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Assignment

Topic 1: Culture, Identity and Culture Diversity

KEY CONCEPTS

· The nature, function and significance of culture

· Culture as a social construction

· Identities as socially constructed

· Oversimplification of cultural differences and underestimation of within-group differences

· Problem of equating culture to nation

· Problems with essentialist, static and reified views of culture

Topic 2: About Culture, Acculturation and Intercultural Interactions

KEY CONCEPTS

· Large culture and small culture

· Acculturation, acculturation strategies

· Social identity theory as useful non-essentialist approach to understand ingroup and outgroup situations

· Negotiating the boundaries of ‘small culture/worlds’

· Intercultural experiences as evolving, complex interrelations in activity systems

· Intercultural interactions as co-shaped by personal dispositions and multiple contextual elements

Topic 3: About social Identity and the Negotiation of Multiple Identities

 KEY CONCEPTS

· Personal identity, social identity and cultural identity

· Nature, role and experience of social identity

· Negotiation of multiple identities, hybridised identities

· Global citizenship

· Recognising ‘Otherness’ – in others and the self

· Cultural and intercultural adjustments of newcomers and hosts

· Cultural identity of third culture individuals
 
Topic 4: Impact of Social Categorisation Processes on Intercultural Communication and Interactions

KEY CONCEPTS

· Significance of group membership for individual identity

· Development of attributions, stereotypes and prejudice

· In-group / out-group

· Cultural variations in communication styles and conflict resolution

· Spiral of miscommunications and implications

· Engagement in culturally mixed group work – concerns

· Paradox of diversity in work teams

Topic 5: Cosmopolitan learning and a shared sense of 'we'

KEY CONCEPTS

· Multiculturalism - positive and negative aspects

· Sense of ‘we-ness’

· Intercultural learning

· Multicultural education

· Cosmopolitan learning

Its a reflective journal of the UNIT overall. UNIT is EDU 616 - Teaching Learning and working in culturally diverse environment. Some notes provide was

The reflective journal should present your thoughts and ideas of the topics we have discussed in this unit. You may present it as an essay of your kept notes, reflections on how key concepts from the topics shed light on your past cross cultural/multicultural experiences, daily events or encounters and reflect on what you have learned. Key Concepts are listed under each topic in your unit guide.

You should reflect on each topic.

There is no strict format, you may present your reflections in the form of an essay or a report.

You may include references from the literature, but remember the focus is the topics in the unit.

Word count 1500