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Swartz, Jordan L. "TRANSRACIAL FOSTER FAMILIES: SOCIAL WORKERS PERSPECTIVE ON CULTURAL COMPETENCE." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/475.
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The following research proposal was meant to identify concerns and desired resources for transracial foster families based on the perspective of social workers. This study utilized a qualitative design and included face-to-face interviews with social workers currently working at Ark Homes Foster Family Agency. Interviews included nine social workers who had clients who were transracial foster families. Data analysis included audio recordings and written documentation. Transcription of all interviews followed after data collection was received. Findings from this study showed that social workers working with transracial foster families felt culturally competent to provide information to their clients. This study also found that the majority of social workers did not feel a need for their agency to provide additional trainings in cultural competence and that bringing the topic up to their supervisor on a need-be basis was suitable. Policy implementation surrounding social workers and transracial foster families could include foster care placement stability. If policy was implemented that required foster parents to support their foster child’s racial identity on a weekly basis, then that could increase the bond between foster child and foster parent. Policy implementation in this way could minimize the disagreements between the foster child and foster parent and have an increased likelihood of placement stability.
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Sedig, Sheila Marie Dolan. "Public Health Perspectives of Cultural Competence." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/594537.
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Racial health disparities and social injustices in health care continue in the United States (US) despite decades of research, policies, and programs dedicated to their elimination (Feagin & Bennefield, 2014). Cultural competency education of health care providers has been one way purported to help sensitize professionals to these inequities, thus seeking to address racial bias, unequal treatment, and misunderstandings of minority populations (Office of Minority Health, 2001). Such education can begin when students enter academia to commence their health care education, and certainly occurs as a student moves on through their academic career, particularly as they enter their post-graduate level studies. Investigating the required cultural competency course of a Master of Public Health (MPH) program through the perspectives of faculty, current students, and alumni for its ability to develop culturally sensitive health care practitioners was the aim of this case study. Document analysis and direct observation of the one cultural competency course required for all concentrations in one MPH program was undertaken. This was a semester-long course and was offered face-to-face and online; both were observed. In-depth interviews of faculty, current students, and alumni of the same program were also conducted. Using the public health critical race (PHCR) praxis theoretical framework (Ford & Airhihenbuwa, 2010b), data was analyzed to determine how, and to what extent, faculty teach cultural competency, students internalize this instruction, and alumni put this education into practice. By using a critical theoretical framework designed for public health program development, this study found that such a framework has effective utility as a curriculum – this framework could be used to increase students understanding of racial issues that impact health and health care. Data also revealed a schematic believed, by faculty, students, and alumni, to be important for the development of cultural competence. The findings also point to the importance of creating space in the classroom for both minority and majority voices to feel free to express difficult issues without repercussions of stereo-typing and name-calling; and for faculty to be able to effectively deal with such discourse. Curriculum that addresses issues of health disparities and social justice, classroom praxis, and faculty role-modeling can be combined to create the institutional environment where culturally sensitive and socially just health care practitioners may emerge.
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Gemarino, Junelle F. "Cultural Competence Among Oncology Health Care Providers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/76.
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The purpose of the study was to examine cultural competence among oncology health care providers. Specifically, the study assessed how career type, presence of previous diversity training, and education affected overall cultural competence of oncology health care providers.
The study used a quantitative survey design with self-administered questionnaires. A total of 36 voluntary oncology health care providers completed the cultural competence assessment survey. Participants were asked of their cultural awareness/sensitivity, cultural behaviors, previous experiences of diversity trainings, and some demographics questions. Descriptive (e.g. mean, frequency distributions) and inferential (e.g. t-test, one-way analysis of variance) statistics were used to analyze the data.
Findings of the study showed that the levels of cultural competence among oncology health care providers were low to moderate. Oncology health care providers who were social workers and registered nurses tended to report more frequent culturally competent behaviors, compared to other career types of health care providers. The study also found that those who had specific previous diversity training tended to report higher levels of cultural competence compared to those who did not have those diversity trainings. Findings of the study suggest that there be a need for improvement in the cultural competency practice among oncology health care providers. The results of this study could serve as a reference in the initial evaluation of exploring cultural competency health care practice in the specialization of oncology.
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Harju, Linda. "Communicating Culture : Can cultural studies, from a social constructivist perspective, enhance students' communicative competence?" Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för språkdidaktik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-77721.
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Denna uppsats har som syfte att undersöka om kulturstudier kan öka den kommunikativa förmågan, sett ur ett social konstruktivistiskt perspektiv. Frågeställningarna är som följer: Är kulturstudier integrerat i engelska 5 kursen? Finns det en relation mellan kunskap om kultur i engelsktalande områden och länder och kommunikativ kompetens? Anser eleverna själva att kunskap om kultur ökar deras kommunikativa kompetens? Vald metod är kvalitativ intervju samt innehållsanalys av ämnesplanen för engelska 5. Resultatet visar att kulturstudier inte är integrerat i engelska 5 kursen, samtidigt som elever ända har erfarenheter i form av kunskap om kultur i engelsktalande områden och länder. Dock kan endast i två av fallen en tydlig relation mellan kunskap om kultur och elevernas kommunikativa kunskap härledas. Fyra av fem elever anser att deras kommunikativa förmåga ökar tack vare kunskap om kultur.
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Williams, Wesley. "CULTURAL COMPETENCE TRAINING FROM A MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/710.
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The Masters in Social Work (MSW) program at California State University of San Bernardino utilizes a substantial portion of lecture hours bringing attention to areas in which racial disparities exist, as well as the negative impact that these racial disparities have on certain cultures and communities. This project focuses on the disparities involving African-American families in the public child welfare system and how cultural competence trainings may impact this overrepresentation. This research project consists of the exploration of past research relevant to this project, which pertains to cultural competence, the overrepresentation of African-American, and trainings on cultural competence. In addition, a 5-point Likert-scale survey focused on the need and effectiveness of cultural competency trainings from a student’s perspective, was completed by CSUSB MSW students. The data was then analyzed using SPSS statistics software employing tests that included frequencies, ANOVA, and a t-test. This project hypothesized that perspectives on cultural competence and cultural competence trainings differed along racial lines, and that there was no significant difference in response based on year in MSW program. Only the latter was support according to the data. This could also be interpreted to mean that students are not receiving much curriculum on cultural competence, which the curriculum is not meaningful enough to change their perceptions, or that students enter the program with fairly favorable perceptions of the importance of cultural competency.
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Lennerman, Carl. "Cross Cultural Competence : Ett sätt att förstå vår värld." Thesis, Swedish National Defence College, Swedish National Defence College, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-851.
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Vi strävar alltid efter att förstå det som sker i den värld vi lever i. Till vår hjälp har vi olika referenser och kunskaper som vi har lärt oss under våra liv. Dessa referenser och kunskaper förenklar och förklarar våra upplevelser och sätter in dem i ett sammanhang. Utan detta sammanhang blir enskilda händelser omöjliga att förstå och vi tvingas navigera oss fram med förbundna ögon. Kultur är ett av de verktyg vi människor använder för att förklara den verklighet vi lever i. Vi omges ständigt av en mängd olika kulturella kontexter med sina egna koder och sammanhang. För att kunna interagera med dessa kulturer måste vi ha en förståelse för vad kultur är och hur det påverkar våra handlingar och tankar. För en soldat eller officer som skall operera i en internationell miljö blir denna kunskap ännu viktigare, då det kulturella avståndet mellan människor tenderar att växa exponentiellt i förhållande till det geografiska avståndet. Detta är en av de viktigaste erfarenheter som man dragit under 2000-talets internationella konflikter. Till följd av detta så har institutioner över hela världen startat projekt i syfte att utveckla utbildningar och träningsprogram som skall öka förmågan att hantera kultur och kulturell problematik vid militära insatser. Denna uppsats huvudsyfte är att med hjälp av Brian A. Selmeskis 3C koncept undersöka hur den svenska Försvarsmakten och Försvarshögskolan hanterar kultur och kulturell problematik i sin utbildning. Målet med uppsatsen är att identifiera områden som kan utvecklas i syfte att utveckla Cross Cultural Competence.
We always try to make sense of the things that happens in the world we live in. To our help we have different references and knowledge that we have learned during our life. These references and knowledge simplifies and explains our experiences and put them in to context. Without this context single events becomes impossible to understand and we are forced to navigate with our eyes bound. Culture is one of the tools, we humans use to explain the reality we live in. We are constantly surrounded by a wide range of different cultural contexts with there own codes and conducts. To be able to interact with these cultures we must have a understanding for what culture is and how it affect our actions. For soldier or an officer that will operate in an international environment, this knowledge becomes even more important cause the cultural distance between people tend to grow exponentially in relations to the geographical distance. This is one of the most important experiences from the 21 st century’s international conflicts. As a result of this, institutions all over the world have started projects with the purpose to develop educations and training programs that will increase the ability to manage culture and cultural problems. This essays main purpose it to with the help of Brian A. Selmeskis 3C concept study how the Swedish Defence and the Swedish National Defence Collage handles culture and cultural problems in their education. The goal with the essay is to identify areas that can be developed with the purpose to evolve Cross Cultural Competence.
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Lee, Youn Mi. "Assess Intersectionality & Cultural Competence: Attitude toward Elderly Immigrants." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2020/schedule/39.
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Considering the geographical setting of the Southern region of the U.S., which is mostly divided into two races, Black and White, this study is to examine human science-related major undergraduates’ cultural competence and attitude toward the intersectionality group, elderly immigrants. The data, a total of 444 human science related major undergraduates in Mississippi, were collected. Through the principal factor analysis, attitudes toward elderly immigrants were divided into three factors: discrimination, avoidance, and tolerance, and cultural competence was into attitude, awareness, and sensitivity factors. The further related data analysis is to be completed by spring 2020. Through the study, it is expected to increase awareness of the need for culturally competent programs to educate the students on diversity and help to prepare undergraduate students to meet societal demands related to the intersectional minority population in the future.
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Nilsson, Sanna. "A research study on cultural competence at HVB homes in Sweden." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-81716.
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In autumn 2015 the largest refugee crisis occurred in Europe since world war two (Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap, MSB 2018). Sweden experienced a migrant flow from various countries because of wars and conflicts in the world (Swedish migration agency, 2016).Many unaccompanied minors, mainly from Afghanistan, needed to be taken care of in different family homes or HVB homes. To provide nursing and basic needs for the unaccompanied refugee children, the personnel must be able to handle and understand cultural differences and situations that may arise from this. Cultural competence can be crucial to provide good care for these minors. Purpose; The purpose of this study is chosen in order to understand if adequate training is available for the staff at HVB homes, if the staff feels informed about cultural diversities and if the education given helps in order to detect problems and thus be aware of them. With the help of this research, the author hopes that problems such as untrained personnel and lack of knowledge regarding cultural sensitivity can be highlighted in order to develop fitful education to give optimal care for the unaccompanied refugee minors. Knowledge is one of the pillars for the development of a well-functioning society. Method: The study was performed as a qualitative interview study in which three interviews were made with personnel working at different HVB homes. As a complement to deepen the study online surveys were used. Result: The information collected in this paper states that personnel at HVB homes lack adequate cultural competence and have seen negatively affecting cultural practices. The personnel do not have tools and knowledge to deal with problems that may arise, which limits the safety of the unaccompanied refugee minors.
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Gilligan, Philip A. "Exploring neglected elements of cultural competence in social work practice. Promoting and developing understanding of religion, belief and culture." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6313.
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This PhD by published work consists of:
five single authored articles in refereed journals;
two main author articles in refereed journals;
four jointly authored articles in refereed journals;
a single authored article in a non-refereed journal;
one jointly authored book, including five single authored chapters;
two single authored chapters in edited books.
They were published in the period 2003-2013. None has been submitted for
any other degree or diploma by me or any other person.
The theme running through these publications is the need for social workers
to pay significant attention to issues arising from religion, belief and culture.
The research reported highlights the impact of such issues on the lives,
experiences, resources and responses of individuals, groups and
communities for whom they are important. The work emphasises the
importance of developing such understanding and of enhancing knowledge
of different ways in which religion, belief and culture impact on the issues
that social workers deal with. I suggest that these are essential aspects of
culturally competent social work practice which have too often been
neglected in both research and professional training. The publications are listed in Appendix 1 (pp 56 - 59). They demonstrate
how my thinking has developed over the past decade. They reflect and are,
in part, a response to the developing professional, theoretical and political
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context within which I have operated as a social work practitioner, manager
and academic over a longer period. The majority are solo-authored.
However, I remain committed to collaborative work and recognise that
discussions with those researched, my collaborators, and others remain
invaluable to the ongoing development of my thinking. Joint authorship
declaration forms have been completed, in respect of all relevant
publications, and are appended. Eight publications (Art.12, Art.11, Art.10, Art.9, Art.8, Art.6, Art.5 and Art.3)
are based on findings from primary research, while Art.1 and Art.2 explore
published data or data supplied by others to provide original analyses of
particular issues. The remaining publications, notably book chapters, are
primarily conceptual in their approach. They are underpinned by findings
from both the primary research reported elsewhere and the use of case
examples collected from semi-structured interviews with social work
practitioners.PhD by published work. The published articles are not displayed in full text with the online version of the PhD due to publisher copyright restristrictions.
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Levi, Genoveva, and Eduardo Ramos. "THE INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS IN THE MATHEMATICAL COMPETENCE LEVEL." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-82677.
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Gilligan, Philip Anthony. "Exploring neglected elements of cultural competence in social work practice : promoting and developing understanding of religion, belief and culture." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6313.
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This PhD by published work consists of: • five single authored articles in refereed journals; • two main author articles in refereed journals; • four jointly authored articles in refereed journals; • a single authored article in a non-refereed journal; • one jointly authored book, including five single authored chapters; • two single authored chapters in edited books. They were published in the period 2003-2013. None has been submitted for any other degree or diploma by me or any other person. The theme running through these publications is the need for social workers to pay significant attention to issues arising from religion, belief and culture. The research reported highlights the impact of such issues on the lives, experiences, resources and responses of individuals, groups and communities for whom they are important. The work emphasises the importance of developing such understanding and of enhancing knowledge of different ways in which religion, belief and culture impact on the issues that social workers deal with. I suggest that these are essential aspects of culturally competent social work practice which have too often been neglected in both research and professional training. The publications are listed in Appendix 1 (pp 56-59). They demonstrate how my thinking has developed over the past decade. They reflect and are, in part, a response to the developing professional, theoretical and political context within which I have operated as a social work practitioner, manager and academic over a longer period. The majority are solo-authored. However, I remain committed to collaborative work and recognise that discussions with those researched, my collaborators, and others remain invaluable to the ongoing development of my thinking. Joint authorship declaration forms have been completed, in respect of all relevant publications, and are appended. Eight publications (Art.12, Art.11, Art.10, Art.9, Art.8, Art.6, Art.5 and Art.3) are based on findings from primary research, while Art.1 and Art.2 explore published data or data supplied by others to provide original analyses of particular issues. The remaining publications, notably book chapters, are primarily conceptual in their approach. They are underpinned by findings from both the primary research reported elsewhere and the use of case examples collected from semi-structured interviews with social work practitioners.
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Ross, Frank E. "Achieving cultural competence the role of mentoring in sexual minority identity development /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3178476.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Education, 2005.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-06, Section: A, page: 2131. Adviser: Nancy V. Chism. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed Nov. 27, 2006)."
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Robey, Nyx. "Internet-Based Cultural Competence Training For White Undergraduate Students At Predominantly White University." W&M ScholarWorks, 2020. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1616444541.
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Students from underrepresented racial groups experience higher rates of both explicit and subtler forms of racial prejudice and discrimination (Ellis, Powell, Demetriou, Huerta-Bapat, Carmen & Panter, 2019; Harwood et al., 2012; Ray, 2013; Stevens, Liu, & Chen, 2018; Vaccaro, 2010). Cultural competence training may benefit individuals in celebrating culturally-based differences as strengths, cognitively understanding their experience and cognitively empathizing with the experience of others, as well as building skills to better cross-cultural interactions (Glockshuber, 2005; Minami, 2008; Sue et al., 1982; Sue, 2001 Sue & Sue, 2013). This process can be beneficial particularly for White students (Chao, Wei, Good & Flores, 2011), who are prone to higher levels of color-blindness (Fu, 2015; Ryan, Hunt, Weible, Peterson, & Casas, 2007), misinformation around race (Saddlemire, 1996), and a lack of awareness surrounding White privilege (Ray 2013; Schoefplin, 2009). This study adapts a pre-existing one-day allyship training (Ong, Papa, Reveles, Smith, & Domenech Rodríguez, 2018) into a four-week training that walks participants through one-hour per week sessions in which they work towards developing cultural competence focused on race through an online Google forms platform. It utilizes student-acted role plays, reflection questions, and articles and videos to create an interactive experience for students. 49 White students complete the study, and were tested on measures before and after the training. Pre and post-test differences demonstrated significant increases in cultural competence and decreases in color-blindness. Relationships between color-blindness, White privilege, cultural competence, skill employment, training interest and implicit bias are discussed, along with implications and future directions.
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Edwards, Ann Marie Elizabeth. "Implementation of a Transcultural Nursing Education Program to Improve Nurses' Cultural Competence." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6996.
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The exponential growth of culturally diverse populations in the United States has led to a multicultural patient population while the nursing workforce remains predominantly White. At the project site, managers identified that staff nurses struggled to deliver culturally competent care. The purpose of this project was to improve the cultural competence of registered nurses (RNs) through a transcultural nursing education program. Leininger's transcultural nursing theory guided the project. Sources of evidence used to develop a face-to-face educational program included peer-reviewed journals, credible websites, and the Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence Among Healthcare Professionals-R tool. Aggregate pretest and posttest scores were used to determine RNs' competency levels. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software was used for data analysis, and a paired t test was used to determine the impact of the program. Of the 22 participants, 4 (18%) scored within the culturally competent range on the pretest, compared to 17 (77%) on the posttest. These findings were statistically significant (p < 0.000) and demonstrated a positive outcome from the educational project. Key recommendations are to continue this education for other RNs in the facility and at other facilities in the network. The implications of this project for positive social change include raising the cultural competency of nurses, which has the potential to improve patient outcomes.
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Gilligan, Philip A., and Sheila M. Furness. "The role of religion and spirituality in social work practice: Views and experiences of social workers and students." Oxford University Press, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/2720.
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NoFindings from surveys of qualified social work practitioners and students indicate a need for social work education and practice to focus attention both on the importance of religious and spiritual beliefs in the lives of many service users and on the potential usefulness of religious and spiritual interventions. In this British study, undertaken in 2003 and 2004, students were less likely than their qualified colleagues to consider religious or spiritually sensitive interventions as appropriate. Attitudes varied little between those students who held religious beliefs and those who did not, but Muslim students and qualified social workers were more likely to view these types of interventions as appropriate. The authors conclude that there is a clear need for all social work practitioners and educators to give greater priority to exploring the potential significance of religious and spiritual beliefs in their training, in their professional practice and in the lives and perspectives of service users and colleagues. Social workers need to be able to respond appropriately to the needs of all service users, including those for whom religious and spiritual beliefs are crucial. `Culturally competent¿ practice depends, amongst other things, on an understanding and appreciation of the impact of faith and belief.
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Soenarso, Lany Idawati, and n/a. "Developing social competence in complimenting behaviour among Indonesian learners of English." University of Canberra. Education, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061108.165724.
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The study consists of five chapters. The first chapter
gives a brief description of how English as a foreign language is taught in Indonesia and the need to improve the
social competence of Indonesian speakers of English so that
they will be regarded as competent speakers in social
interaction. Language competence, including the notion of
linguistic competence, together with the notions of
communicative competence and social competence, is discussed
in the second chapter, since it underlies the language
learner's knowledge and ability to create and maintain a
harmonious atmosphere in social interaction. Furthermore,
the theory of communicative competence will include
competency in sociocultural rules of use which will specify
the ways in which utterances are produced and understood
appropriately with respect to the components of
communicative events outlined by Hymes. Speech act theory,
particularly as it relates to complimenting behaviour is
discussed.
Chapter three reviews research on complimenting behaviour
and considers some possible reasons why Indonesians do not
pay as many compliments as Australians do. Ways of
perceiving face - threatening acts and politeness are
related to different cultures with different social values
because of their different traditions, experience, ways of
development and ways of thinking. Developing from these
considerations of theory and research, the fourth chapter
describes the study project which deals with what counts as
a compliment in Indonesian and Australian English, what to
compliment about and how people compliment as well as how
people accept and respond to compliments. Analysis of some
problems caused by lack of awareness of the differences
between cultures and the effects of applying ones own
strategy in complimenting behaviour, leading to
misunderstanding, are also discussed. In the final chapter,
the results of the project suggest what Indonesian learners
of English need to be taught to help students develop social
competence in complimenting behaviour. Suggestions for
improving the social competence of Indonesian speakers of
English are made.
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Slater, Lindsay J. "Towards Equitable and Inclusive Schools: Cultural Competence in Principals Leading Diverse Schools." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1619545764650716.
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Larsson, Emma, and Lina Norin. "Kulturkompetens i socialt arbete - vad är det?" Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25643.
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Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vilken innebörd begreppet ”kulturkompetens” ges i litteraturen samt utifrån detta problematisera dess applicering på praktiken. Begreppet ”kulturkompetens” saknar en enhetlig definition, något som initierat skrivandet av denna uppsats. Studien bygger på en litteraturstudie i form av en kvalitativ textanalys. I vår kritiska granskning av litteraturen kunde vi bland annat finna begrepp, såsom ”ethnic-sensitivity” och ”cultural awareness”, som på liknande sätt berör strategier för att uppnå ”kulturkompetens”. Självinsikt hos socialarbetaren och öppenhet inför kulturella skillnader är viktiga egenskaper hos en ”kulturkompetent” socialarbetare enligt handböckerna. Genom en granskning av de begrepp vi funnit i litteraturen var för sig, men även genom jämförelse av dem, har vi bland annat funnit att kultur nästan genomgående kopplas till etnicitet i diskussionerna kring ”kulturkompetens”. I problematiseringen av begreppet har vi pekat på hur mötet mellan socialarbetaren och klienten kan komma att påverkas då socialarbetaren utgår från tankar kring ett ”kulturkompetent” bemötande.The purpose of this study is to investigate what meaning the concept "cultural competence" is given in the literature and from this problematize its application to practice. The concept "cultural competence" has no uniform definition, which initiated the writing of this essay. The study is based on a literature review in the form of a qualitative text analysis. In our critical review of the literature we could find, among other concepts, "ethnic-sensitivity" and "cultural awareness", which is similarly related to strategies for achieving "cultural competence". Self-knowledge of the social worker and openness to cultural differences are important characteristics of a "culture competent” socialworker according to the guiding literature for social workers. Through an separately examination of the concepts we found in the literature , but also by comparing them, we have found that culture almost always is linked to ethnicity in debates on "cultural competence". In the problematization of the meaning of “culture competence” as a concept, we have pointed out how the meeting between the socialworker and the client may be affected when the social work is based on thoughts of "cultural competence".
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Wohl, Anne Frances. "Citizenship and Social Activism: A Mixed Methods Case Study to Understand Cultural Competence in Students of a Service-Learning Based Course." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26544.
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This mixed methods case study sought to understand cultural competency in the students of a service-learning based course, ?Citizenship and Social Activism (HDFS 310),? taught at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. Cultural competency refers to how people interact with those who are of different cultural groups. For the purposes of this study, cultural competency was also defined by four components: attitudes, knowledge, awareness, and skills. Using a pre- and post-test survey, the participants showed statistically significant changes in the levels of self-reported cultural competency in the overall scores and in the subsection scores that correspond to the four components. Survey data was complemented by qualitative data collected by coding participants? reflective journals. The qualitative data provided situation-specific information about what levels of cultural competency participants were demonstrating; additionally, the journals provided information about how participants define, perceive, and struggle with the concept of cultural competency.
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Andersson, Melissa. "La pluriculturalidad en las clases de español como lengua extranjera: competencia sociocultural." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-61695.
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For people in Sweden one of the favourites places to go on vacation is Spain. It is warm, inexpensive and they like Spanish culture, this helps explain why the Spanish language is so popular in schools in Sweden. To learn a foreign language means more than learning how to speak and writing, it also means learning about the culture of that language because the culture is intrinsically related to the language. Additionally, is very significant as teacher to give your students the knowledge of sociocultural of Spanish speaking countries, the knowledge of the world and in this way create multicultural students. For this reason, we decided to do a quantitative research about what sociocultural topics are thought in the classroom in Lulea (Sweden) and how teachers are developing multiculturalism in their students. As result of our work we can mention that teachers include sociocultural topics in their classes but there are certain sociocultural subjects that are not taught, we could also confirm that the textbook has many gaps in sociocultural subjects.
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Nel, Aletta J. "The relationship between direct and indirect aggression and social competence among three cultural groups in South Africa." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1139.
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Bergkamp, Jude A. "The Paradox of Emotionality & Competence in Multicultural Competency Training: A Grounded Theory." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1275422585.
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Hofberg, Sara, and Khaled Chamdin. "Mångkulturell arbetsplats : En studie om kulturella skillnader och dess betydelse vid kommunikation på arbetsplatsen." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Socialt arbete, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-27119.
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Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur socialarbetare upplever kulturella skillnader i kommunikation med sina kollegor. Studiens deltagare är socialarbetare som arbetat minst 6 månader inom samma arbetsgrupp. Datainsamlingen är gjord utifrån en kvalitativ metod där empirin samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer. Resultaten framställs genom en tematisk analys där vi lyfter olika områden. Utifrån vår studie kan vi utläsa att våra respondenter upplever att det finns en upplevd kulturell skillnad i kommunikationen med kollegor samt att dessa yttrar sig på olika vis. Respondenterna berättade om olika kommunikationssituationer där både språk och handling varit de områden som visat de kulturella skillnaderna mest. Respondenterna berättade även om upplevda för- och nackdelar med kulturella skillnader och hur dessa kunde påverka kommunikationen med kollegorna på arbetsplatsen.This study aims at investigating how social workers experience cultural differences in communication with their colleagues. The students of the study are social workers who have worked for at least 6 months in the same working group. The data collection is based on a qualitative method where the data was gathered through semi-structured interviews. The results are then produced through a thematic analysis where we highlight different areas. Based on our study, we can state that our respondents feel that there is an experienced cultural difference in communication with colleagues and that they express themselves differently. Respondents talked about different communication situations where both language and action were the areas that showed the most cultural differences. Respondents also told about the pros and cons of cultural differences and how these could affect communication with colleagues in the workplace
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Anderson, Nancy Lynn. "Teaching ESL/EFL: The Role of Cultural and Intercultural Knowledge, Skills, and Competence." Scholarly Commons, 2009. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/727.
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In this ever-changing world of 201 0, we are more closely interconnected than ever before. English plays a key role in this world's communication as a global or international language- making intercultural connections and bridging differences in the process. It is critically important and challenging for people to learn skills for interacting in this global society. ESL/EFL teachers, educators, and administrators become key resources for learning and transmitting the knowledge, skills, and strategies for using English in a variety of social, business, or academic interactions. Immigrants, refugees, and international students need to learn more than the linguistic structure of the English language. To communicate effectively and competently, they need to learn cultural and intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes for navigating those intercultural situations.
This exploratory study examined the roles of cultural and intercultural knowledge, skills, and competency of ESLIEFL teachers and educators in the teaching of language. An electronic survey was used to explore how ESL/EFL teachers and educators were defining the terms cultural and intercultural, how and to what extent were cultural and intercultural concepts being taught, where educators were receiving their information, and if, and how, were they assessing students' learning.
Results indicated that many teachers and educators were not receiving primary cultural and intercultural information from courses connected to MA TESOL programs, that confusion exists over the definitions of cultural and intercultural, and that in many cases intercultural concepts and competency were not being integrated into class curricula. It appears clear that the designers and teachers in foreign language programs would be well served by adopting a more interdisciplinary approach to foreign language teaching and by collaborating with those who could provide information, clarity, and freshness for the integration of cultural and intercultural competency into current programs.
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Furness, Sheila M. "Religion and Belief and Social Work: Making sense of competing priorities." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/13941.
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This PhD by published work consists of:
• two single authored articles in refereed journals;
• four jointly authored articles in refereed journals;
• one jointly authored editorial;
• one jointly authored book, including four single authored chapters;
They were published in the period 2003-2013. Philip Gilligan submitted the jointly written publications as part of his submission for the award of Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Published Work in 2013.
This thesis identifies substantive findings, theoretical insights, new questions and practice/policy implications arising from the published work. The body of work has and continues to stimulate debate about the need to recognise and appreciate the significance and relevance of religion and related belief in the lives of people accessing health and social care services in the UK. It outlines the general relevance and impact of religion and related belief and explores questions and research concerned with the extent to which social work takes these matters into account in its practices, polices and professional training. It prompts practitioners to reflect on their own and others’ religious beliefs by providing a framework of nine related principles to assist them in their professional practice. One key finding is the need for service providers and policy makers to develop new services that are more responsive to the diverse needs of people living in the UK today by recognising and adopting some of the diverse helping strategies employed and imported by different communities.The full text of the published articles submitted with this PhD thesis are not available in full text in Bradford Scholars due to copyright restrictions.
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Furness, Sheila Margaret. "Religion and belief and social work : making sense of competing priorities." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/13941.
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This PhD by published work consists of: • two single authored articles in refereed journals; • four jointly authored articles in refereed journals; • one jointly authored editorial; • one jointly authored book, including four single authored chapters; They were published in the period 2003-2013. Philip Gilligan submitted the jointly written publications as part of his submission for the award of Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Published Work in 2013. This thesis identifies substantive findings, theoretical insights, new questions and practice/policy implications arising from the published work. The body of work has and continues to stimulate debate about the need to recognise and appreciate the significance and relevance of religion and related belief in the lives of people accessing health and social care services in the UK. It outlines the general relevance and impact of religion and related belief and explores questions and research concerned with the extent to which social work takes these matters into account in its practices, polices and professional training. It prompts practitioners to reflect on their own and others’ religious beliefs by providing a framework of nine related principles to assist them in their professional practice. One key finding is the need for service providers and policy makers to develop new services that are more responsive to the diverse needs of people living in the UK today by recognising and adopting some of the diverse helping strategies employed and imported by different communities.
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Sotomayor-Peterson, Marcela. "Parental Cultural Values, Coparental, and Familial Functioning in Mexican Immigrant Families: Its Impact on Children´s Social Competence." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194812.
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In two-parent families, the ability of parents to negotiate their roles as parents, reaching agreement in childrearing, and being cooperative in sharing parenting (i.e. coparenting), leads to positive family climate, which in turn, impacts positively on children´s social competence. Studies have shown these variables to be relevant for European-American parents. The role of parent's cultural values has received scarce attention in predicting coparental and familial functioning. Additionally, couple's similarity has been found to help explain coparental and familial functioning; however further exploration is needed. Using series of hierarchical multiple regressions as an exploratory form of path analysis, this study tested the connections among the cultural values of familism/respeto, and simpatia, with parental agreement in childrearing and cooperative coparenting (i.e. coparental functioning), and family climate (i.e. familial functioning) in explaining children social competence in a sample of Mexican immigrant parents. Analyses found that the cultural values of familism/respeto and simpatia impact positively coparental functioning within this ethnic group; although the impact is different for mothers and fathers. While simpatia predicted cooperative coparenting for mothers; familism/respeto predicted parental agreement for fathers at the trend level. Whereas parental agreement did predict coparenting for mothers, it was not predictive for fathers. Couples' similarity in culture values proved to have a minimal impact over coparental and familial functioning with a small, trend level effect from similarity in simpatia to cooperative coparenting. Regression analysis for mothers, fathers, and couples failed to predict children social competence. Mexican values of familism/respeto and simpatia play a role in explaining coparental functioning with Mexicans, albeit a different role for mothers and fathers. For mothers, endorsement of harmony and avoidance of conflict (i.e. simpatia) influences coparenting, over and above the effect of agreement on coparenting. Mothers' agreement leads to reports of cooperative coparenting. For fathers, it is endorsement of values proscribing to the value of familism/respeto that impacts fathers' parental agreement. But for fathers, reaching agreement does not necessarily lead to cooperative coparenting. These findings suggest interplay between values endorsement and parental roles. There is also evidence that the shared an endorsement of the value of simpatia leads to coparenting.
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Ume-Nwagbo, Pearl Ngozika. "Relationship Between Nurse Educators' Cultural Competence and Ethnic Minority Nursing Students' Recruitment and Graduation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2018.
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The purpose of this exploratory study was to measure the cultural competence of nurse educators in accredited baccalaureate (BSN) nursing programs in Tennessee (TN) and investigate the relationship, if any, between nurse educators' cultural competence and the percentage of minority nursing students recruited into and graduated from these schools in the previous 5 years.
With the rapid rise of the minority population in the United States, more minority healthcare providers, including nurses, are needed to provide culturally congruent care in underserved communities. Literature has implied that nurse educators' lack of cultural competence and sensitivity regarding minority nursing students' educational needs could be a contributing factor to minority nurses' underrepresentation.
Nurse educators in 9 accredited colleges of nursing in TN completed the "Cultural Diversity Questionnaire for Nurse Educators." Some of the participating schools and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Research Data Center provided the percentage of students recruited and graduated in each school by ethnicity.
The findings revealed that the majority of respondents were at least moderately culturally competent. There was no correlation between Tennessee schools' mean cultural competence scores and their percentages of minority students recruited into BSN programs in the past 5 years. But there was a significant statistical correlation between Tennessee schools' mean cultural competence scores and their percentages of minority students graduated from BSN programs in the past 5 years (p = .015). There was a statistically significant difference between the mean cultural competence score of respondents who had lived in a culture different from the United States and those who had not (p = .01). There was also a statistically significant difference between the mean cultural competence score of respondents who had attended multicultural education seminars in the past 5 years and those who had not (p = .0005).
The researcher recommended that nursing faculty engage in activities that would increase their cultural competence, enabling them assist students from diverse cultural backgrounds stay in school and graduate.
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Washington, Deborah. "Social Cognition and the Impact of Race/Ethnicity on Clinical Decision Making." Thesis, Boston College, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3149.
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Thesis advisor: Sr. Callista RoySocial Cognition and the Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Clinical Decision Making Most literature reflects the persistent existence of unequal treatment in the care provided to ethnic and racial minorities. Comparatively little about ethnic bias in the literature goes beyond the retrospective study as the most frequently encountered method of inquiry. Access to providers and the ability to pay only provide partial explanation in the known data. A more controversial hypothesis is the one offered in this dissertation. This qualitative research explored the cognitive processes of ethnic bias as a phenomenon in clinical decision making. The method was a simulation that captured events as they occurred with a sample of nurse participants. The racial and ethnically related cognitive content of participants was evoked through the interactive process of playing a board game. Immediately following that activity, a video vignette of an ambiguous pain management situation involving an African American male was viewed by each nurse who was then asked to make a "treat" or "not treat" clinical decision. The dialogues during playing of the board game in addition to the rationale for the treatment decision provided data for analysis. Content analysis is the primary approach for using the data to answer the research question. Themes of latent and manifest content were described for those who made the decision to treat and those who decided not to treat
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2012
Submitted to: Boston College. Connell School of Nursing
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Rasmusson, Evelina, and Evelina Rasmusson. "Att arbeta med en språklig och kulturell minoritetsgrupp. En kvalitativ studie om kuratorers arbete med döva klienter samt deras syn på kulturkompetens och bikulturell kompetens." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26753.
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Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka och beskriva kuratorers arbete med döva och hörselskadade klienter. Frågeställningar som undersöktes var:-Hur beskriver kuratorerna sitt arbete med döva och hörselskadade klienter?-Vilka arbetsmetoder används av kuratorerna i arbetet med döva och hörselskadade klienter?-Vad innebär en kulturkompetens och en bikulturell kompetens enligt kuratorerna?Författaren ville belysa ämnet utifrån ett perspektiv där den professionella är teckenspråkig då hon anser att detta perspektiv saknas i litteraturen. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med tre kuratorer som är teckenspråkiga och verksamma inom dövområdet. Resultatet visar att kuratorernas arbete består av praktiska åtgärder och stödsamtal. De har ett eklektiskt förhållningssätt i tillämpningen av arbetsmetoder, t.ex. att arbetet kan vara systematiskt med kognitiva inslag. Kuratorerna ansåg att det var viktigt att vara teckenspråkig och ha särskilda kunskaper om döva (kulturkompetens) för att kunna bemöta och bedriva behandlingsarbete med döva klienter. De ansåg också att kunskaper om den hörande världen och det svenska språket var betydelsefullt för att kunna ge information till hörande och döva om varandra (bikulturell kompetens). Resultatet visar också att kuratorerna uppfattade att annan typ av kommunikation än den teckenspråkiga var viktig att vara medveten om och reflektera över, så som den icke verbala kommunikationen.The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the counselors’ work with deaf and hard of hearing clients. The issues examined were: -How do the counselors describe their work with deaf and hard of hearing clients?-What are the working methods used by the counselors at work with deaf and hard of hearing clients? -What does a cultural competence and a bicultural competence means according to the counselors? The author wanted to illustrate the subject form a perspective in which the professional can communicate in sign language since she believes that this perspective is lacking in the literature. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three counselors who know sign language and work in the deaf area. The results show that the counselors’ work consists of practical measures and counseling. They have an eclectic approach in the application of the methods, for example that the work can be systematically with cognitive elements. The counselors thought it was important to know sign language and have specific knowledge about the deaf (cultural competence) in order to meet and engage in treatment with deaf clients. They also thought knowledge of the hearing world and the Swedish language was important in order to provide information to the hearing and deaf about one another (bicultural competence). The results also show that the counselors understood that other types of communication than the sign language communication was important to be aware of and to consider, as the non-verbal communication.
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Lujano, José Luis. "A survey of social workers' cultural competency: An exploratory study." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2724.
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Alsahil, Asma, and Asma Alsahil. "Social Networking Mediated Intercultural Communicative Competence: Affordances and Constraints." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621308.
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In the last few decades, Internet mediated intercultural competence has received a great attention in the field of applied linguistics and foreign language (FL) education especially with the evolution of web 2.0 technologies and social networking sites that facilitate interaction and communication between different cultural communities and individuals. Research in the field of Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) is extremely varied and researchers have focused their attention on various aspects of OIE such as promoting intercultural communicative competence (Belz, 2002; O'Dowd, 2003; Schenker, 2011; Muller Hartman, 2000), facilitating online relationship building (Ware, 2005; Thorne, 2003, Jin & Erben, 2007) and improving writing skills (Ware, 2005; O'Dowd, 2003), developing pragmatic competence (Kinginger & Belz, 2005). Despite the plethora of research in this area, gaps in the literature still exist. First, literature lacks studies on language learners of less commonly taught languages (e.g. Arabic), (Thorne, 2006) and more importantly most of the studies are based on western contexts mainly in Europe and the USA. Second, few studies have explored the potentials of social networking sites on OIE projects in promoting intercultural learning (Aoki, 2009; Jin, 2015). In an effort to fill the gaps in the research, this study links English language learners (Saudis) with Arabic language learners (Americans) to investigate to what extent OIE on Facebook between these two groups of learners contributes to their intercultural communicative competence (ICC), specifically, exploring how and what are the components of Byram's model (ICC) manifested in the OIE project. Furthermore, it examined the affordances of Facebook in the OIE project according to students' use, practice and perception. Informed by a sociocultural framework, this study took a constructivist mixed methods approach to analysis of data from learners' online discourse on Facebook, the researcher's journal and observations, pre-survey, semi-structured interviews, and a questionnaire. Data analysis and interpretation revealed that when students' participation were mutually compatible, the students were able to build meaningful relationships, used a range of various questioning techniques, and engaged in genuine dialogue, OIE has a great potential for developing students' intercultural competence, as many objectives of Byram's ICC model were manifested. Findings also revealed that the project has strengthened Saudi students' cultural identity as they found the space to present their culture and country beyond the stereotypical image that dominates the media. As with regard to Facebook affordances, findings showed that the semiotic design and various semiotic resources of Facebook (e.g. multimodal posts, sharing, notification, friending, semi-automated features, etc.) afford students' engagement in intercultural discussion, students' collaboration, and students' interpersonal relationship building. The study also identified some of Facebook's constraints that limited students' participation due to technological, cultural and social factors. In sum this study illuminates the nature of online intercultural communication between Arabic and English language learners, contributing to the scarce research on this population. It also uncovers the unique affordances as well as constraints of Facebook on an OIE project. Based on this study, several pedagogical implications and suggestions are made for future research in the field of online intercultural exchanges.
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Aguilar, Hazel, and Celeene Moreno. "EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK COURSE." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/841.
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This study measured the effectiveness of an international social work course in increasing MSW students’ understanding of global interconnectedness and cultural competence utilizing an exploratory quantitative research design. Data were collected from twelve participants from a social work school in the west coast who completed a survey prior to beginning the course and again after completing the course. The study found that participants had an increase in both cultural competency and global interconnectedness after the course. The results of this study correlate with the limited literature available on the topic of international social work and supports the expansion of study abroad experiences for social work students structured in the manner of the international social work course studied.
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Switzer, Melissa A. "The Impact of Bias and Cultural Competence on Therapists' Clinical Judgment of Arab American Clients." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1433272977.
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Aguilar, Myriam Renee, and Amanda Nicole Robles. "Cultural competence needs of non-Latino foster parents: A study of transcultural foster care with Latino children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2728.
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Lee, Alan Chong W. "Understanding the meaning of social responsibility and cultural competence to physical therapists volunteering in an international setting : a mixed methods design." Diss., NSUWorks, 2011. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_pt_stuetd/48.
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Johnson, Steven D. "Assessing Self-Efficacy of Cultural Competence with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients: A Comparison of Training Methods with Graduate Social Work Students." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/csw_etds/4.
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Graduate social work students are mandated to be cultural competent to work with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients. This exploratory study examined how best to teach graduate social work students to be culturally competent in working with LGB clients by assessing their perceived competence of attitudes, knowledge and skills as well as their demonstrated competence through case vignettes.
The study compared a current pedagogical method of infusing LGB material across the curricula with two types of brief trainings (didactic lecture and experiential) . This mixed methods study utilized a pretest/posttest design to examine the effects of the trainings as well as qualitative responses from the participants. Results offer suggestions as to which pedagogical approach might be most effective in helping social work students gain competence for working with LGB individuals.
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Benson, Livia, and Heléne Hedberg. "Beyond cultural competence : How mental health and psychosocial support practitioners' perception of culture influence their work with Syrian refugees in Amman, Jordan." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-5357.
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Since the start of the Syrian war, Jordan has received many Syrian refugees with around 650,000 Syrians now residing in the country. As the state has received a lot of help from the international community, funding refugee camps and providing basic necessities, a lot of international humanitarian practitioners have come to Jordan to work alongside Jordanian and Middle Eastern practitioners. The situation therefore has brought practitioners from different academic, professional and geographical backgrounds together to work with people of a different cultural background than their own. Syrians represent a vast diversity in terms of ethnic, religious, linguistic and socio-economic backgrounds. Research have addressed that practitioners’ sensitivity to how cultural complexities may influence social problems can facilitate a better understanding of the client’s path to recovery. The purpose of our study was to increase the knowledge of mental health and psychosocial support practitioners’ understanding and experience of a culturally sensitive social work in Amman, Jordan and discuss how this affects their practice with Syrian refugees. Through qualitative interviews we found that the practitioners’ perception of Arab culture as one and the same makes culture a non-issue in terms of cultural diversity, and that this perception influence the practice with Syrian refugees in a number of ways.
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Sireer, Nafeesa. "The Development of Theory of Mind and Social Competence in Young Pakistani Children." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17195.
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Theory of mind (ToM) refers to a cognitive ability that enables one to attribute mental states (such as desires, emotions, beliefs) to self and others. In recent years researchers have identified cultural variations in the onset of ToM understanding in collectivist and individualist cultures. However, the findings of cross-cultural studies regarding these variations are inconsistent. The major aim of this innovative research was to investigate differences in the acquisition of ToM in children from a collectivist culture (Pakistan) and an individualist culture (UK). The second aim of the study was to assess the specific association between ToM and social competence in a culturally diverse sample. An additional aim of the study was to investigate the universality of various correlates of ToM such as executive functioning (EF), parenting styles, and maternal mental state talk. The findings of the studies demonstrated a significant delay in the acquisition of ToM in Pakistani children, when compared with Western children from individualist societies. These findings were corroborated by the results of novel cross-cultural study that compared the performance of White British, British Pakistani, and Pakistani children on a ToM scale. White British children outperformed both Pakistani and British Pakistani children on measures of ToM, EF, and social competence. The current findings also provide support for the association of mental state understanding with EF, social competence, parenting styles, and maternal mental state talk. These findings have important implications for the role of general (collectivist vs. individualist cultures) as well as specific cultural practices (such as parenting and education) in the acquisition of mental state understanding.
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Lackey, Bethany Ann. "Counselors' Reflections on Their Experiences in Preparation to Counsel Adult Refugee Clients." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/102160.
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Millions of people around the world have fled their home countries in search of refuge, and there is a great likelihood they experience traumatizing events in their journeys to safety. Refugees are screened for mental health issues in the resettlement process in the United States, and there is a large body of established research regarding refugee mental health needs and strengths. However, far less is known about counseling refugees, and even less so about counselors working with the population. This dissertation study sought counselors' reflections on their experiences, both personal and professional, they feel help prepare them to see refugee clients. Four post-masters counselors participated in the video interviews. Participants were diverse (3 women, 4 ethnicities, counseling refugees from all areas of the world). Minimum criteria was having three adult refugee clients for a minimum of three sessions each. Four main themes emerged as result of analysis: 1) Trauma-informed, 2) Cultural competence and humility, 3) Counselor determination, and 4) Integration of Self. Participants specifically identified trauma-informed practices, cultural competence, and cultural humility as integral parts of necessary training for counselors to see this population. Counselors in this study found they were ill-prepared when they began seeing refugees and had to overcome obstacles to provide needed therapy. Results show a gap between what is known about refugees in academic literature and counselors' knowledge of the population which highlights the need for accessible curriculum and training on refugee issues as well as best practices for serving refugee clients. Implications for counselors, counselor educators, and future research are shared.Doctor of Philosophy
People who have refugee status often struggle to meet basic needs upon resettlement. They have experienced potentially traumatizing events in their journeys, and their mental health needs are not often met. While a great body of research on refugee mental health exists, far less is known about counseling refugees, and even less so about counselors working with the population. This dissertation study sought counselors' reflections on their experiences, both personal and professional, they feel helped prepare them to see refugee clients. Four counselors participated in the video interviews. Minimum criteria was having three adult refugee clients for a minimum of three sessions each. Four main themes emerged as result of analysis: 1) Trauma-informed, 2) Cultural competence and humility, 3) Counselor determination, and 4) Integration of Self. Counselors in this study found they were ill-prepared when they began seeing refugees and had to overcome obstacles to provide needed therapy. Results show a gap between what is known about refugees in academic literature and counselors' knowledge of the population which highlights the need for accessible curriculum and training on refugee issues as well as best practices for serving refugee clients. Implications for counselors, counselor educators, and future research are shared.
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Covert, Karl Titus. "Emotion language a prerequisite to social competence : an assessment of first grade classroom culture." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621342.
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Mulhall, Jan. "Cultural competency : a review and critique of the literature in social work practice." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=81254.
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Cultural Competency has become a concept central to the professional practice of social work. It is endorsed because it is perceived that cultural competency of social work practitioners results in encounters with their clients that are more appropriate in manner, and more helpful in outcome. Originally a critique of failures of conventional practice, cultural competency has become so widespread that its meaning has become obscured.This study examines the literature on Cultural Competency. It includes the preceding work on cross-cultural, multi-cultural and diversity literature. It examines definitions of culture in the context of competency and what is included and excluded; historical and regional development and its relationship to concepts such as ethnicity, race, class, identity and cultural indices. It also reviews what is considered best Social Work practice at this time and what problems can develop from this perspective.
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Leppälä, Satu. "“Then, it doesn’t matter where they come from” : Cultural Competence and its Construction among Public Health Nurses and Students in Maternal and Child Health Clinics in the Province of Eastern Finland." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-255979.
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BACKGROUND Public Health Nurses (PHNs) in the Province of Eastern Finland are facing a new situation when the families attending maternal and child health (MCH) services represent increasingly diverting cultural backgrounds. Cultural competency is a part of PHNs’ qualification demands in Finland, however little is known on the phenomenon in the study area at the moment. AIM This study aims to describe how cultural competence is understood and constructed among PHNs and PHN students working and training in the MCH clinics in the Province of Eastern Finland. METHODS Qualitative design was employed. Data were collected in five semi-structured individual interviews and two focus group discussions conducted in Finnish by author. Data were audio-recorder, transcribed and analysed through qualitative content analysis (QCA). Translation to English took place during the QCA process. The total number of participants was 15. FINDINGS The participants perceived culture as a multi-dimensional phenomenon, and that specific skills are needed when meeting clients from different cultures. Cultural competence in this sample refers to a four-staged process which is highly affected by social processes and interaction between the PHNs, students, clients and other stakeholders in MCH care and community. CONCLUSION This study can serve as an explanatory material to fill the knowledge-gap between the previously published theoretical studies on cultural competence and the grass-root level MCH work. The findings represent perceptions and experiences of highly educated, native Finnish sample working in a relatively rural province, and thus their transferability should be viewed with criticism.
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Hanson, Erica. "An assessment of cultural competency perceptions and training needs at West CAP." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2007/2007hansone.pdf.
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Sawyer, Jason. "Crossing Boundaries: Building a Model to Effectively Address Difference in Community Practice." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3455.
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Community organizing has a rich tradition within the field of social work. Prevailing community practice models, approaches, and frameworks remain primarily based on practice wisdom, experience, and intuition. Difference, pervasive in various contemporary contexts of practice, largely mediates interactions at the community level. Although difference is addressed at various levels of the practice continuum and within the IFSW and NASW codes of ethics, few methodologically driven tools exist within the literature to guide practitioners. This grounded theory study initiates early development of a community practice model based on forging alliances across boundaries of difference. The Critical Difference Engagement model is based on local community leaders’ and organizers’ experiences working across dimensions of power, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status, it provides practitioners with a framework for social change and building solidarity across difference in multiple contexts.
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Whitney, Jennifer M. "Self-perceived multicultural counseling competence of licensed professional counselors." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1163992973.
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Bjurén, Maria, and Lisa Fredriksson. "En ömsesidig process En kvalitativ studie om hur studie- och yrkesvägledningen är en del i integrationen av nyanlända ungdomar." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-33387.
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In recent years the number of adolescent refugees entering Sweden without an accompanying guardian has increased almost 10000 percent. Due to this unprecedented increase, career counseling must take new paths, explore new avenues and adopt new way of thinking in order to improve the structure. This is necessary to be able to provide enough guidance for adolescent refugees to begin the integration process into Swedish society. The aim of the study is to find out which ways of working and which career counseling methods are being used with adolescent refugees. The aim is also to see what the expectations are on the career counselors from a macro- and meso-perspective and to find out what the different parties want from counseling, since career counseling is a component of the integration process. This study is qualitative. Four career counselors, one department manager, one county council politician responsible for education and one employee at the Swedish National Agency for Education were interviewed. The result have been analyzed using chosen concepts in Careership theory, SCCT and Systems theory. Concepts of cultural competence and asymmetrical powers have also been used. The study results show that career counselors need more time to be able to perform high quality sessions and have the opportunity to use group counseling when appropriate. The counselor’s level of commitment strongly affects the result of the career counseling. The cultural competence of the counselors and engaged parents or guardians are crucial to successfully integrating youth refugees.
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Gustafsson, Ellen. "I arbetet med kulturella barriärer : Utformandet av kulturkompetens i arbetet med funktionsvarierade från olika kulturella bakgrunder, en komparativ litteraturöversikt." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7870.
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Kultur är något som i vardagen styr hur människor värderar, tänker, tror och tycker. Det påverkar också hur vi tar oss an ett visst problem och handskas med det. Funktionsvariation är något som existerar i hela värden men ändå är det så olikt hur vi människor väljer att bemöta det. När vår värld globaliseras allt mer bidrar detta till att fler och fler kulturer tvingas samexistera trots dessa spridda värderingar som kan förekomma. En internationell synvinkel var eftertraktat i uppsatsen och därför gjordes en komparativ litteraturstudie där nio vetenskapliga artiklar från fyra olika länder undersöktes. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur dessa fyra länder arbetar kultursensitivt. Teorin som valdes för att granska materialet var den postkoloniala teorin eftersom teorin belyser de maktstrukturer som existerar kulturellt efter postkolonialismen och hur detta påverkar människor än idag. Det resultat som gavs från artiklarna delas in i motiv till, utförande av och resultat från kulturkompetens. Det som samtliga artiklar trycker på är hur organisationerna måste rekrytera personal från olika kulturella bakgrunder samt kunna ge ut information på de språk som målgruppen talar. Resultatet belyser att även att socialarbetarna behöver reflektera kring både deras egen kultur och läsa in sig i hur andra kulturer normalt sätt ser på funktionsvariation. I diskussionen belyses de maktrelationer som det sociala arbetet bygger på och att det är viktigt för en person tillhörande en majoritetskultur att kritiskt kunna reflektera över sina egna värderingar i relation till en klient från en minoritetskultur. Behovet av att rekrytera personal från olika kulturella bakgrunder samt även kritik till kulturell kompetens lyfts upp. Slutsatsen genomsyras av om huruvida det är den kulturella kompetensen som endast är viktigast i arbetet med människor från olika kulturella bakgrunder eller om det riskerar att bidra till generalisering och stigmatisering av minoritetsgrupper. Istället betonas vikten av att det postkoloniala synsättet värderas högre då detta förser socialarbetaren med ett maktperspektiv som blir av vikt i arbetet med denna utsatta grupp.Culture is something that in everyday life control people’s opinions, how they value, think and believe. It also affects how we deal with a problem and work with it. Different ability is something that exists in the whole world but still it differs how people choose to respond to it. As our world becomes increasingly globalized, this contributes to more and more cultures being forced to coexist despite these scattered values that may occur. An international perspective of cultural competence was the main interest, therefore a comparative literature study was made in which nine scientific articles from four different countries were examined. The purpose of the study was to investigate how these four countries work culturally sensitive. The theory chosen for examining the material was the postcolonial theory since the theory highlights the power structures that exist culturally after postcolonialism and how this still affects people today. The result given from the articles is divided into motives for, performance of and results from cultural competence. What all articles imprint is how the organizations must recruit staff from different cultural backgrounds and be able to publish information in the languages that the target group speaks. The social workers also need to reflect on both their own culture and study how other cultures normally look at people with different abilities. The discussion sheds light on the power relations that social work is based on and that it’s important for a person belonging to a majority culture to critically reflect on their own values in relation to a client from a minority culture. The need to recruit staff from various cultural backgrounds as well as criticism of cultural competence is highlighted. The conclusion is permeated by whether it’s the cultural competence that is the most important aspect in the work with people from different cultural backgrounds, or if it risks contributing to generalization and stigmatization of minority groups. Instead, it’s emphasized that the post-colonial approach is more valuable as this provides social workers with a power perspective that becomes important in the work with this vulnerable group.
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Chao, Ruth Chu-lien. "Counselor's multicultural competencies from gender and ethnicity perspectives /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4165.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (month day, year) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Newton, Eric. "Building rapport in mediation| A study of the application of intercultural competencies in a Midwestern mediation center." Thesis, University of the Pacific, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10140628.
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In today’s world, people from various cultures interact on a daily basis on a number of occasions. During these intercultural encounters, conflicts often arise. Intercessors are needed to help people navigate these types of disagreements. Mediators are considered some of these peacekeepers. This thesis engaged with mediators at a mediation center in the Midwestern United States in order to understand what strategies seemed most effective.
I examined the research that scholars have conducted regarding building rapport through utilizing respect and face issues, as well as nonverbal behavior. In addition, I explored the connection between the understanding of these factors and intercultural competence and intercultural conflict competence.
The purpose of this thesis was to see how these mediators understood and valued respect and face issues, including nonverbal behavior, when building rapport with parties in mediations. These mediators were engaged in two manners, via survey and interview questions. The intercultural competence of the mediators in these domains was also explored.
The results of the research in this thesis showed how the mediators were skilled in some areas, such as in rapport building and respect issues. It further revealed that they were in need of some skills for their toolbox, such as training on face issues and nonverbal behavior, including silence, tone of voice, and eye contact. Detailed recommendations for the mediators are provided. Future research is encouraged: A group of mediators that have exhibited intercultural competence should be selected in order to test their intercultural conflict competence.