Journal: Reflective Practice: Cultural intelligence revisited
BAIHM 360
Susan Thackeray
Susan.thackeray@royalroads.ca
Developing Cultural Intelligence in a Global World
If I knew then what I know now
Full on APA
Understand/clarify assignment criteria
Good ideas need to be clearly conveyed
Proofread prior to submission ( objective 3rd party)
ESL/Writing Centre support...your tuition is paying for this
Direct quotations require a full citation
Smooth transition between sentences/paragraphs is essential
If I knew then what I know now
Review the rubric
Write to the rubric/assignment criteria
Increased focus on evidence-based writing
Formal introduction: Tell me what you are going to do (thesis statement)
Formal conclusion: Tell me what you just did (summary statement)
To strengthen intro/conclusion, integrate literature
Eliminate casual language
Challenge the literature (critical thinking)
Write in the 1st person
The 3rd Assignment
Clarifying your assumptions...
Tell me what you think the intention is?
Team conversation...
Do more of? Less of?
Individually? Collectively?
Significant ‘take-away’ from 1st presentation...process/content?
The 3 pillars of CQ?
How did your team model these during the interview?
Knowledge and skill that was enhanced as a result of the interview and your team process?
Hint...specific link to your 2nd journal entry?
Guidelines for Cross-Cultural Engagement
What are you prepared to commit to?
SHIFT & SHARE: Check in on goal progress from your 1st paper...
Write it...
Crumble it...
Throw it...
The Paradox of CQ...
Two things at once...
Supportive Characteristics...
Openness
Agreeableness
Extroversion (any issues with this???)
Mindfulness
Pursuit of opportunities for cross-cultural interactions
Developmental Stages...
Reactivity to external stimuli
Recognition
Accommodation
Assimilation
Proactivity Real life examples?
Learning from interactions:
Five-minute free write based on two prompts:
Recall a time from your own schooling when you felt especially included, engaged, appreciated, and validated in the learning process; and
Recall a situation when you felt especially excluded, alienated, and invalidated from the learning process.
Attention-Retention-Reproduction-Reinforcement
In your working group...Share your stories...
What similarities do you observe among the situations in which people felt especially included in a learning process?
What consistencies do you notice in the situations in which people felt excluded?
Knowing that we have various needs and learning styles, what can we do to ensure we are including, engaging, and validating all learners?
Supporting the Development of CQ
Formal Education/Training
Cross-Cultural Groups and Teams
Cross-Cultural Interactions at home
Travel.... What will you pursue?
Your developmental stage with RRU culture?
Recognition? Accommodation? Assimilation?
Reflective Practice...
CQ on the ground...
Real world experience
Analysis
Synthesis: Knowledge; Mindfulness; Skills