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Linking the Subjective and Personal Aspects of Self to Multicultural Education

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This chapter shows how the socialisation that people acquire during their childhood is influential in determining their outlook to life. This implies that their socialisation also influences their disposition to relate to those whom they see as culturally different. In the previous chapter, it was observed that effective teaching and learning in colleges and universities is rooted in engaging people in deconstructing stereotypical messages that can promote discrimination. In so doing, they would co-construct a culture of respect. This chapter also shows how people’s individual perceptions, beliefs, and messages are also influential components of successful interpersonal and intercultural encounters. The chapter also offers practical insights as to how colleges and universities can engage students more in actively building relationships with people from different cultures.

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Spiteri, D. (2017). Linking the Subjective and Personal Aspects of Self to Multicultural Education. In: Multiculturalism, Higher Education and Intercultural Communication. Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51367-0_3

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