Intercultural Competence in Teaching: Defining the Intercultural Profile of Student Teachers

This article describes the intercultural profile of European student teachers in order to clarify the relationship between Intercultural Competence (IC) and teacher training. The main tool used for that was a questionnaire to assess IC, following the criteria established by the Intercultural Compete...

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Autores principales: Marta Garrote Salazar, María Fernández Agüero
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:19d4d24fa4b9429f8e42483b95c6c8252021-11-25T13:20:47ZIntercultural Competence in Teaching: Defining the Intercultural Profile of Student Teachers10.5565/rev/jtl3.6702013-6196https://doaj.org/article/19d4d24fa4b9429f8e42483b95c6c8252016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/jtl3/article/view/670https://doaj.org/toc/2013-6196This article describes the intercultural profile of European student teachers in order to clarify the relationship between Intercultural Competence (IC) and teacher training. The main tool used for that was a questionnaire to assess IC, following the criteria established by the Intercultural Competence Assessment (INCA) Project in which IC levels are ranked. The survey poses a variety of personal and professional situations where IC comes into play and different responses to choose from, ranging from insufficiently intercultural to highly intercultural. The results of this study show that most European student teachers participating in the research displayed an intermediate level of IC, which indicates a necessity to improve future teachers’ IC training, particularly highlighting IC dimensions such as behavioural flexibility or communicative awareness.Marta Garrote SalazarMaría Fernández AgüeroUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleIntercultural Competenceteacher trainingstudent teachersSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Language and LiteraturePCAENESFRBellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, Vol 9, Iss 4 (2016)
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topic Intercultural Competence
teacher training
student teachers
Special aspects of education
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spellingShingle Intercultural Competence
teacher training
student teachers
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
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Marta Garrote Salazar
María Fernández Agüero
Intercultural Competence in Teaching: Defining the Intercultural Profile of Student Teachers
description This article describes the intercultural profile of European student teachers in order to clarify the relationship between Intercultural Competence (IC) and teacher training. The main tool used for that was a questionnaire to assess IC, following the criteria established by the Intercultural Competence Assessment (INCA) Project in which IC levels are ranked. The survey poses a variety of personal and professional situations where IC comes into play and different responses to choose from, ranging from insufficiently intercultural to highly intercultural. The results of this study show that most European student teachers participating in the research displayed an intermediate level of IC, which indicates a necessity to improve future teachers’ IC training, particularly highlighting IC dimensions such as behavioural flexibility or communicative awareness.
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