Use experiential intercultural training methods such as simulations, role-playing and critical incidents to encounter perceptual and value differences¶

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Description¶

Several annotated background materials recommend experiential methods for intercultural learning. Hoopes' INTERCULTURAL SOURCEBOOK (SIETAR, 1979) is annotated: "Approaches help the trainee experience or encounter perceptual and value differences, respond to them, and integrate the resultant learning into their own patterns of thinking and behaving." Methods listed include role-playing, simulations, cultural assimilators, self-awareness inventories, critical incidents, case studies and group exercises, and Nesbitt's edited volume introduces games focusing on global concerns.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A trained facilitator and structured debriefing so learners can integrate the experience into their own thinking and behavior

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Elementary and secondary students
• Adult trainees in intercultural education

Target Learning Goals¶

• Intercultural awareness
• Recognition of perceptual and value differences

Related Strategies¶

• Games
• Acting/Role Play
• WWYD Critical Incidents
• Role Play
• Simulation Learning
• Debriefing
• Teachers enrich their own cultural awareness first, then explore native and foreign cultures through authentic settings

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Berman, Sarah, Martha Campbell, and Kathy Lentz. (1980). Annotated Bibliography of Materials for Developing Cultural Understanding and Global Awareness in the Elementary School. Arizona State University. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED199130