Presentation delivered to staff at Bangkok Patana School on 2nd May 2011, based on the findings of a group of staff who met several times in the academic year 2010-11 to explore the importance of intercultural issues in education. Visit http://interculturalism.blogspot.com for more of our findings.

1. What is intercultural education? 10 Pointers to help us understand and agree what intercultural education can involve Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by Philou.cn

2. Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by HoriaVarlan 1) “Interculturalism” is ‘bigger’ in scope than “internationalism”

3. Internationalism Interculturalism

4. 2) Cultural learning applies to explicit, visible stuff as well as less obvious but important stuff ‘below the surface’ Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by Drew Avery

5. Beliefs Values Perceptions Assumptions Rules Expectations Thought Processes Norms Learning Styles Time-Orientation Status Gender Roles Space-Orientation No-Verbal Communication

6. Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by spacepleb 3) ‘Intercultural competence’: we can develop a set of skills and understandings

7. 4) Developing our own sense of identity Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by eioua

8. 5) Celebrating who students are as individuals can be an ideal‘way in’ to explore, celebrate and understandcultural difference Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by albertopveiga

9. 6) We all experience multiple cultures Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by Sarah and Iain

10. Image Source: Allan, M.J. (2002: 78) See References Slide.

11. Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by laszlo-photo 7) Intercultural education should also explore similarity of experience despite differences in cultural heritage

12. 8) Intercultural education is continuous, and can not really be achieved through isolated, one-off events Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by themonnie

13. 9) Genuine intercultural education takes place within all aspects of the school community, not just the formal curriculum Michael Allan (2003) has identified 8 aspects of school that contribute to intercultural learning: Source: Allan, M.J. (2003: 105) See References Slide.

14. 10) We have a definition of interculturalism: Interculturalism at Bangkok PatanaSchool is about interaction, understanding and mutual respect. We aim to ensure that cultural diversity in our community is acknowledged, actively supported and celebrated. We believe in inclusion for all cultures by design, planning and practice. Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by greeblie

15. References Allan, M.J. (2002) Cultural borderlands: a case study of cultural dissonance in an international school. Journal of Research in International Education, 1 (1):63–90. (p. 78 for the diagram, referenced for ‘pointer’ 6) Allan, M.J. (2003) Frontier crossings: cultural dissonance, intercultural learning and the multicultural personality. Journal of Research in International Education, 2 (1): 83–110. (p. 105 for the intercultural learning programmes, referenced for ‘pointer’ 9) The iceberg graphic (‘pointer 2’) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. Further information on the license, including reference to several works that inspired it, is here. This presentation was originally delivered to staff at Bangkok Patana School on 2nd May 2011. Posted via slideshare initially on our Interculturalism Matters blog. Our school’s definition of interculturalism is partly inspired by a definition given by the NCCRI