FSWC Definition & Purpose of Intercultural Education Study Discussion

According to our textbook, globalization is the increasing economic, political and cultural integration of diverse cultures. Diversity is the recognition and valuing of difference in factors such as race, education, religion and income. Are we able to adapt to cultural differences on our own? Would education aimed specifically at cultural awareness make us more tolerant of others? The study in the article below explores the concepts of intercultural education and ethnocentrism.

The purpose of this assignment is for you to explore your own feelings about these sensitive issues.

Instructions

For this assignment read the following article from the FSW database titled, “The Effect of Intercultural Education on the Ethnocentrism Levels of Prospective Teachers (Links to an external site.),” written by Selma Aslantas and published in March 2019.

Write a 500-600 word reaction essay in APA paragraph format (12 font, double spacing and indented paragraphs) that answers the following questions:

1. How does the author define intercultural education?
2. How does she define ethnocentrism?
3. What was the purpose of this study?
4. What were the results of the study?
5. Have you had any type of diversity training or intercultural education prior to this course? Explain briefly.
6. Did you know FSW offers an Intercultural Communication course (COM 2460)?
7. If you have not had any training, describe what could be gained from taking COM 2460.

To Complete the Assignment:

• For examples of APA style papers and Reference lists, click on the Library link inside the Student Resources icon to the left of this page.
• When you get to the Library Home Page, click the Citation Guides link on the left side of that page.
  Look for APA format.
• You do not need to include a title page for this short essay.
• You can center a title at the top of the first essay page and center the word count under the title.
• Submit two files: One for the essay and one for the Reference list.

The Essay

• You need to add one scholarly source to your essay.
• The outside source can be a book, ebook, journal article or streaming video.
• These items can be accessed through our FSW online library.
• Here is a link to another example of a scholarly FSW database source (Links to an external site.).
• Follow the rubric at the bottom of the page for additional guidelines.

The Reference Page

• Add an APA Reference list that includes the book and the outside article.
• The reference list does not count in the word count.