Cultural Competency & Culture Vocab pt 2
- 2. Lesson Objectives TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS LECTURE: YOU MUST FILL OUT THE CULTURAL COMPETENCY WORKSHEET AS YOU GO. • Students will be able to define cultural competency. • Students are introduced to Globalization as a world wide phenomena that keeps us all interconnected. • Students are introduced to vocab terms: Stereotypes, Bias, Prejudice, Discrimination, Racism, and Ethnocentrism
- 3. Breaking down the title “Cultural Competency” 1st Define culturein your own words. Use the images on this slide for inspiration. Now the next word. Someone who has the skills to do something well, is considered competent. o Competent= Knowledge + Skills. o Competency = Competence + Commitment. Competency, therefore, includes one’s commitment to competence. Meaning it requires passion and a long-term commitment to the learning process. Complete the Quick Write on the worksheet.
- 4. Intercultural Competency Intercultural competence is the ability to function effectively across cultures, to think and act appropriately, and to communicate and work with people with different cultural backgrounds. • Most Important component of Intercultural competency? Ones awareness of how their own culture impacts the way they see themselves, others, and everything else in the world. Intercultural competency is considered today to be one of the most important job skill requirements of major industries all around the world, due to increased globalization.
- 5. Intercultural Competence • The diagram to the right outlines the many qualities of interculturally competent people. Review them and tell me if you have or are attracted to any of the qualities?
- 6. Globalization • The world everyday is becoming more and more interconnected…. a result of Globalization. Look up the term Globalization: What does it mean? Put it into perspective- i.e Tucson. While geographically, at first glance its easy to assume we are largely isolated from the rest of the world. However, if you think about it and look…..there is evidence of our global interconnection all around you, What evidence can you think of?
- 7. Watch the video link provided on the coupled worksheet and answer the questions below: 1. Why do blind spots exist? 2. How would you explain what blind spots are to your sibling or friend? Intercultural Competency 101: Understanding Your Own Culture…. Intro 2 Blind Spots
- 8. Blind Spots : Major Human Default. • We see the world through a distorting screen created by our deeply held — often subconscious — values and beliefs. • This reality can lead to an unintentional blindness and potential insensitivity to the values important to members of other cultures. Intercultural competence allows us to go beyond auto-pilot thinking and question our own assumptions. *****Why do you think understanding your own culture is essential before understanding that of others?
- 9. Cultural Vocab part 2 • Stereotypes • Bias • Prejudice • Discrimination • Ethnocentrism These terms are ESSENTIAL for you to understand, and you will encounter them in history class and/or subjects related to human phenomena.
- 10. Stereotypes Are preconceived ideas that attributes certain characteristics (in general) to all the members of class or set. It is like a label or categorization. • Categorizing things or people is a natural human inclination. However, people often make assumptions about groups of people they don’t even know.
- 11. Bias Can be a personal preference, like or dislike of a thing, person, or group compared with another. It is not grounded in fact. Often times our biases can interfere with our ability to be impartial (fair), unprejudiced, or objective (rational- not influenced by our feelings or opinions)
- 12. Stereotype Vs a Bias • If you think that all Asians are smart, or white men can't dance, that is a stereotype. • But if you hire an Asian for a job that also has an equally qualified black applicant because you think blacks are not as smart as Asians, you are biased (prejudice) • Let's just say stereotypes are the gate-way drug to prejudice. • Why Do You Think Stereotypes Are True? Watch: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1-aSIUP4wM
- 13. Prejudice Irrational suspicion or hatred of a group, race, or religion (holding unreasonable preconceived judgments) THOUGHTS Discrimination Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit to act on a prejudice. ACTION • Example: Segregation- Separated by race.
- 14. Ethnocentrism the belief that one's own culture is superior to all others and is the standard by which all other cultures should be measured.
- 16. Create your own challenge- 10 points extra credit
- 17. Racism • is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to physical appearance and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another.
- 18. End of lecture: “Don’t put people in boxes” • Watch the video in the link below • https://edpuzzle.com/media/5e86a2a1dcfe3c3ee86d218f