Culturally Intelligent (CQ) Teaching: Mixed-Method Study of Intercultural Capabilities in Urban Classrooms

• In Event: 35.065 - Engaging the Multiple Assets of Students and Families

Abstract

Student learning and achievement are grounded in a strong student-teacher relationship. Because cultural difference complicates this relationship-building process, cultural difference may contribute to the intractable learning gap between white students and students of color in the United States. To increase student learning, teachers should be supported in their work of effectively navigating cultural difference among students, families, and their communities, yet research-based frameworks for elementary-school educators are limited. Using the cultural intelligence (CQ) framework as a way of conceptualizing the capabilities needed for developing relationships across cultural difference, this paper presents original research on intercultural teaching capabilities as they theoretically intersect with CQ capabilities. The CQ framework may provide a robust theoretical foundation for identifying and cultivating capabilities.

Author

• Emily Grace Dahdah, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis