VIDEO

INTERCULTURAL
UNDERSTANDING
•Intercultural understanding is an
essential part of living with others in
the diverse world of the twenty-first
century. It assists young people to
become responsible local and global
citizens, equipped through their
education for living and working
together in an interconnected world.
•Intercultural understanding combines
personal, interpersonal and social
knowledge and skills. It involves
students learning to value and view
critically their own cultural perspectives
and practices and those of others
through their interactions with people,
texts and contexts across the curriculum.
•Cultural relativism is the view that
ethical and social standards reflect the
cultural context from which they are
derived. Cultural relativists uphold that
cultures differ fundamentally from one
another, and so do the moral
frameworks that structure relations
within different societies.
•Religious beliefs and arranged
marriages are also examples of cultural
relativism. There are practices in religion
and marriage that are acceptable in some
cultures but not in others. However, this
does not qualify individuals to criticize
each other's practices, and they tolerate
them as they are.
Cultural relativism is when right/wrong is
hard to determine, due to one's cultural
upbringing. For the Filipino, one example
would be debt of honor or “utang na
loob”. For example, when a judge says to
a guilty friend he owes, “Hey you will get
the lightest sentence possible. I will
talk to the judge with your case.”
Ethnocentrism judges
another culture solely
by the values and
standards of one's own
culture.
Ethnocentric individuals judge
other groups based on their
ethnic group or culture,
especially with regard to
language, behavior, customs,
and other ethnic distinctions and
subdivisions.
ETHNIC GROUP
a community or population
made up of people who
share a common cultural
background or descent.
Enthnicities/Philippines
• Filipino
• Indigenous peoples
• Aeta people
• Ratagnon people
• Moro people
• Indigenous peoples of the Philippines
• Bontoc people
• Negrito
• Tagalog people
Cultural values are the core
principles and ideals upon which an
entire community exists. This is
made up of several parts: customs,
which are traditions and rituals;
values, which are beliefs; and culture,
which is all of a group's guiding
values.
Examples of cultural
values include
respect for elders,
family values
Cultural norms and values are society's
expectations that are reflected in the
attitudes and behaviors in a group of
people. A norm refers to the attitudes
and behaviors that are considered
typical or average for a social group
while beliefs are often referred to as
values. Norms support values.