Cultural self awareness is important to develop cultural intelligence. This is having the ability to be aware of rules, beliefs and traditions being celebrated by social groups whom consider themselves a culture, such as sports groups, schools, and religions, both local as well as out in the wider communities. Understanding cultural differences allows for individuals to smoothly integrate into these said communities with complete social cohesion.
This critical reflection will analyse the importance of understanding and demonstrating how cultural self awareness is important to developing cultural intelligence in multicultural societies. A critical reflection is reflecting on own personal thoughts, feelings and beliefs in depth with analysation …show more content…
It is also important to stress that we are not all the same and that it is perfectly normal. Having diversity in culture allows us to grow and develop as individual human beings. Stephanie Quappe and Giovanna Cantatore produced the statement, “A fish only discovers its need for water when it is no longer in it.”. This statement portrays the importance of our acknowledging our own cultures, we don’t realise how different our culture may be to others until we are placed within another. Our own culture is like water for the fish, sustaining out lives (Quappe & Cantatore, 2005.) In reflection to my own personal experiences, I being a strong willed Catholic whom practices my religion daily have through the teachings of Lord Jesus himself allows me to share my beliefs with my friends, family and my local community whilst also, respecting others and their desired beliefs without enforcing cultural …show more content…
Therefore, by eliminating the learned way of discrimination and establishing proper norms and not assuming leading to misinterpretation of other cultures norms allows for a blissful community with cultural diversity. Being aware of equity in culture is very important for cultural intelligence as it is important to know that there is no such thing as a cultural hierarchy (Spencer-Oatey, 2012). It is important to push yourself out of your comfort zone and socialise with individuals from other cultures (Quappe & Cantatore,2005). This will enrich your cultural awareness and intelligence. Similar to my own personal experiences I was able to be exposed to many different international cultures since I have attended university. Making friends with student nurses from other cultures like Nepal allowed me to experience some of their cultural traits for example they don’t eat pork as it is considered a religious icon for them where as my culture eats pork as we have farmed it as a food source in Australia for thousands of years. However, I have learned to tailor my behaviour and be aware of eating pork when I am around my Nepalese friends. It is said that your ability to express cultural intelligence can be heightened by experience, practice, and a positive attitude towards a lie of learning
This critical reflection will analyse the importance of understanding and demonstrating how cultural self awareness is important to developing cultural intelligence in multicultural societies. A critical reflection is reflecting on own personal thoughts, feelings and beliefs in depth with analysation …show more content…
It is also important to stress that we are not all the same and that it is perfectly normal. Having diversity in culture allows us to grow and develop as individual human beings. Stephanie Quappe and Giovanna Cantatore produced the statement, “A fish only discovers its need for water when it is no longer in it.”. This statement portrays the importance of our acknowledging our own cultures, we don’t realise how different our culture may be to others until we are placed within another. Our own culture is like water for the fish, sustaining out lives (Quappe & Cantatore, 2005.) In reflection to my own personal experiences, I being a strong willed Catholic whom practices my religion daily have through the teachings of Lord Jesus himself allows me to share my beliefs with my friends, family and my local community whilst also, respecting others and their desired beliefs without enforcing cultural …show more content…
Therefore, by eliminating the learned way of discrimination and establishing proper norms and not assuming leading to misinterpretation of other cultures norms allows for a blissful community with cultural diversity. Being aware of equity in culture is very important for cultural intelligence as it is important to know that there is no such thing as a cultural hierarchy (Spencer-Oatey, 2012). It is important to push yourself out of your comfort zone and socialise with individuals from other cultures (Quappe & Cantatore,2005). This will enrich your cultural awareness and intelligence. Similar to my own personal experiences I was able to be exposed to many different international cultures since I have attended university. Making friends with student nurses from other cultures like Nepal allowed me to experience some of their cultural traits for example they don’t eat pork as it is considered a religious icon for them where as my culture eats pork as we have farmed it as a food source in Australia for thousands of years. However, I have learned to tailor my behaviour and be aware of eating pork when I am around my Nepalese friends. It is said that your ability to express cultural intelligence can be heightened by experience, practice, and a positive attitude towards a lie of learning