Review article

Hofstede’s Dimensions – a Contribution to the Construction of an Intercultural Curriculum

Renata Burai ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu – Hrvatski studiji, Zagreb Republika Hrvatska

Abstract

The aim was to define the essential determinants of a co-construction of an intercultural curriculum. The paper elaborates on one of the possible approaches in cultural differences research, the Hofstede’s model. The content of the questionnaire related tofour dimensions: hierarchical distance, masculinity, individualism and uncertainty control. The data used in this paper were obtainedwith the research project "Intercultural curriculum and education in minority languages" (2007-2012), project number: 130-1301761-1769, leader: prof. Neven Hrvatić, PhD. The study included 1,978 students from 27 secondary schools in the Republic of Croatia. The results obtained indicate that egalitarian beliefs prevail among young population, that between individualism and collectivism they are equally oriented towards masculinity and femininity, whilethey are rated medium on the anxiety scale.

Keywords

interculturalism; intercultural curriculum; curriculum; values

Hrčak ID:

162155

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162155

Publication date:

28.12.2015.

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