'Getting to Know 'Them' Changed My Opinion': Intercultural Competence among Jewish and Arab Graduate Students

Autor/inn/en	Lev Ari, Lilach; Husisi-Sabek, Rabia
Titel	'Getting to Know 'Them' Changed My Opinion': Intercultural Competence among Jewish and Arab Graduate Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 41 (2020) 10, S.844-857 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2019.1657433
Schlagwörter	Intergroup Relations; Arabs; Jews; Graduate Students; Student Attitudes; Intercultural Communication; Cultural Awareness; Student Surveys; Peer Relationship; Positive Attitudes; Cultural Pluralism; Political Attitudes; Conflict; Teacher Education Programs; Attitude Change; Foreign Countries; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intergruppenbeziehungen; Arab; Araber; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Schülerbefragung; Peer-Beziehungen; Kulturpluralismus; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Konflikt; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Ausland
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of intercultural encounters with the Other (between Jews and Arabs) during graduate studies, at colleges of education and university education departments, on the level of intercultural competence reported by them. Intercultural competence means a long-term change in the level of knowledge, feelings, attitudes and actual behavior that enables positive interactions with members of other cultural groups. In the study, 436 graduate students, completed survey questionnaires, which included mostly closed-ended questions. The findings indicate that the experience of encounter has a significant impact on the development of intercultural competence: A perceived inclusive atmosphere, positive interactions among students, and particularly contents acquired in the institution, which had an impact on all components of intercultural competence for both Jews and Arabs, but to a higher degree among Arabs. All that, alongside with off-campus interactions with 'others' and positive attitudes towards multiculturalism. The importance of this study is in its possible contribution to the body of knowledge regarding encounters with 'others' in higher education institutes (universities and colleges) and to developing policy trajectories towards intercultural competence among graduate students, including those who experience deep political conflicts in their countries. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01