onsdag den 24. september 2014

Teaching intercultural competence in danish schools

Why should we teach culture?

In their every day life the students will meet and be introduced to different cultures, stereotypes of the different countries through the media, different cultural events etc. It is important that the students can make their own opinions. It is not our job. The teacher’s part is to help with the cultural meeting and create a consistent curiosity for the cultural differences and the world

Which cultures should be taught and which topics should we focus on – and who
decides this?

-  In the beginning you will primarily introduce the countries that have English as their first language but since they are not the most dominating English speaking countries (china is) it will also be relevant to introduce them to countries with English as their second language. They will form the language and their traditions ass much as the Britain’s and the American’s.

The subjects shall give the students different views of the country. Mostly it is important to introduce them to topics they can compare their daily life to the daily life in other countries and cultures.

As it is now there are 8 main topics within the cultural topic. It can be divided in to:
1.     Technology
2.     Economy
3.     Social institutions
4.     Political institutions
5.     Language and communication
6.     Reproduction and socialisation
7.     Ideology
8.     Religion

The topics will be chosen together with the students as well as the texts.

Why are viden (knowledge), holdninger (attitudes) og færdigheder (skills) considered important?

- Knowledge is about knowing the different groups of population and their culture.
- Attitude is about knowing how to act among other people in other countries and work about how they should feel about other cultures.

- Skills: the students shall be able to know how to deal in the meeting with strangers and different cultures. They shall know that their point of view is not necessarily the right or only view.

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