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Cultural Competency Training at a Distance: Challenges and Strategies
Author(s) -
Ancis Julie R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1998.tb02386.x
Subject(s) - cultural competence , diversification (marketing strategy) , ethnic group , competence (human resources) , affect (linguistics) , psychology , training (meteorology) , cultural diversity , medical education , distance education , pedagogy , applied psychology , social psychology , sociology , medicine , business , marketing , geography , communication , meteorology , anthropology
Technological innovations and demographic trends represent 2 converging forces that affect counselor training. Distance education, particularly televised instruction, is becoming a major presence in higher education. Relatedly, counseling courses and degree programs are increasingly being offered via televised instruction. At the same time, rapid cultural, racial, and ethnic diversification in the United States has resulted in a movement to integrate cultural competency training into counseling programs. In this article, the challenges associated with providing cultural competency training via interactive television are outlined. Characteristics of interactive televised instruction and strategies for promoting cultural competence within this medium are presented.