Tag: Absolutely Intercultural
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Dialogue to bridge differences
What is a virtual exchange? Maybe not what you think. We dig deeper into that in this special edition of Absolutely Intercultural coming to you from Denmark. The latest show is mainly about promoting dialogue between different groups of people. So what is dialogue? And can you tell the difference between dialogue and, for example,…
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BREXIT – no quick fixes
It is undeniable that a large part of the Leave vote in the referendum over the UK’s membership of the EU was about the perceived effects of immigration. It did no good to argue that it is globalisation and the current government’s austerity policies that lead to the under-funding of public services and stagnating wages…
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Short or long?
Intercultural training has traditionally relied on intensive and often residential courses lasting up to a week. But is there a place for shorter, more targeted interventions while still at the work place? George Simons, who devised the Diversophy game which is often deployed in the long trainings, has been musing on this and plans to…
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Why be a global educator?
In March I talked to Julie Lindsay for the Absolutely Intercultural podcast about her latest book, The Global Educator (affiliate link). Along the way, Julie remarked on the fact that it was very difficult to get involved with European education projects if you are not in the EU and this made me think. I am very…
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Framing as a CRT strategy
Although we want to be inclusive by using Culturally Responsive Teaching approaches, we still need to make the framework in which we are operating clear to all. We want to avoid unnecessary missteps that lead to embarrassment or worse.