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Cultural competencies in the development of innovative interdisciplinary programmes in higher education institutions

Dickson Adom
Department of Educational Innovations in Science & Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Isaac Asare-Aboagye
Department of Languages and General Studies, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana
Owusu Panin Kwame Baah
Department of Jewellery Design, AsanSka University College of Design and Technology, Accra, Ghana
Michael Ato Essuman
Department of Publishing Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Corresponding Author(s) : Dickson Adom

dickson.adom@knust.edu.gh

Global Arts, Humanities and Culture Review, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): June 2024

Abstract

Culture shapes human interactions, promotes collaboration, and facilitates interdisciplinary courses. It enhances educational processes, fostering cultural diversity and harmonious living. Cultural competence involves understanding and integrating one's worldview into interactions and decision-making, promoting inclusivity, equity, and academic achievement. Cultural inclusion in higher education is important because it enhances the learning experiences of students while ensuring equity in Higher Education Institutions. This paper argues for the inclusion of cultural competencies in the development of interdisciplinary programmes in Higher Education Institutions' curricula and integration pathways. The paper avers that cultural competence in education promotes understanding, acceptance, critical thinking, and promoting social cohesion. It contends that curriculum developers in HEIs prioritise cultural competencies when they innovatively develop programmes with multicultural content that cater to the diversity in students’ learning needs and align with their lived experiences. Curriculum developers can create inclusive and culturally responsive educational experiences for higher education students.

Keywords

Cultural competencies cultural inclusion educational innovations higher education interdisciplinary programmes
Adom, D., Asare-Aboagye, I., Kwame Baah, O. P., & Ato Essuman, M. (2024). Cultural competencies in the development of innovative interdisciplinary programmes in higher education institutions. Global Arts, Humanities and Culture Review, 1(1), 1–10. Retrieved from https://journal.indoscholar.org/index.php/gahcur/article/view/38
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