Understanding Us & Them: Interpersonal Cultural Intelligence for Community Building - Softcover

Dykstra-Pruim, Pennylyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1937555402 ISBN 13: 9781937555405

Publisher: Calvin College Press, 2019

Synopsis

Understanding Us & Them is designed to help readers build stronger communities with those who are different from themselves. It introduces the concept of cultural intelligence combined with interpersonal skills. Through stories, examples, and creative learning tasks, readers develop key abilities for engaging in good ways across lines of difference. Each reader-friendly chapter is paired with a variety of activities for personal or group learning.

About this title

About the Author

Pennylyn Dykstra-Pruim, Ph.D. serves as a professor and associate dean for diversity & inclusion at Calvin University. Her enthusiasm for learning about cultures grew out of years teaching language and cultures and out of her personal experiences living in different cultures on four continents. She has designed and led workshops and courses on intercultural learning, cultural intelligence, intergroup dialogue, and Muslim Neighbors and Christian Hospitality. Her passion for creating brave, engaging learning spaces informs her approach to writing and presenting for broad audiences. In all her work, she seeks to engage people in learning about other cultures in order to provide both a lens and a set of skills to better understand ourselves and the world we live in. Penny has been nationally recognized for her work in language and culture teaching and is co-author with David I. Smith of the book Christians and Cultural Difference (Calvin College Press, 2016).

Edition details

• Publisher: Calvin College Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1937555402
• ISBN 13: 9781937555405
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210