Cultural Competence in Education

Class,
Since we are in this program to become nursing educators, it is a good idea to look at things not only from a nursing perspective, but also from an educational perspective. In our nursing courses, we learned a lot about cultural competency in nursing. It is a topic in almost every class, and that is good because it is an important subject. However, in our nursing courses, the focus is on how to work with our patients and their families. As nurses we come into contact with people from every possible culture, and we must learn to relate to them without offending them. We can understand the need for covering this topic.
However, as nursing educators, it is still an important topic to cover. Therefore, in this class we are going to look at cultural competence from an educational standpoint. The next few blogs will be based on the website "How is cultural competence integrated into education". This site takes this subject and explores how it can be incorporated into the educational system, and how this can then make a difference. I would like everyone to take some time to review the site, and then comment on it. It has many parts, and can be explored a section at a time. Let me know what you think. Which part do you feel is the most important? How do you think this information can be related to the nursing educator? At our next blog, I will comment on your comments, and share some of my thoughts about this site as well. I look forward to your comments.
Here is the website, enjoy!
http://cecp.air.org/cultural/Q_integrated.htm