First Tutorial
I had my first tutorial online with my tutor today. I never encountered online tutorials in educational settings before. My tutor was very approachable and engaging. We talked about my educational and employment journey to date. It transpired that we both studied BA Development/Third World Studies in our previous lives. It was refreshing to find another being that undertook the same course as me as I don’t encounter such people in the art world.
Hence, my artistic practice is viewed with an anthropological lens which combines the two realms of my educational world.
Post my conversation with my tutor, I decided to combine my current research with ancient artefacts from Abyssinia into a micro-teach session using object-based learning.
I started to think about how I can employ intercultural dialogue for the micro-teach brief. Intercultural dialogue is one tool to use with a cultural OBL as it encourages dialogue and understanding to embrace cultural diversity. OBL in turn promotes exploration via sharing ideas and differences for a deeper understanding.
“Intercultural dialogue is an open and respectful exchange of views between individuals and groups belonging to different cultures that leads to a deeper understanding of the other’s global perception.” Council of Europe 2003
Butterfly model of competency
The butterfly model of competencies framework was born out of ‘The LIVING TOGETHER IN EUROPE Committee in 2017. It aims to educate and train society to engage in a dialogue using values, attitudes, skills and knowledge and critical understanding of the other and authorisation built on reciprocity and acknowledgement of differences. Dervin (2006), offers an interesting distinction on cultures within a nation and international nations based on values and customs. He refers to them as ‘solid’ (national) and ‘liquid’ as international. Interesting read!
I am looking forward to doing further research on the topic of ‘Intercultural dialogue’ and OBL.
References
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Grigg, R. and Lewis, H. (2019). Teaching creative and critical thinking in schools. London ; Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications Ltd.
Intercultural Dialogue. (n.d.). Available at: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pdfs/978-1-4438-6362-9-sample.pdf. [Accessed 17 Jan. 2023].
Lähdesmäki, T., Koistinen, A.-K. and Ylönen, S.C. (2020). Intercultural Dialogue in the European Education Policies: A Conceptual Approach. [online] library.oapen.org. Springer Nature. Available at: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/37370 [Accessed 16 Jan. 2023].
Simpson, A. and Dervin, F. (2019). The Council of Europe Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture. Intercultural Communication Education, 2(3), pp.102–119. doi:https://doi.org/10.29140/ice.v2n3.168.[Accessed 18 Jan. 2023].