cultural intelligence What is it Cultural intelligence measures

cultural intelligence What is it? Cultural intelligence measures the ability to effectively reach across the chasm of cultural difference in ways that are loving and respectful. It measure our metaframework for dealing with culture, integrating various disciplines. What’s the goal? Learning how to effectively express love for people unlike us…in other words, the other.

Four Factors • Knowledge – cognitive understanding of crosscultural issues and differences. • Interpretive – degree to which one is mindful and aware of interacting cross-culturally. • Perseverance – level of interest, drive, and motivation to adapt cross-culturally. • Behavioral – extent to which one can appropriately change one’s verbal and non-verbal actions when interacting cross-culturally. (CI, 14, 210)

Overall CQ = Knowledge and Interpretive CQ = Perseverance CQ = Behavioral CQ =

Kolb’s theory of experiential learning Four modes of learning: 1. Feeling 2. Reflecting 3. Thinking 4. Acting

Joplin’s model Five components of learning: 1. Focus 2. Action-Reflection 3. Support-feedback 4. Debrief 5. Learning transfer

Sara Grove, “I saw what I saw” http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=OSd. P 6 Pqsb. JY

Can you be on a journey of faith without encountering the other? or living for the sake of the world?