Game as a tool for developing intercultural competence on the example of the Culture Crossover Project Cover Image

Gra jako narzędzie rozwijania kompetencji międzykulturowych na przykładzie projektu Culture Crossover
Game as a tool for developing intercultural competence on the example of the Culture Crossover Project

Author(s): Hanna Rugała
Subject(s): Educational Psychology, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: empathy; educational game; multiculturalism; intercultural education; intercultural competences; cultural sensitivity;

Summary/Abstract: In today’s world of rapid socio-cultural changes, which also include increased migration movements and the formation of culturally diverse societies, there is a need to implement methods and tools of educational work for the formation of attitudes of tolerance in multicultural communities. One of the effective educational tools used in intercultural education can be game. One of the most valuable types of games in this area are those that allow learning about cultures and the cultural differences resulting from them, referring not only to observable behaviour, but also to the hierarchy of values that form the core of the identity of a given social group – national, ethnic or religious one. The article is devoted to the presentation of an educational game created as part of the international Culture Crossover project. The theoretical and methodological assumptions of the game refer to Milton Benett’s DMIS and Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. The educational goal is to increase cultural awareness and develop empathy towards culturally different people by taking into account various elements of intercultural learning – from information about a particular culture, through knowledge of cultural norms and the ability to adopt local perspectives to critical understanding of the worldviews of other cultures.

  • Issue Year: 22/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 221-234
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish