Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/281851 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] UTMS Journal of Economics [ISSN:] 1857-6982 [Volume:] 10 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 85-95
Publisher: 
University of Tourism and Management, Skopje
Abstract: 
There is need to advance cross-cultural educations to better prepare tourism students for the nuances of a modern, multicultural century. This article makes a contribution by proposing an approach to developing students' cultural intelligence that is based on the cultural intelligence (CQ) model and experiential learning theory. The Cultural intelligence index was obtained through the Cultural Intelligence Scale (Ang et al., 2007). This longitudinal research was done by measuring CQ of students who attend cross-cultural tourism and foreign languages course at the beginning of the first year and at the end of the year. Cultural knowledge is incorporated into our classroom teaching styles and methodology. The study involved 143 students from Juraj Dobrila University in Pula studying tourism. The implementations of methods in teaching cross culture result in the improvement of students' CQ and all of its components (metacognition, cognition, motivation and behaviour). We discuss our findings in relation to cultural adjustments and development of culturally intelligent students who will become multiculturally educated and globally engaged citizens.
Subjects: 
tourism
trends
multiculturality
cultural exchange
education
JEL: 
A22
M21
Document Type: 
Article

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