Respect matters: Intercultural Understanding

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Intercultural Understanding

Intercultural understanding involves learning about and engaging with diverse cultures in ways that recognise commonalities and differences, create connections with others and cultivate mutually respectful relationships. Students reflect on and to take responsibility for their own behaviours and their interactions with others within and across cultures. They understand that behaviour can have unintended effects on relationships between individuals and communities. Students develop values and dispositions such as curiosity, care, empathy, reciprocity, respect and responsibility, open-mindedness and critical awareness. Respect is based on the recognition that every person is important and must be treated with dignity. It includes recognising and appreciating differences between people and respecting another person’s point of view and their human rights.

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Intercultural Understanding - Years 9 and 10

Interacting and empathising with others

Recognise the effect that empathising with others has on their own feelings, motivations and actions

Intercultural Understanding - Years 9 and 10

Interacting and empathising with others

Analyse the complex relationship between language, thought and context to understand and enhance communication

Recognise the effect that empathising with others has on their own feelings, motivations and actions

Recognising culture and developing respect

Understand the importance of mutual respect in promoting cultural exchange and collaboration in an interconnected world

Intercultural Understanding - Years 9 and 10

Interacting and empathising with others

Present a balanced view on issues where conflicting views cannot easily be resolved

Intercultural Understanding - Years 9 and 10

Reflecting on intercultural experiences and taking responsibility

Critique the use of stereotypes and prejudices in texts and issues concerning specific cultural groups at national, regional and global levels

Recognise the challenges and benefits of living and working in a culturally diverse society and the role that cultural mediation plays in learning to live together