Article : Multicultural Competence by Paul Kivel Cultural competence is to understand another culture well enough to be able to communicate and work with them. This article talks about cultural competency and how it is important to have cultural competence to be able to help people of minority groups and become allies with them. Learning to be open and sensitive to other cultural expression takes lot of time. In addition, for those who are able culturally competence in their own culture along with other cultures has a broader view of the world. They can also be better advocate to the need and help of those people and help those people find their own voices.…
Develop strategies for expanding awareness and understanding of people from diverse cultures. Engage in the process of values clarification for self-assessment and learning to promote tolerance and acceptance. Evaluate strategies for effecting behavioral change to avoid stereotyping and cultural prejudice.…
Engage in the process of values clarification for self-assessment and learning to promote tolerance and acceptance.…
Cultural competence can be defined as being aware of our world views, developing skills for communication and interaction across cultures by using positive attitudes towards cultural differences by gaining knowledge of different cultural practices and world views. Cultural competence is about the actions to build understanding between people, to be respectful and open to differences. Understanding cultural competence is developing positive attitudes towards cultural differences.…
In delivering culturally competent services to this family of people it is important to administer services according to their values, customs, and beliefs. It would not have been culturally sensitive to intrude on their way of life and start making changes.…
Recognising and respecting customers cultural needs helps to promote inclusive practice. A customer may follow Islam as their religion, to meet their needs to kitchen staff may put halal or vegetarian options on the menu.…
Culturally competent person can communicate sensitively and effectively with people who have different languages, cultures, religions, genders, ethnicities, disabilities, ages and sexualities. Culturally competent staff strive to provide services that are consistent with the clients’ needs and values firstly by acknowledging them, and secondly by, wherever possible,…
Many different definitions of cultural competence are out there, but probably the most widely accepted is the following:…
Cultural brokers are children who serve as interpreters and links to the European American culture for parents who do not speak English and are not as familiar with the culture as children.…
Au and Kawakami (1991) suggested that the multicultural curriculum celebrates the contributions of the culture of children who are learning together at a particular time in their lives. Through this learning curriculum, children will develop the cultural competency, as the developing cultural competence is a clear expectation within the Early Years Learning Framework. The EYLF describes cultural competence as being ‘much more than awareness of cultural differences. It is the ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures. (EYLF,…
in the most productive way to facilitate. By being culturally aware and recognizing how culture…
In order to be culturally competent we must come to the realization that even though we might see ourselves as a very welcoming and non-bias individual we probably are guilty of stereotyping and generalizing at some point in our lives. I am half Swedish and half Persian therefore, I was early on in life surrounded by two completely different cultures and this has definitely made me more open to other cultures than my own, but to say that I don’t stereotype or prejudice would be a lie, I think we all do it subconsciously sometimes.…
Current trends of an increasingly multicultural society emphasize the need for nursing education programs that effectively address cultural issues. To understand the diverse cultural backgrounds of clients, nurses must strive to be culturally competent (Marcinkiw 2003). Cultural competence requires the building of cultural awareness, knowledge, skill, encounters, and desire in the nurse. Clients will feel respected, valued, and have a greater desire to achieve mutually agreed upon health care goals if the nurse is culturally competent. The purpose of this essay is designed to show the cultural competence in the nursing profession by providing a guide that is useful for implementing cultural sensitivity in nursing education and practice.…
My understanding of the term cultural competence is a learning path which is always changing. It’s not just about your own understanding of your cultures practices, beliefs and traditions and how they might impact your decisions, it’s about having an understanding of other cultures and learning about different diversities, promoting equity, ensuring everyone feels as if they belong and know their identity within their culture and community. Cultural Competence is about developing positive, respectful relationships between the children, their families, the community and yourself as their educator, it’s about reflecting your own attitude and knowledge, creating a positive environment and being able to educate those who are from a wide range…
Cultural competence as the process of recognizing one own lifestyle, feeling, opinion and surrounding without making it impact others with a different background. Cultural competence is also acknowledging, understanding, embracing, respecting cultural differences and assimilate nursing care accordantly to each client’s culture. (Deborah L. Flowers).…