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“You can get surprisingly far with just normal interaction” : intercultural communication competence and the cultural identity negotiation of Finnish basic education teachers when teaching a multicultural class

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Mattila, Heta
Date
2018
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Kulttuurienvälinen viestintäMaster's Degree Programme in Intercultural Communication
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Tämä tutkimus analysoi suomalaisten peruskouluopettajien kulttuurienvälistä viestintäkompetenssia, kun he opettavat monikulttuurista luokkaa. Tutkimus toteutettiin teemahaastattelujen avulla. Haastatteluihin osallistui 10 peruskouluopettajaa neljästä kaupungista. Aineiston analysoinnissa hyödynnettiin Ting-Toomeyn identiteetin neuvottelu teoriaa (Identity Negotiation Theory). Analyysin tulokset paljastavat, että opettajat, joilla on vahva yhteys kulttuuri-identiteettiinsä ovat vähemmän tietoisia viestinnässään verrattuna niihin opettajiin, jotka ovat altistuneet muille kulttuureille. Muiden kulttuurien tuntemus auttoi opettajia olemaan tietoisempia oman kulttuurinsa vaikutuksista heidän viestintäänsä. Tutkimuksen perusteella voidaan esittää, että opettajat voivat toki selvitä perustyöstään ilman aimpaa koulutusta kulttuurienvälisen viestinnän osalta, mutta että ne heistä, joilla oli pidempi kokemus kulttuureihin liittyvistä tekijöistä opetuksessa kykenivät neuvottelemaan kulttuuri-identiteettiään ja viestintäänsä tietoisemmin. ...
 
This study analyses the intercultural communication competence of Finnish basic education teachers who teach a multicultural classroom. The study was conducted through interviews with 10 Finnish Basic Education teachers from four cities in Finland. This study uses Ting-Toomey’s Identity Negotiation Theory to analyse the collected data. The key findings of the study were; Teachers with strong connection to their cultural identity are less mindful in their communication and teachers who have been subjected to other cultures are more aware of their culture’s impacts on their communication. The study also found that teachers succeed in their profession without previous education but those with more experience are able to negotiate their cultural identity and communication more mindfully.
 
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intercultural communication competence identity negotiation theory identity negotiation of teachers cultural identity negotiation monikulttuurisuus kulttuuri-identiteetti kulttuurienvälinen viestintä opettajat kulttuuriosaaminen multiculturalism cultural identity intercultural communication teachers cultural competence
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