Course Outline

This course is designed to acquire knowledge on social theories related to intercultural understanding and social phenomena from multiple perspectives. Intercultural understanding has become critical issue today, which is often discussed with the issues of intercultural communication, global society, multicultural society, social theories including feminist theories, and internationalization of university and local society.

The course covers cross-cultural experiences and culture shock as well as theories on intercultural understanding including debates on cultural essentialism. Culture is examined from various perspectives, such as essence of culture, value system, self concept, verbal and non-verbal message, interpersonal relationships, organization and culture, and adjustment and readjustment. Through the examination of actual cases of international students’ experiential learning and cooperative learning to collaborate with local society, students are expected to develop the analysis on theories on intercultural understanding and knowledge construction from multiple perspectives, and to create their own practical designs.

異文化間理解と関わる社会事象を分析する論説・社会理論について多角的かつ発展的に学ぶ。異文化間理解の問題は,異文化コミュニケーション・グローバル社会・多文化社会・フェミニズム理論等の社会理論,大学国際化や地域の国際化などの現実的課題とも密接に関連するとともに,今日の日常とも関わる問題となっている。異文化体験・カルチャーショックなどの現実的体験にも触れつつ, 文化本質主義に関する論争等も含め異文化間理解に関する理論について考察する。文化の構成要素,価値前提,自己概念,言語メッセージと非言語メッセージ,対人関係,組織と文化,適応と再適応など多面的に探る。留学生による地域と協働する国際的体験学習や協働学習の実践的事例も分析しつつ,異文化間理解に関する理論を生かし,実践の方策について検討する力を養う。

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