The document outlines intercultural education by highlighting ten key points, emphasizing that it encompasses more than just internationalism and involves both visible and subtle cultural aspects. It advocates for developing intercultural competence, celebrating individual identities, and recognizing the continuous nature of intercultural education within the entire school community. The document concludes with a definition of interculturalism that focuses on interaction, understanding, and mutual respect within the diverse cultural context of Bangkok Patana School.

1. What is intercultural education?10 Pointers to help us understand and agree what intercultural education can involveImage Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by Philou.cn

2. Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by HoriaVarlan1) “Interculturalism” is ‘bigger’ in scope than “internationalism”

3. InternationalismInterculturalism

4. 2) Cultural learning applies to explicit, visible stuff as well as less obvious but important stuff ‘below the surface’Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by Drew Avery

5. BeliefsValuesPerceptionsAssumptionsRulesExpectationsThought ProcessesNormsLearning StylesTime-OrientationStatusGender RolesSpace-OrientationNo-Verbal Communication

6. Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by spacepleb3) ‘Intercultural competence’: we can develop a set of skills and understandings

7. 4) Developing our own sense of identityImage Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by eioua

8. 5) Celebrating who students are as individuals can be an ideal‘way in’ to explore, celebrate and understandcultural differenceImage Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by albertopveiga

9. 6) We all experience multiple culturesImage Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by Sarah and Iain

10. Image Source:Allan, M.J. (2002: 78) See References Slide.

11. Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by laszlo-photo7) Intercultural educationshould also explore similarity of experiencedespite differences in cultural heritage

12. 8) Intercultural education is continuous, and can not really be achieved through isolated, one-off eventsImage Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by themonnie

13. 9) Genuine intercultural education takes place within all aspects of the school community, not just the formal curriculumMichael Allan (2003) has identified 8 aspects of school thatcontribute to intercultural learning:Source: Allan, M.J. (2003: 105) See References Slide.

14. 10) We have a definition of interculturalism:Interculturalism at Bangkok PatanaSchoolis about interaction, understanding and mutual respect.We aim to ensure that cultural diversity in our community is acknowledged, actively supported and celebrated. We believe in inclusion for all cultures by design, planning and practice. Image Source: Flickr Some rights reserved by greeblie

15. ReferencesAllan, M.J. (2002) Cultural borderlands: a case study of cultural dissonance in an international school. Journal of Research in International Education, 1 (1):63–90. (p. 78 for the diagram, referenced for ‘pointer’ 6)Allan, M.J. (2003) Frontier crossings: cultural dissonance, intercultural learning and the multicultural personality. Journal of Research in International Education, 2 (1): 83–110. (p. 105 for the intercultural learning programmes, referenced for ‘pointer’ 9)The iceberg graphic (‘pointer 2’) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. Further information on the license, including reference to several works that inspired it, is here.This presentation was originally delivered to staff at Bangkok Patana School on 2nd May 2011. Posted via slideshare initially on our Interculturalism Matters blog.Our school’s definition of interculturalism is partly inspired by a definition given by the NCCRI