PERSPECTIVES AND MODALITIES IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE DIDACTIC STAFF’S INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES Cover Image

PERSPECTIVES AND MODALITIES IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE DIDACTIC STAFF’S INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES
PERSPECTIVES AND MODALITIES IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE DIDACTIC STAFF’S INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES

Author(s): Claudiu Marian Bunăiașu, Alexandru Constantin Strunga
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Editura Sitech
Keywords: intercultural education; cultural diversity; European conscience; didactic staff’s intercultural competences; intercultural curriculum;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the study is to analyse the impact of some perspectives, strategies, and programs, in order to develop the intercultural dimension of the professional competence profile, regarding the teaching career. The investigation tools are represented by the questionnaire and the focus group, applied to a sample of 110 subjects. The results of the research emphasize: a) the social and educational necessity in order to train the didactic staff’s intercultural competence; b) the subjects ‘options for programs of intercultural psychology, intercultural communication, the didactic methodology of the intercultural education; c) the subjects’ adhesion to creating a European curricular framework, in order to acclimatize the teachers to an intercultural environment. The results achieved emphasize the idea of adopting the transformational curricular model as part of the intercultural curricula, in order to train the teachers and to synchronize specific strategies as part of European countries.

  • Issue Year: 3/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 24-35
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English