CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE: A CRITICAL SKILL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

National Chinese Language ConferenceApril 23, 2010

Presented by Donna Clementiclementi@cord.edu

Cultural Intelligence

Knowing about: Products/Knowledge

Knowing how:Practices/Behaviors

Knowing why:Perspectives/

Understandings

Knowing oneself

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Cultural Intelligence = Language +

Interpersonal

Presentational

Interpreti

ve

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Cultural Understandings

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Interpersonal

Presentational

Interpreti

ve

Start with a question….To learn about the country, culture, and

people of ChinaTo make comparisonsTo understand more about your own country,

culture, and people

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Are you green enough?

“one green action/day”

“two-three green

actions/day”

“four + green

actions /day”

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Cultural Intelligence means that we…

Teach and assess for knowledge about the environment

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Cultural Intelligence means that we…

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Teach and assess for practices: what daily actions are “green”?

Environmental Action and Reduce Energy Use On November 13, 2009, the Institute for

Sustainable Communities sponsored an educational workshop on community‐based energy efficiency and sustainable development at Nanmen Primary School, Doumen, Zhuhai, in China’s Guangdong province. Some 400 primary school students and their families, teachers and local villagers participated in the evening workshop.

Children write their thoughts on how they would like to be in ten years, and pasted the “sticky notes” on the display panel. Parent also shared their own hopes and expectations for their children in the same way.

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Actions….Children write their thoughts on how they

would like to be in ten years, and pasted the “sticky notes” on the display panel. Parent also shared their own hopes and expectations for their children in the same way.

Younger children view the work that senior graders recorded on their calendars.

The best calendars were displayed at the workshop.

http://www.rbf.org/usr_doc/Doumen_education_workshop_Nov_17_09%5B1%5D.pdf

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Cultural Intelligence means that we….

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Teach and assess for perspectives/understanding: what is the importance of green actions in China and in your community?

Use language as a tool to…Listen to, view scenes of daily life/green

actions in China

Present information about green actions

Compare actions and importance of green actions

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Knowledge about the people and country+

Awareness/understanding of the actions/behaviors of the people

+ Language to understand and communicate

with the people _______________________________________________

CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

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Cultural intelligence…Preparing students for meaningful

interactions with people around the world, helping them understand their own culture, and preparing them to be explorers: being curious, asking questions, being open to sharing new experiences and new ideas, ultimately with the goal of creating networks of collaboration to address the problems facing today’s world.

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