Cultural Adjustment, Power, and Personal Ethics

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

1 hour

External Cost

No

Source

Blancard, K. (1993). Cultural adjustment, power, and personal ethics: Three critical incidents. In T. Gochenour (Ed)., Beyond experience: The experiential approach to cross-cultural education, 2nd ed. (pp. 107-112). Intercultural Press.

Tags:

  1. acceptance
  2. adaptation
  3. bridging
  4. communication
  5. critical incidents
  6. customs
  7. emotional resilience
  8. emotions
  9. empathy
  10. ethics
  11. frame shifting
  12. judging
  13. leadership
  14. mentorship
  15. migration
  16. openness
  17. other awareness
  18. perspective
  19. perspective taking
  20. power
  21. self-awareness
  22. study abroad
  23. traditions
  24. values
  25. worldview frameworks

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Analyze dominant and non-dominant cultural backgrounds. 2. Assess their own cultural background. 2. Consider the process of cross-cultural adjustment. 4. Develop positive relationships in a new culture or with culturally different individuals.