UNIT I (e)

Intercultural pedagogy

Arti singh
Culture
Things are divided into two parts

Natural Man-made
• Man-made things consist utensils, clothes, Jewelry, house, machines,
norms, languages, literature, art, skills, music, dance, religions,
philosophy, ideals, beliefs, values etc.
• All things are not culture
• Achievements and things related with human welfare are culture
• Culture includes the teaching that accepts and respects diversity in all
area of life
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• Culture is related with thoughtful work
• Ethics- Religions, philosophy, ideals, beliefs, values etc. are culture
• Humanology- All are culture which is learn by human in the society, like-
knowledge, science, art, skills, rituals etc.
• Taylor- Culture is a that complex whole which includes knowledge,
belief, art, moral, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits
acquired by man as a member of society.
• Ottaway- The culture of a society means the total way of life of the
society.
 culture
▪ Old concept of culture- Fixed and complete state
▪ New Concept of culture- Culture is a continuous, dynamic and
unfinished human process
▪ If culture is unfinished process, the concept of culture has also moved
from a behavioristic approach to socio-cultural theory
▪ Recent time concept of culture has been strongly based on socio-cultural
theory
…cont.

▪ Culture is a-
▪ dynamic, creative, continuous process
▪ including behaviours, values and substance learning
▪ shared by people
▪ guides them in their struggle for survival
▪ gives meaning to their lives.
 interculture
• Taking place between cultures or derived from different cultures.
• Occurring between or involving two or more cultures
• Pertaining to or taking place between two or more cultures
• Example- Intercultural exchanges in music and art.
• Existing between, relating to, or involving one or more cultures
• A common set of social norms, conventions, etc. adopted by a group
whose members are culturally diverse
• We all become personally enriched by coming in contact with and
experiencing other cultures
Multicultural, Cross-cultural
and
Intercultural
 multicultural
• In multicultural communities,
we live alongside one another.
• We value tolerance, and
celebrate one another’s
culturally distinctive cuisine,
dress, music, dance, and
related outward
expressions of culture.
• It usually requires only
superficial and polite social interaction.
…cont.
A multicultural community can also mean
that-
• society allows and includes very distinct
cultural groups, with equal status
• people from different cultural groups are
understood as standing side-by-side, at
times in isolation from one another
• often there is a superficial celebration of
food, folk, and festivals without deep
learning
• power differentials are not addressed; it
does not allow for exchange between
these cultural groups and tends to only
focus on representation.
• society in which different cultures live
side by side without much interaction
 Cross-cultural
• Cross culture in the business world refers
to a company's efforts to ensure that
its people interact effectively with
professionals from backgrounds
different from their own.
• Like the adjective cross-cultural,
it implies a recognition of national,
regional, and ethnic differences
in manners and methods and a desire to bridge them.
 Cross-cultural
• In cross-cultural communities, there is some reaching across
boundaries.
• We try to build bridges of relationship between our cultural
communities by sharing, listening, learning, and being open to
changing.
• It usually requires intentionality, and programs of education
and community-building. It also means that two or more
cultures are considered or related to
✔ often cultures are compared or contrasted with one another,
and one culture is deemed superior or inferior to another
✔ power differentials are still not addressed; it only allows for
limited learning or exchange between cultural groups
✔ cultural differences may be understood or acknowledged,
but are also managed in a way that does not allow for
individual or collective transformation
 Interculture

• In intercultural communities, there is

comprehensive mutuality, reciprocity,
and equality.
• Our social structures and everyday
interactions are defined by justice,
mutuality, respect, equality,
understanding, acceptance, freedom,
diversity, peace-making, and celebration.
• Intercultural community hopes to take us
deeper than multicultural or
cross-cultural models of community.
 Intercultural
It also means that-
• there are mutually mutual relationships among and between cultures
• people from different cultural groups interact with one another, learn and grow
together; build relationships and become transformed, shaped, and moulded from
each other’s experiences
• “intercultural” is not a substitute for “ethnic”!
• the focus is on relationship building (not survival), deep connections, interactions,
mutual gifting, respect, and learning from one another
• no one is left unchanged in the intercultural process: some examine their own
culture more deeply, some are changed through their interaction with others, many
learn more about what it means to be in community together
• racial and cultural power imbalances are addressed; people are enabled to learn
from each other and lead toward the transformation of all peoples
 We need to ask four questions?
1.Why we need intercultural pedagogy?
2.How can we organize our teaching in order to attain
aims?
3.Which material do we use?
4. What do we need to consider when we develop
intercultural pedagogy material?
 Intercultural pedagogy
• Intercultural pedagogy promotes the understanding of different people
and culture
• People of different cultures can and should be able to engage with each
other and learn from each other.
• It is not abstract but is in the context of social reality
• It is not particular and limited

Aim of Intercultural Pedagogy

To deal with diversity in a positive way and see the advantage of
it instead of seeing it as a problem
 Intercultural pedagogy

• Intercultural pedagogy is asked to promotes an intercultural approach

based on the epistemological level
• recognizing the crucial need to invest in education as a means of fighting
prejudices which arise from
• a lack of knowledge
• a restricted mentality towards anything which presents itself as being
different from common national cultural paradigms.
 Main aims of Intercultural pedagogue

1. All students become intercultural component

2. They learn to deal with the diversity in general
3. They become component to live and work in diverse, intercultural
modern society
4. All students have equal opportunities to learn
5. Students have equal access to the learning process
 Competencies for intercultural pedagogy (Specially in
teachers)
1. Effective communication skills
2. Cooperative skills/ team work/ being able to work with a diverse group
3. Open minded / anti prejudice
4. Able to see things from different aspects
5. Creative thinking
6. Flexibility
7. Critical thinking
8. Ability to select relevant information
9. Conflict management
10. Take initiative
…Thanks