scholarly journals How We Do Business: Setting the Agenda for Cultural Competence at the University of Sydney

2017 ◽  
pp. 133-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juanita Sherwood ◽  
Gabrielle Russell-Mundine
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Business Setting ◽  
The University

Sociology

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Educational Standard ◽  
State Educational ◽  
University Course ◽  
The University ◽  
Development Of Students

The manual contains a full and systematic presentation of the University course of sociology. It is aimed at forming students ' General cultural competence contributing to the development of students of the whole scientific Outlook, and a clear civil position, the mastery of basic sociological concepts and the acquisition of research skills. Meets the requirements of Federal state educational standard of higher education of the latest generation for the preparation of bachelors. For students enrolled in asociological bachelor.

‘You’ll Never Get Cultural Competence in Science’: An Australian Perspective on Integrating Cultural Competence into Science Teaching Via Cultural Accountability

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Cross ◽  
Rosanne Quinnell ◽  
Tina Bell ◽  
Paul Rhodes ◽  
Zsuzsanna Dancso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Cultural Humility ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
The University

In the last decade, the Australian higher education sector has championed the inclusion of cultural competence (CC) as a key graduate quality. Diverse disciplinary learning and teaching approaches requiring careful consideration about how best to achieve the end goal of supporting graduates on their individual, life-long pathways to engage with CC. Science can be viewed as an inflexible and immovable discipline. This perception seems particularly prevalent with respect to scientists acknowledging epistemes outside of a western cultural frame. It follows that eliciting curriculum reform with respect to CC broadly, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives more specifically, was perceived to be a significant challenge. Through interviews with eleven non-Indigenous academics across the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney, we uncovered several strategies for including multiple knowledges in science, with academics traversing these new horizons by building on the work of and collaborating with Indigenous Elders and academics to create enriched learning spaces. Alongside these strategies are staff reflections on their CC journey, which indicate that this endeavour entails necessary and vital discomforts that ultimately enable transformation. This process while guided by CC, led to experiences of cultural humility and a conviction in the role of cultural accountability.

scholarly journals Investigating Cultural Competence in English-Arabic Translator Training Programs

2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 569-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Showqi Bahumaid
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
American University ◽  
Inappropriate Use ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge ◽  
Translator Training ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The University ◽  
English Culture

This empirical study investigates the level of translation competence in English-Arabic translation among postgraduate translator trainees in the American University of Sharjah and the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It specifically examines the trainees’ competence in rendering from English into Arabic a carefully selected sample of fifteen culture-specific expressions used in contextualized sentences, as well as the trainees’ awareness of the translation procedures employed in their renditions. The results have revealed the informants’ rather low performance in the renditions of culture-bound expressions from English into Arabic; their major types of errors involved incorrect meaning, under-translation and omission. The errors have been mainly attributed to the informants’ inadequate knowledge of English culture, their lack of awareness of the significance of the translation brief while translating, and their inappropriate use of dictionaries. Further, the informants’ improper knowledge of the translation procedures employed in rendering culture-specific expressions has been evidenced. The paper ends by offering some suggestions for developing cultural competence in postgraduate English-Arabic translator training programmes.

The First-Year Seminar: A Program Evaluation of Students’ Public-Affairs Awareness

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
First Year ◽  
State University ◽  
First Semester ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University ◽  
First Year Seminar

Similar to the public-welfare aim of many universities, Missouri State University (MSU) was granted a specific statewide public affairs mission in 1995 comprising three pillars: community engagement, cultural competence, and ethical leadership. Since the implementation of this mission, the university has engaged in various efforts to promote and foster public-affairs awareness among students, including through its first-year seminar (FYS). This article details a study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the FYS in enhancing students’ public-affairs awareness. The researchers solicited input from students in the first and last weeks of their first semester at MSU using the Public Affairs Scale–Short Survey (PAS-SS) as well as other questions. The study sample consisted of 540 students who completed both the pre- and post-surveys. The researchers found that students’ public-affairs awareness in the cultural competence domain increased during the FYS program, but not in community engagement or ethical leadership. Additionally, there were significant differences in public-affairs awareness over time between first-generation students enrolled in specialized sections and those who were not. No significant differences were found in public-affairs awareness between faculty- and staff-taught sections or between sections with a peer leader and those without. The article concludes with a brief discussion of the study findings and a consideration of implications for future practice.

Sociology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galina El'nikova ◽  
Yuliya Laamarti
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
State Educational ◽  
University Course ◽  
The University

The manual contains a full and systematic presentation of the University course of sociology. It is aimed at forming students ' General cultural competence, facilitating independent development of the whole scientific Outlook, and a clear civil position, the mastery of basic sociological concepts and the acquisition of research skills. Meets the requirements of Federal state educational standards of higher education of the last generation. For students enrolled in asociological bachelor.

Tidal Wave: A University’s Response to Transformational Learning Objectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Maysaa Barakat ◽  
Meredith Mountford ◽  
Deandre Poole ◽  
Dustin Pappas
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Transformational Learning ◽  
Organizational Theory ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Tidal Wave ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Classroom Activity ◽  
The University

A textbook activity on symbols was intended as thought provoking but instead elicited a confrontational reaction by one student which left Dr. Jackson and the university searching for a response. When the topic spread through the channels within the university, matters got worse. This disguised case examines the lesson, conflict, and aftermath following a sensitive classroom activity intended to promote transformational learning around the concept of the strength of organizational symbols. Authors suggest organizational theory, power and politics, transformational learning, and cultural competence as possible lenses in which educational leaders can examine this case.

scholarly journals Monitoring and Assessment of the Effectiveness for Cultural Competence Development at University

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 00127
Author(s):  
Natalia Vojtik ◽  
Sofia Panarina ◽  
Ludmila Melnikova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Level System ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

This article is devoted to the research of the cultural competence development at the university level. It considers various interpretations of the concept of “cultural competence”, its componential criteria to assess students’ progress through their studying. The literature review revealed the redundancy of interpretations that can be explained by multiculturality of the concept as well as the lack of information, concerning assessment tools for the cultural competence monitoring. As a result of sifting and practical testing of a number of methods, the development of proprietary methodology eligible for the competencybased approach in the multi-level system of education is represented here. This study is intended to suggest compact and less time-consuming methods approbated by educators among the students of the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Tyumen, Russia.

scholarly journals Cultural Competence of Australian Dental Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Mariño ◽  
Julie Satur ◽  
Eren Tuncer ◽  
Megan Tran ◽  
Elizabeth Milford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Dental Surgery ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The University

Abstract Background: Australia possesses a highly multicultural demographic, and thus dental practitioners are likely to encounter culturally and linguistically diverse individuals regularly. It is important for dental practitioners to be culturally competent, however, cultural competency education is highly variable in the curricula of dentistry and oral health courses in Australia, and research is largely limited to dentistry students. This study aims to investigate and compare perceived attitudes, beliefs and practices of cultural competence amongst first and final year Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) and Bachelor of Oral Health (BOH) students at the University of Melbourne Dental School.Methods: Following ethics approval, anonymous questionnaires were completed by 213 participants. The questionnaire was adapted from Schwarz’s Healthcare Provider Cultural Competence Instrument (HPCCI) and consisted of five scales. Data was analysed using SPSS V 24.0 software.Results: A total of 213 students participated in this study (response rate = 88%) The majority of participants were female (n=114, 53.5%) and the mean age of 23.5 years (range 18 - 40). The majority of participants were Australian born (n=110) with 74.6 percent (n=159) first generation Australians. Participants who identified as Australian represented 35.7 percent (n=76) with 66.1 percent (n=141) identified as partly Australian. Multivariate analysis indicated that, after controlling for other independent variables in the model, those who had the highest cultural competence score were female, who self-identify as “Australian”, who were in the final year. Furthermore, those who were in the final BOH year scored significatively higher than final year DDS students.Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that there is a significant difference in students self-reported cultural competence at different stages of their education. This may be attributed to differences in cultural competence education, scope of practice and the type of patient encounters that students may experience. Future research should involve follow up to create longitudinal data, as well as research at other dental schools in Australia and overseas.

scholarly journals Developing Culturally Competent Data Publication Resources

1970 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-179
Author(s):  
Ryan Stoker ◽  
Gene Melzack ◽  
Jennifer McLean
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Data Publication ◽  
Digital Curation ◽  
Restricted Form ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
The University

It is increasingly common for researchers to publish their datasets in open, mediated, or restricted form as a research output. The process of publishing data is complex and there are few guides that are practical or easy to understand. To bridge this gap, the Digital Curation and Data team at the University of Sydney Library initiated a project to develop applied data publication resources. To reflect current University and Library strategies, the team expanded the project to include a cultural competence review of each newly developed resource in order to reflect on the cultural biases that had gone into its creation and the ways in which the resource might appear through alternative cultural lenses, initially focusing on the data publication needs for research relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It may be especially challenging for researchers who are working with culturally sensitive data to find resources that are easy to use and relevant. One initial goal of this project is to ensure that researchers, students and staff can support the ethical and culturally appropriate publication of data relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities, and knowledges. The team reviewed prototyped resources with researchers who conduct research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to assess their usefulness and identify gaps. Resources are now being updated to reflect feedback, and additional resources will also be created. The intention is to continue to integrate cultural competence into the University of Sydney’s data curation and publication services and to expand this process to include wider cultural perspectives.  

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