After Cultural Literacy: New Models of Intercultural Competency for Life and Work in a VUCA World

Autor/in	Shliakhovchuk, Elena
Titel	After Cultural Literacy: New Models of Intercultural Competency for Life and Work in a VUCA World
Quelle	In: Educational Review, 73 (2021) 2, S.229-250 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shliakhovchuk, Elena)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1911
DOI	10.1080/00131911.2019.1566211
Schlagwörter	Global Approach; Cultural Literacy; Cultural Awareness; Political Attitudes; Nationalism; Trend Analysis; 21st Century Skills; International Organizations; Policy Formation; Corporations; Models; Work Environment; Intercultural Communication; Teaching Methods; Definitions; Metacognition; Local Issues; Empathy; Change Agents; Leadership; Personality Traits; Critical Thinking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Denken; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Nationalismus; Trendanalyse; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Politische Betätigung; Unternehmen; Analogiemodell; Arbeitsmilieu; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Begriffsbestimmung; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Empathie; Führung; Führungsposition; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Kritisches Denken
Abstract	Globalisation has brought about change not only in the economic, social and technological order, but also in people's mentality and the ways they interact with the world around them. There has been a consensus that in our increasingly interconnected world, one of the essential tasks of educators and institutions at all levels is to develop, promote and enhance cultural literacy. In the wake of counter-globalisation forces and the rise of the national populist movement, the relevance of being culturally literate might be questioned. This paper reviews the literature on cultural literacy and clarifies some of the conceptual ideas surrounding the construct. It updates the elements of cultural literacy relevant to the 2020s and critically assesses the development of the concept of cultural literacy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. An analysis and summary are made of common trends for a new set of skills and competencies necessary for success in the twenty-first century, studied by policy-making institutions like UNESCO, by education institutions like the British Council, by multinational corporations like IBM and Google, and by influencer organisations like LinkedIn and the World Economic Forum. The conclusion drawn is that there is a pressing need for an updated model of cultural literacy that can serve as a powerful instrument for living in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) world. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01