Cultural Competence In College Education

Cultural competence is when all types of beliefs, attitudes, and practices come together and work as one. No one has judgement over another and they take time to learn about a culture different than your own. Everyone’s differences make the final outcome better. In the college education setting, diversity is becoming increasingly common. An instructor needs to be aware of the mixture of cultures and how to effectively blend those cultures to bring a group together to work effectively.
To increase my own cultural competence I must open my mind to new experiences and opportunities outside my comfort zone. I must be willing to not judge nor over analyze the outcome based on fear of the unknown.
Reading The Color of Water helped increase