Comments on: Training models and myths http://www.christinemartell.com/2007/07/training-models-and-myths/ Exploring with Images Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Tiernan http://www.christinemartell.com/2007/07/training-models-and-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Tom Tiernan Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:44:43 +0000 http://christinemartell.com/2007/07/14/training-models-and-myths/#comment-28 Hi Peggy Models are just that. Its hard to imagine one model that could accurately reflect all of the complex aspects of people becoming acculturated in a new setting. Showing people several different ways of looking at a situation seems best so that an individual can pick and choose what is applicable to themselves. Thanks for your comment. Tom Hi Peggy

Models are just that. Its hard to imagine one model that could accurately reflect all of the complex aspects of people becoming acculturated in a new setting. Showing people several different ways of looking at a situation seems best so that an individual can pick and choose what is applicable to themselves.

Thanks for your comment.

Tom

]]> By: Peggy Pusch http://www.christinemartell.com/2007/07/training-models-and-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Peggy Pusch Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:42:01 +0000 http://christinemartell.com/2007/07/14/training-models-and-myths/#comment-27 Familiar with Kate's work and thesis, it was a delight to see her present her material and seek an alternative to the U-curve. I tend to present the U-curve as a "suspect" theory with specific reference to the research that Kate quotes. Then I present other ways to look at the process of a cultural transition and have found other "models" for transition far more compelling than the U-curve. Briefly stated, they consider the ups and downs of any transition in terms of how much you understand about the culture and how confident you feel about your ability to perform appropriately in the new place, or, in other words, the sense of certainty and level of anxiety felt during the culture learning process. In the end, it is about learning the other culture, learning about oneself, and the increase in intercultural competence that comes from building one's knowledge of another culture and capability for interacting successfully. Below are favorite references, acknowledging that they do not take into account all the complexity of the transition being discussed: Grove, C. & I. Torbiorn. (1993). "A new conceptualization of intercultural adjustment and the goals of training." in Paige, R.M. Education and the Intercultural Experience. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press. Gudykunst.W.B. & M.R. Hammer. (1987). "Strangers and hosts: An uncertainty reduction based theory of intercultural adaptation." in Kim, Y.Y. and W.B. Gudykunst, ed. Cross Cultural Adaptation: Current Approaches. International and Intercultural Communication Annual, Vol XI. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. Familiar with Kate’s work and thesis, it was a delight to see her present her material and seek an alternative to the U-curve. I tend to present the U-curve as a “suspect” theory with specific reference to the research that Kate quotes. Then I present other ways to look at the process of a cultural transition and have found other “models” for transition far more compelling than the U-curve. Briefly stated, they consider the ups and downs of any transition in terms of how much you understand about the culture and how confident you feel about your ability to perform appropriately in the new place, or, in other words, the sense of certainty and level of anxiety felt during the culture learning process. In the end, it is about learning the other culture, learning about oneself, and the increase in intercultural competence that comes from building one’s knowledge of another culture and capability for interacting successfully. Below are favorite references, acknowledging that they do not take into account all the complexity of the transition being discussed:

Grove, C. & I. Torbiorn. (1993). “A new conceptualization of intercultural adjustment and the goals of training.” in Paige, R.M. Education and the Intercultural Experience. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.

Gudykunst.W.B. & M.R. Hammer. (1987). “Strangers and hosts: An uncertainty reduction based theory of intercultural adaptation.” in Kim, Y.Y. and W.B. Gudykunst, ed. Cross Cultural Adaptation: Current Approaches. International and Intercultural Communication Annual, Vol XI. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

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