INTER Group
Research in Intercultural Education
INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES FOR TEACHERS: Development of
counselors' and teachers' intercultural competences
UNED, Dept. MIDE II
Coordinator: Beatriz Malik
Liévano
Duration: 2002-2003
OBJECTIVES
AND TASKS
To define what
intercultural skills in counseling mean and how they can
be evaluated.
To carry out a needs
analysis on intercultural skills among counselors.
Based on the skills defined
by Sue and Sue, Sue and others (1990 and later works), and
made operative by Arredondo and others (1996), we plan to
analyze these skills in the Spanish context (and, more
broadly, in the European context) in order to determine
which of these skills can be applied to our context.
To propose other skills
and/or indicators, in addition to the previous ones, that
fit our context.
To detect training needs in these skills.
To design a training program in intercultural skills, based on the needs analysis carried out.
PARTICIPANTS
Coordinator:
Beatriz Malik Liévano
Research team:
Belén Ballesteros, José Luis Castellano, Begoña Fernández, Patricia Mata, Marta Rodríguez Aller, Marifé Sánchez, Inmaculada Sutil, José Antonio Téllez
RESULTS
Although the research is in
its initial phase, one topic has been published as a
result of the theoretical foundation (Malik
Liévano, Beatriz, 2003). Intervenciones para la
adquisición de competencias interculturales. In
Repetto, E. (coord.) Modelos
de Orientación e Intervención
Psicopedagógica. Volume 2. Madrid: UNED.
pp. 424-452. Another document that is the starting point
for the project has also been prepared (Malik, B., 2003).
Desarrollo de
competencias interculturales. Material para un curso de
doctorado.
Two students from the doctoral program "Diversity and School Equality" have done their research project for obtaining the Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in this project.
Another piece of research related to this project is the doctoral thesis of one of the members of the research team, José Luis Castellano, directed by Teresa Aguado. This researcher analyzes intercultural skills for developing the degree of Open University Orientation Services (in open universities in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Spain). A poster was presented at the XI Congreso Nacional de Modelos de Investigación Educativa: "Investigación y Sociedad" GRANADA, September 25-27, 2003.
Development of intercultural competences (report)