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Essential Learning Outcomes: Cultural Sensitivity

Overview of Tri-C's Essential Learning Outcomes

Description

Guide to Cultural Sensitivity:

Intended Learning Outcome:

Demonstrate sensitivity to the beliefs, views, values, and practices of cultures within and beyond the United States.

Assessment may include but is not limited to the following criteria and intended outcomes:

Identifies the significant beliefs, views, values, and practices of culture(s)

  • Identifies the beliefs, views, values, and practices that form a culture
  • Identifies other significant elements of culture (religion, clothing, food, language, family, history, economics, etc.)

Explains cultural similarities and differences

  • Explains similarities between, among, and/or within cultures
  • Explains differences between, among, and/or within cultures
  • Explain the way in which culture shapes perceptions and worldview

Demonstrates sensitivity to other cultures by displaying self-reflection, introspection, and appreciation of cultural differences

  • Recognizes one's own biases, prejudices, ethnocentric views, stereotypes, etc. through self-reflection and introspection
  • Evaluates the effects one's own cultural values have on perceptions of other cultures
  • Analyzes and appreciates cultural differences

Rubric

Cultural Sensitivity Rubric

Demonstrate sensitivity to the beliefs, views, values, and practices of cultures within and beyond the United States.

Criteria Inadequate Developing Competent Proficient
Identifies the
significant
beliefs, views,
values, and
practices of 
culture(s)		 Does not identify
the significant
beliefs, views,
values, and
practices of the
culture(s)
examined		 Begins to identify
the significant
beliefs, views,
values, and
practices of the
culture(s)
examined, but lacks
specificity		 Identifies
the significant
beliefs, views,
values, and
practices of the
culture(s) examined
using adequate
evidence and
examples		 Identifies
the significant
beliefs, views,
values, and
practices of the
culture(s) examined,
demonstrated by
substantial evidence
and examples
Explains cultural
similarities and
differences		 Does not explain 
cultural
similarities and
differences		 Begins to explain
cultural
similarities and
differences, but
lacks specificity		 Explains obvious
cultural similarities
and differences		 Explains complex
cultural similarities
and differences in
addition to analyzing
them
Demonstrates
sensitivity to
other cultures by
displaying self-
reflections,
introspection, and 
appreciation
of cultural
differences		 Does not 
demonstrate
sensitivity to 
other cultures;
lacks self-
reflection,
introspection,
and appreciation
of cultural differences		 Begins to
demonstrate
sensitivity to 
other cultures;
lacks self-
reflection,
introspection,
and appreciation
of cultural differences		 Demonstrates
sensitivity to other
cultures by
providing limited
self-reflection,
introspection, and
appreciation of
cultural differences		 Demonstrates
sensitivity to other
cultures through
in-depth self-reflection,
introspection, and
appreciation of 
cultural differences
 

 

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