Introduction:

Developing greater multicultural competence is predicated on developing continual awareness and education about issues relevant to marginalized identities. One way to promote this competence is by engaging in productive intergroup dialogue with individuals representing a diversity of perspectives.

Statement of the Problem:

Intergroup dialogues can be difficult and require training and skill to keep them collaborative and not adversarial. The challenge for instructors is how to build in the kinds of activities necessary to help students become effective collaborators.

Literature Review:

We review the definition of multicultural competence and note the under-emphasis on developing culturally relevant skills. With that in mind, we discuss the importance of difficult dialogue in advancing multicultural competence and briefly discuss what effective collaboration entails.

Teaching Implications:

Finally, we discuss a model for building this type of skills training into psychology courses using an online, chat platform designed to help develop collaborative skills called CREATE.

Conclusion:

We provide recommendations for inclusion of the CREATE system in psychology courses as a strategy for facilitating multicultural awareness and skills.

中文翻译：

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通过培养协作能力来建立多元文化能力

介绍：

发展更大的多元文化能力是基于对与边缘化身份相关的问题持续不断的意识和教育。提升这种能力的一种方法是与代表不同观点的个人进行富有成效的群体间对话。

问题陈述：

小组间对话可能很困难，需要培训和技巧以保持协作而不是对抗。讲师面临的挑战是如何开展必要的活动来帮助学生成为有效的合作者。

文献评论：

我们回顾了多元文化能力的定义，并注意到对发展与文化相关技能的重视不足。考虑到这一点，我们讨论了艰难的对话在提高多元文化能力中的重要性，并简要讨论了有效的合作意味着什么。

教学意义：

最后，我们讨论了一个模型，该模型使用在线聊天平台（旨在帮助开发协作技能，称为CREATE）将这种技能培训纳入心理学课程。

结论：

我们提供建议，将CREATE系统纳入心理学课程，作为促进多元文化意识和技能的策略。