Effects of class presentations on intercultural sensitivity of students in a TCM university under the framework of community of practice
10.3760/cma.j.cn115398-20240812-00105
- VernacularTitle:实践社群理论框架下课堂展示活动对中医药院校学生跨文化敏感性的影响
- Author:
Yiran LI
1
Author Information
1. 北京中医药大学人文学院，北京 102488
- Keywords:
Foreign language curriculum (TCMP);
Community of practice (CoP);
Class presentation;
Intercultural sensitivity;
TCM colleges and universities
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;47(6):872-876
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
A total of 62 students of grade 2022 from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine who took the course of Comparative Study on Chinese and Western Cultures were selected. Based on the theory of community of practice (CoP), a community of learning and practice of Chinese and Western cultures was constructed through classroom presentations. Through the pre-test and post-test of the Intercultural Communication Sensitivity Scale (ISS) and the reflection sheets at the end of the semester, the influence of this community on students' intercultural sensitivity was explored. The data of pre-test and post-test were input SPSS 26.0 software for statistical analysis, and the reflection sheets were under thematic analysis based on the six elements of intercultural sensitivity. The results of ISS pre-test and post-test showed that classroom presentations could significantly improve interactive confidence in majors related to TCM ( t=2.32, P<0.05) and interactive focus in majors of nursing ( t=2.13, P<0.05), management and law ( t=2.87, P<0.05); The analysis results of the reflection sheets showed that class presentations could help students establish identity confidence and form a sense of cultural belonging; the introduction of intercultural theories could enhance the element of "self-monitoring"; the level of intercultural knowledge could promote the degree of "open-mindedness"; intercultural experiences could promote the element of "empathy"; the combination of intercultural theories and intercultural phenomena could improve the element of "suspending judgement". The community of learning and practice of Chinese and Western cultures constructed in this study has a positive impact on the development of intercultural sensitivity of students in TCM colleges and universities.
