The Increasing Importance of How We Think of the “Others” During a Time of Uncertainty

Abstract

This article presents one of the current and evolving societal challenges during the time of Covid-19 crisis and uncertainty: equity in education. Equal opportunities and how we think of the “other” play a vital role on maintaining a stable society. Transformative learning opportunities develop intercultural competencies and cultural proficiency. Finally, a process model for the Development of Intercultural Competencies is presented, accompanied by a table of functional factors completing the model.

Keywords

• transformative learning; equity in education, intercultural competencies, equal opportunities, socialization, cultural proficiency, transformative process