| David A. Haapala - Social Science - 372 pages
...professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. The word "culture" is used because it implies the integrated pattern of human behavior that...institutions of a racial, ethnic, religious, or social group. The word competence is used because it implies having the capacity to function effectively. A culturally... | |
| William R. Breakey - Medical - 1996 - 460 pages
...Cross and colleagues (1989) define cultural competence in this way: The word culture is used because it implies the integrated pattern of human behavior that...institutions of a racial, ethnic, religious, or social group. The word competence is used because it implies having the capacity to function in a particular way:... | |
| Larry L. Palmatier - Education - 1998 - 540 pages
...enable them to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. The word cultural is used because it implies the integrated pattern of human behavior that...actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social group. The word competence is used because it implies having the... | |
| Donald J. Breckon, John R. Harvey (M.P.H.), R. Brick Lancaster - Community health services - 1998 - 478 pages
...Cultural factors Integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, communication, action, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of a racial, ethnic, religious, or social group. Culturally sensitive Implies knowledge that differences as well as similarities between and among groups... | |
| Linda Holtzman - Performing Arts - 2000 - 380 pages
...understanding that culture is the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, communication, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of a racial, ethnic, religious, or social group (Adams, Bell, and Griffin l997, 254). "Culture provides the overall framework in which we imagine what... | |
| Jan N. Hughes, Annette M. La Greca, Jane Close Conoley - Psychology - 2001 - 508 pages
...defined as "the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thoughts, communication styles, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions...ethnic, religious or social group" (Cross et al., 1989, p. 13). This movement was initiated out of a belief that the importance of culture in shaping attitudes,... | |
| Snehendu B. Kar, Rina Alcalay, Shane Alex - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2001 - 404 pages
...culture refers to integrated patterns of behavior, including thoughts, verbal and nonverbal language, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of a racial, ethnic, religious, or social group. The word competence refers to the capacity to function in a particular way, within the context of a... | |
| Adele Tjale, Louise De Villiers - Africa, Southern - 2004 - 300 pages
...competence in their practical settings. Culture, thus, connotes an integrated pattern of human behaviour that includes thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of a racial, religious or social nature. Combining these concepts in the context of a system, agency or group of... | |
| John Canavan, John Pinkerton, Pat Dolan - Social Science - 2006 - 304 pages
...integrated pattern of human behaviour that includes thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, customs, values, and institutions of a racial, ethnic, religious or social group' (Cross et al. 1989). If culture consists of patterns of behaviour then every practitioner-client encounter is essentially... | |
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