Cultivating Cultural Competence: Context, Culture, and Technology of a Global Reading Challenge

Dresang, Eliza T.; Patin, Beth; Kotrla, Bowie

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Title

Cultivating Cultural Competence: Context, Culture, and Technology of a Global Reading Challenge

Author(s)

• Dresang, Eliza T.
• Patin, Beth
• Kotrla, Bowie

Issue Date

2014-03-01

Keyword(s)

• multicultural youth literature
• cultural competence
• digital youth
• international youth library
• global reading

Abstract

Underlying Jella Lepman's founding of the International Youth Library In Munich, Germany in 1949, is the firm belief that reading high quality, culturally specific literature can lead young readers to gain cultural competence. However, there is little systematic research upon which this assertion can be based. This research study, in the preliminary and early results stage, is designed to help fill this evidence gap. The content, culture, and technology in this study that have the potential to break down global walls are explained. Focus was on a convenience sample of 9 and 10 year old readers at 12 urban schools who participate in a Global Reading Challenge at their school, regional, and district level based on twelve culturally specific books. The researchers employed a pre-post test mixed methods design with qualitative methods (interview) based on quantitative methods (survey) and used three models of cultural competence to analyze the data.

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iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2014 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

english

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/14304

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