Development should include techniques, skills, and strategies needed for verbal and nonverbal communication with diverse people and perspectives.
Process/Skill Questions:
Thinking
- How might personal characteristics and needs affect relationships with people of different ages, abilities, genders, socio-economic backgrounds, and cultures?
- What factors may enhance or limit a person's ability to relate to people of different ages, abilities, genders, socio-economic backgrounds, and cultures?
Communication
- How can communication contribute to an understanding of the perspectives, characteristics, and needs of people of different ages, abilities, genders, socio-economic backgrounds and cultures?
- What are the consequences when assumptions are made about people based on age, appearance, gender, socio-economic, or ethnic/cultural background?
- How can different groups of people interpret communication differently?
Leadership
- What personal skills are needed to develop positive relationships with people of different ages, abilities, genders, socio-economic backgrounds, and cultures?
- How might cultural traditions influence relationships?
Management
- What steps can be taken to create caring, respectful, and healthy relationships with people of different ages, abilities, genders, socio-economic backgrounds, and cultures?
- What ethical standards guide relationships with people of different ages, abilities, genders, socio-economic backgrounds, and cultures?
- What can people learn about themselves by examining their relationships with people of different ages, abilities, genders, socio-economic backgrounds, and cultures?