Marcel H. van der Poel, MA, MAIR
e: m.h.van.der.poel@hanze.nl
e: mvanderpoel@gmail.com
Intercultural Competence Development
Research Questions:
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How do students become
interculturally competent ?
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What should educators do to
facilitate that process ?
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And how do we know ?
Research Objectives:
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Preparing graduates for an
international & intercultural
workplace.
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Preparing educators for
international education.
Intercultural competence ‘start’ status Intercultural competence ‘end’ statusAttitude
→
Behavior
→
Knowledge
→
Interaction
→
Reflection
→
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Intercultural competence development
Incentives
Experiences
Process variables:
Moderators:
Pretest Posttest
How can this best be tested ?
First results: post-testing 10 educators showed a shift of 8 points on a 90-point scale into a more developed stage of IC. In comparison with other
empirical research that made use of the same test this gain can be seen as meaningful (Vande Berg et al., 2012).