Developing Intercultural Competences through a UNESCO Story Circles methodology

Talk by executive director of the Association of International Education Administrators Darla K. Deardorff (Duke University) in the Digital series of talks on plurilingualism and interculturality.

How can intercultural competences be developed?  Join in this webinar to learn more about a highly successful intercultural methodology called Story Circles that has been piloted in all five UNESCO regions around the world as well as in the virtual environment.  UNESCO Story Circles works with any group of people in a wide variety of settings using little to no resources. This structured yet adaptable intercultural methodology is used to practice key intercultural competencies such as listening for understanding.  Learn more about this methodology as you think about how you could use this in your own contexts. 

Darla Deardorff has kindly given permission to record her presentation. 

Links

• The open access Manual on Developing Intercultural Competencies:  Story Circles by Darla K. Deardorff (Routledge/UNESCO, available in 5 languages.
• The UNESCO website on Story Circles. Check back for other resources and materials are they are added, including a launch of a Community of Practice.
• The just released brief introductory video to UNESCO Story Circles (2 min).
• The World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence (you are invited to join Working Groups there).