Page 19 - Digital handbook - English

Examples Scenarios:

Two students with headscarves are excluded by their classmates because of their
traditional clothing and view of religion and are not accepted because their classmates do
not understand their worldview. At this point it is the youth worker's job to become

aware of the situation. Thanks to the intercultural competence of the youth worker, he is
able to mediate between both fronts, i.e. to explain what the burka means for the young
girls, what their worldview is and, on the other hand, he also explains to the students
what life is like on site ( the school, in the country) and what effect traditional and foreign
clothing (can) have on young people. Through this intervention, the youth worker creates

a respectful understanding on both sides and a trusting situation.

Strategies for developing intercultural and communication skills:

Examine your own and other cultures through, for example, experiences abroad in
order to differentiate your own culture from other cultures
In conflict situations, reflect on your own and other people's behavior and look at
them objectively in order to recognize what the mistake was. Best case scenario: do a
perspective change.

19