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Presentation
Presentation
Cultural diversity and contact between people from various cultures are fundamental traits of our time. Talking about diversity brings us to what is different. It concerns the variety of ideas, ways of being and feeling, peculiar characteristics and characteristics of a particular person, group and community. The recognition of diversity and its specificities is essential, in the sense that it allows for contact, an interaction that leads to understanding and, consequently, to dialogue and more effective work. And this contact is essential, because it allows demystifying existing prejudices, causes of the ignorance we have about what is different. What we don't know becomes strange and becoming strange tends to generate distancing.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 4
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Optional | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT119-16426
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Culture and cultural identity; Multiculturalism and interculturality; Social Work Practices in intercultural contexts; Social work and cultural diversity; Intercultural communication; Cultural competence
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Objectives
Objectives
It is intended that the student develops throughout this Curricular Unit the following Competencies: Ability to reflect on intercultural learning, as a transformative process of our own practices, Ability to reflect on the approach to difference: the other as a point of reference; Ability to understand Interculturality and intercultural learning; Ability to understand cultures and identities in modern societies; Ability to acquire attitudes more adapted to the context of cultural diversity; Ability to communicate between different people and sociocultural groups; Ability to acquire strategies to promote interculturality.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
The classes will take on different characteristics, depending on the moment of presentation of the contents, supported by updated bibliography and material prepared by the teacher. There will be moments of argumentative interaction, especially at the end of each topic.
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References
References
Alsina, Miguel Rodrigo (2000). Identitats i Comunicació Intercultural. Barcelona. Edicions 3 i 4. Bracons, Hélia (2018). Interculturalidade. Elementos para uma melhor compreensão. Lisboa. Edições Universitárias Lusófonas Cuche, D. (2003). A Noção de Cultura nas Ciências Sociais. 3ª edição. Lisboa: Fim de Século. Ewalt, Patricia L. (1996). Multicultural issues in social work. NASW Press Harrison, Dianne F. (1992). Cultural Diversity and Social Work Practice. Charles C. Thomas Publisher.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
Yes
