009) (Ed.) The Sage Handbook of Intercultural competence. Sage Publications Gudykunst, W. B. (2005). Theorizing about intercultural communication. Sage Publications Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA Hammer, M. R., Bennett, M. J., & Wiseman, R. (2003). Measuring intercultural sensitivity: The intercultural development inventory. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 27(4), 421-443. Landis, D.; Bennett, J. M.;  Bennett, M. J. (eds.) (2004): Handbook of intercultural training (3rd edition). Sage Publications. Matsumoto, D. (2010) The APA Handbook of intercultural communication. APA, Washington DC.

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