We took the Intercultural Development Inventory in class last week, this is a test that measures your level of intercultural competence. Intercultural competence is the capability to shift perspectives and adapt behaviors to cultural communities and differences. The test is based on five different levels: denial, polarization, minimization, acceptance, and adaptation. Adaptation is where we would all love to be as teachers because it is very important for us to accept and adapt to culturally diverse enviroments.
For my test results my precieved orientation was 130.15, which is right around adaptation on the scale. My developmental orientation was 120.44, which is in between acceptance and adaptation. I found my results to be very suprising. I actually thought I would score lower because I did grow up in a very small non-diverse town and school. I was happy to see that even though I don't have much experience with diversity I still have the ability to adapt and make adjustments. Although my score was pretty good I know I still have a long way to go to get to where I want to be in regards to cultural competence. There's always things you can improve on a couple things I could work on are increasing my knowledge in a foriegn language, increasing cultural self awarness and gain specific skills and knowledge about different cultures.
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