Intercultural Competence in Teaching

This article describes the intercultural profile of European student teachers in order to clarify the relationship between Intercultural Competence (IC) and teacher training. The main tool used for that was a questionnaire to assess IC, following the criteria established by the Intercultural Compete...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Garrote Salazar, Marta, Fernández Agüero, María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:170801
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/170801
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/jtl3.670
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Intercultural competence
Teacher training
Student teachers
Competència comunicativa
Formació docent
Futurs docents
Competencia comunicativa
Formación docente
Futuros docentes
La compétence communicative
La formation des enseignants
Les futurs enseignants
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Sumario:This article describes the intercultural profile of European student teachers in order to clarify the relationship between Intercultural Competence (IC) and teacher training. The main tool used for that was a questionnaire to assess IC, following the criteria established by the Intercultural Competence Assessment (INCA) Project in which IC levels are ranked. The survey poses a variety of personal and professional situations where IC comes into play and different responses to choose from, ranging from insufficiently intercultural to highly intercultural. The results of this study show that most European student teachers participating in the research displayed an intermediate level of IC, which indicates a necessity to improve future teachers' IC training, particularly highlighting IC dimensions such as behavioural flexibility or communicative awareness.