Key words
culture, diversity, multicultural society, intercultural competences
Objectives
the students
- describe the phenomenon of a multicultural society
- argue correctly the meaning of concepts such as culture, cultural identity, discrimination, racism, etc...
- analyse themselves and the other on the basis of concepts uch as culture, cultural identity, discrimination, racism, etc...
- function in a creative and responsible way using the attained intercultural competences
Topics
Theory
1. What is culture and which differences are important?
2. How important is cultural identity
3. The tension between universalism and relativism
- 4. attitudes towards the other
5. Social-communicative skills and self-knowledge
Practice:
groupwork about the question how to tackle diversity in different domains of the workfield
Prerequisites
No specific knowledge required, but openess towards other worldviews and ideas
Final Objectives
see objectives
Materials used
course material, articles, audio-visual material, games
Study costs
course material: about 3 Euro
Study guidance
individually after appointment
Teaching Methods
ex cathedra, discussion of cases, games, possibility of visit at certain initiatives or exhibition, possibility of guestspeaker
Assessment
written examination and groupwork
Lecturer(s)
Yvan Houtteman
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