Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education (MAE)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Vicki Olson
Second Advisor
Elizabeth Madsen Ankeny
Abstract
This study was created to determine if intercultural professional development influences intercultural competence scores among higher education staff through the use of the Intercultural Developmental Inventory (IDI) and Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS). The participants in the study included a small group of higher education staff working in the Office of Student Affairs at a small urban college in the central Midwest. The structure of the study included pre-testing using the IDI, 6 hours of professional development, personalized feedback and IDI post-testing. The professional development was customized based on framework of DMIS and was further modified based on the individual and group orientation stage results. The study concluded that professional development that is based on the Intercultural Development Inventory and the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity theories, positively impacts the intercultural competence scores on the Interculfural Developmental Inventory.
Identifier
SC 11.MAE.2012.Webb.RE
Recommended Citation
Webb, Richard Everett, "Does Intercultural-Based Professional Development have an Influence on Employees of a Multicultural Urban College" (2012). Theses and Graduate Projects. 979.
https://idun.augsburg.edu/etd/979