Collaborative Mapping for Cultural Competence

2025/04/05 by George, Angela, Dabrowski, Michael
#Collaborative Mapping #Experiential Learning #Intercultural Communication #Spanish

paper · doi:10.11575/prism/48520

Abstract

Maps have been commonly used in the classroom to help link learning to geographic locations (Bartz, 1970) and align with foundational Indigenous learning principles that include connecting learning to a sense of place (FNESC, 2020). With the advent of digital technologies, interactive maps can be used as an instructional tool in a variety of ways, enabling students to direct their own learning while “link[ing] people and places locally and globally” (Matias et al., 2013, p. 231). Based on scholarly research, the publication Reflection: Intercultural Communication (NCSSFL & ACTFL, 2017) suggests incorporating deeper reflections in the target language into classroom activities.

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