13 pages., Article # 6FEA1, via online journal., Professionals in Extension who develop intercultural competence are better prepared to meet the needs of multicultural populations. This article addresses University of California Extension's formation of an intercultural competence professional development initiative. We describe our use of an integrated conceptual framework that includes Hammer's Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and Kotter's eight-step organizational change process to institutionalize the initiative. IDI pretest and posttest results indicate that California 4-H professionals are more culturally competent. The impact of the initiative also is reflected in the significant growth (151% increase) in Latino youth participation in 4-H. We provide recommendations for replicating our effort.
Irani, Tracy (author), Roberts, T. Grady (author), Unrah-Snyder, Lori (author), Lamm, Alexa J. (author), Brendemuhl, Joel (author), Rodriquez, Mary T. (author), and Navarro, Julia (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37251
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22048
Notes:
"Write on: highlights from the University of Guelph's student-writing program," Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 1 page., Describes a pilot exchange program involving Agricultural Communication students from the University of Guelph and University of Florida during February 19-March 5, 2005.
