Landis / Brislin Handbook of Intercultural Training

Area Studies in Intercultural Training
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-5836-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Web PDF

Handbook of Intercultural Training, Volume III: Area Studies in Intercultural Training deals with information about the countries in which people will be living and working, where trainers want new and better country-specific information that can be incorporated into their programs. This volume contains two parts, wherein the first part deals with training in educational institutions where existing programs are examined. An intercultural competence in bilingual teacher-training programs is presented, and the intercultural communications skills imparted to trainers/teachers are examined. Also addressed are methods to facilitate education on cross-cultural matters to college level students. To put cross-cultural relations in perspective, the topic of American and foreign students in the United States in a university context is discussed, and its implications for theory, future research, and applied intercultural programming are further examined. Part II is concerned with area studies and covers Sub-Sahara Africa, Islamic countries such as Iran, Americans in Australia, Oceania, India, Japan, Canada, and the American retiree abroad. The inclusion of this section shows the types of content that can be included in the preparation of training programs. Trainers and cross-cultural workers, foreign workers, diplomats, foreign students, immigrants, and even transients working and living in a different culture will find this volume a wealthy source of information.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Landis, Dan

Brislin, Richard W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover ;1
2;Area Studies in Intercultural Training;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;Foreword;10
7;Preface;12
8;Handbook of Intercultural Training Volume III (PGPS-116);14
9;Chapter 1. International Education, Area Studies, and Materials Acquisition;16
9.1;THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION;19
9.2;AREA STUDIES;24
9.3;APPENDIX: DEALING WITH THE EMOTIONAL INTENSITY OF THE SOJOURN EXPERIENCE;31
9.4;REFERENCES;32
10;Part I: Training in Educational Institutions;34
10.1;Chapter 2. Intercultural Education in Elementary and Secondary Schools;36
10.1.1;DEFINITION AND PURPOSE OF INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;36
10.1.2;SHOULD INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING BE INCLUDED IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS;37
10.1.3;OVERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMS;39
10.1.4;AN ECLECTIC THEORY OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS;51
10.1.5;CONTENT AND GOALS OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURES EDUCATION;52
10.1.6;CONTENT AND GOALS OF INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;56
10.1.7;A NOTE ON METHODS;62
10.1.8;CONCLUSION;63
10.1.9;NOTES;63
10.1.10;REFERENCES;67
10.2;Chapter 3. Developing Intercultural Competence in Bilingual Teacher-Training Programs;70
10.2.1;BILINGUALISM;70
10.2.2;BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES;75
10.2.3;DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE IN BILINGUAL TRAINING PROGRAMS;82
10.2.4;A TRAINING PARADIGM;84
10.2.5;SUMMARY;92
10.2.6;CONCLUSION;93
10.2.7;REFERENCES;93
10.3;Chapter 4. Integrating Cross-Cultural Education in the Postsecondary Curriculum;96
10.3.1;THE ISSUES;96
10.3.2;I. WHAT BENEFITS DOES EDUCATION IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION OFFER TO COLLEGE-LEVEL AND OLDER STUDENTS THAT NO OTHER FIELD OFFERS SO EFFECTIVELY;96
10.3.3;II. WHAT DO STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OTHER CULTURES;98
10.3.4;III. HOW CAN STUDENTS BEST BE ATTRACTED TO CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES;101
10.3.5;IV. RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR CROSS-CULTURAL EDUCATION;102
10.3.6;V. HOW CAN INSTITUTIONS FACILITATE THE PROCESSES OF CROSS-CULTURAL EDUCATION;104
10.3.7;VI. OBSTACLES TO INTEGRATING CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING IN THE POSTSECONDARY CURRICULUM;106
10.3.8;APPENDIX I: ENCOUNTERING INDIA;108
10.3.9;THE SYLLABUS;109
10.3.10;STUDENT REQUIREMENTS;110
10.3.11;SUGGESTED MATERIALS FOR READING AND REFERENCE;111
10.3.12;APPENDIX II: ENCOUNTERING CULTURES;113
10.3.13;REFERENCES;116
10.4;Chapter 5. Cultures in Contact: On Intercultural Relations Among American and Foreign Students in the United States University Context;117
10.4.1;FOREIGN STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES;118
10.4.2;THE AMERICAN SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT FOR INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS;122
10.4.3;TOWARD A MULTIVARIATE MODEL FOR ASSESSING CULTURES IN CONTACT;124
10.4.4;NEW RESEARCH FINDINGS ON THE CORRELATES OF AMERICAN STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD FOREIGN STUDENTS;127
10.4.5;NEW RESEARCH FINDINGS ON THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS AS LEARNING RESOURCES IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS;134
10.4.6;NEW RESEARCH FINDINGS ON THE EFFECTS OF INTERCULTURAL TRAINING FOR FOREIGN-STUDENT TEACHING ASSISTANTS;137
10.4.7;CONCLUSIONS;138
10.4.8;REFERENCES;141
11;Part II: Area Studies;146
11.1;Chapter 6. Sub-Saharan Africa: A Praxis Theory of Intercultural Training;148
11.1.1;A PRAXIS THEORY OF INTERCULTURAL TRAINING;151
11.1.2;PRAXIS AS A TRAINING METHOD;153
11.1.3;RESEARCH CATEGORIES FOR REFLECTIVE ACTION;155
11.1.4;SUMMARY;157
11.1.5;REFERENCES;157
11.2;Chapter 7. Intercultural Problems of Education in Islamic Countries—with Special Reference to Iran;158
11.2.1;DISTRIBUTION OF MOSLEM PEOPLES;159
11.2.2;FORMS OF ISLAM;159
11.2.3;THE CREED AND ESSENCE OF ISLAM;160
11.2.4;ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY;161
11.2.5;IDEALS OF ISLAM;161
11.2.6;THE VIEW OF ISLAM ON EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE;164
11.2.7;ISLAM AND MODERNISM: THE CASE OF IRAN;165
11.2.8;EDUCATION IN IRAN: TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC AND SECULAR MODERN;167
11.2.9;FEMALE EDUCATION AND STATUS;168
11.2.10;THE INTRODUCTION OF MODERN EDUCATION IN IRAN;168
11.2.11;PROBLEMS OF INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION IN IRAN;170
11.2.12;PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF MODERN EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY;171
11.2.13;INTERCULTURAL PROBLEMS OF IRANIANS STUDYING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY;173
11.2.14;ISLAMIZATION OF EDUCATION AND INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS;174
11.2.15;CONCLUSION;175
11.2.16;REFERENCES;176
11.3;Chapter 8. Americans in Australia: Intercultural Training for "The Lucky Country";177
11.3.1;WHY AUSTRALIA;177
11.3.2;WHY AMERICANS GO TO AUSTRALIA;179
11.3.3;WHAT DO THEY FIND;180
11.3.4;PROBLEMS OF ADJUSTMENT;186
11.3.5;INTERCULTURAL TRAINING PROGRAMS;189
11.3.6;INTERCULTURAL TRAINING FOR AUSTRALIA;190
11.3.7;REFERENCES;194
11.4;Chapter 9. Oceania: Cross-Cultural Adaptation;196
11.4.1;PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND COMMON CULTURAL FEATURES;199
11.4.2;CROSS-CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT;202
11.4.3;REFERENCES;210
11.5;Chapter 10. Training and Preparation for Research in Intercultural Relations in the Indian Subcontinent;211
11.5.1;PROBLEMS BEFORE THE CROSS-CULTURAL SCIENTIST;213
11.5.2;SOCIOLOGICAL CONTOUR OF THE SUBCONTINENT;215
11.5.3;ISSUES IN SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGES IN THE SUBCONTINENT;223
11.5.4;PREPARATION FOR INTERCULTURAL STUDIES IN THE SUBCONTINENT;227
11.5.5;BIBLIOGRAPHY;230
11.5.6;Appendix: A Time Chart of Prehistorical and Historical Events of the Indian Subcontinent;239
11.6;Chapter 11. Preparation of North Americans for Interaction with Japanese: Considerations of Language and Communication Style;242
11.6.1;LINGUISTIC REALITIES;243
11.6.2;IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING;248
11.6.3;COMMUNICATION STYLE;253
11.6.4;TRAINING IMPLICATIONS;270
11.6.5;NOTES;272
11.6.6;REFERENCES;273
11.7;Chapter 12. Canadian Multiculturalism: The Solution or the Problem;275
11.7.1;INTRODUCTION;276
11.7.2;THE NATURE OF CANADIAN MULTICULTURALISM;277
11.7.3;THE MEANING OF MULTICULTURALISM;279
11.7.4;MULTICULTURALISM AND POWER;281
11.7.5;MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION;283
11.7.6;THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS;286
11.7.7;HUMAN RIGHTS AND RACISM;287
11.7.8;SUMMARY;288
11.7.9;NOTES;289
11.7.10;REFERENCES;289
11.8;Chapter 13. American Retirement Abroad;291
11.8.1;DEMOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS;291
11.8.2;SCIENTIFIC STUDIES;292
11.8.3;VIEWS FROM THE FIELD;302
11.8.4;HISTORICAL TRENDS;303
11.8.5;INTERCULTURAL PREPARATION FOR RETIREMENT ABROAD;304
11.8.6;FACTORS AFFECTING RETIREMENT ABROAD BEYOND THE GRASP OF INTERCULTURAL PREPARATION;304
11.8.7;FUTURE RESEARCH;305
11.8.8;CONCLUSIONS;305
11.8.9;REFERENCES;306
12;Name Index;308
13;Subject Index;314
14;About the Contributors;320