Beyond Myths and Misunderstandings: The need for brain-mind sciences in intercultural education
This talk will explore ways that brain-mind sciences can inform intercultural education. It will introduce a survey of attitudes and beliefs of intercultural educators and trainers. Results show some common myths and misunderstandings, such as the idea that ethnocentrism is learned, or that bias can be overcome with the “right attitude”. It will argue that intercultural education and training should be grounded in an understanding of the way the mind actually works, rather than abstraction or ideology. Examples will be given.
Speakers:
Joseph Shaules (PhD) is an author and educator in the field of language and intercultural education. He is the Director of the Japan Intercultural Institute and is a Specially Appointed Professor at the GIC Center, Keio University, Tokyo. He is a host of the Deep Culture Podcast. Books include: Language, Culture and the Embodied Mind (Springer); The Intercultural Mind (Intercultural Press), and Deep Culture (Multilingual Matters).
Yvonne van der Pol (MA) is a development sociologist and interculturalist. She has been working for over 20 years on the knife edge of communication and culture, mainly as an intercultural consultant from her offices at Luz azul training, consulting & coaching. She published ‘Reflections on Intercultural Craftsmanship’ (2017). Until 2022 she was active in the Board of Directors of SIETAR Netherlands and SIETAR Europa. Since 2020 Joseph and Yvonne organize the Brain, Mind and Culture Masterclasses https://japanintercultural.org/masterclass/
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