Cultural humility and the teaching of psychology.

Abstract

Cultural humility is an important component of psychotherapy and training in applied psychology in recent years (Davis et al., 2018). To date, cultural humility has not been applied to education in psychology. Guided by broad multicultural, multicultural orientation, and cultural humility literature, we provide support and recommendations for developing and utilizing cultural humility in psychology education. Specifically, we provide the following recommendations for facilitation of cultural humility by educators and researchers in psychology: (a) participating in self-reflection and evaluation of personal power, privilege, and marginalization; (b) engagement in lifelong cultural learning; (c) allowing students to determine which identities are salient; (d) cultivating a classroom in which cultural humility can occur and encouraging a developmental approach to understanding culture; (e) developing assignments and course content in the interest of fostering cultural humility among students; (f) providing mentorship that honors students' cultural identities; and (g) demonstrating awareness of limitations of traditional research methods.

Social Impact of a Transformative Service-Learning Experience in a Post-conflict Setting

“…Findings suggests that self-reflection, cultural consciousness, and recognition of others knowledge played a role on the quality of the relationships between teachers, students, and the community. This finding agrees with research on cultural humility and how it facilitates partnership in psychology scenarios as it works for therapeutic alliances in clinical settings (Abbot et al, 2019). Even more, the centrality of emotional struggles and dilemmas related to preconceptions of the other indicates that a multicultural orientation is key for peacebuilding interventions whose goal is to train self-aware and critical professionals.…”

“…Cultural humility is a value that informs one's culture and worldviews (Abbot et al, 2019), which is crucial in a multicultural framework (Hook and Davis, 2019). Instead of an achievable competence, it is a lifelong process with intrapersonal and interpersonal dimensions (Hook and Davis, 2019).…”

“…In psychology education, cultural humility has not played such an important role as in other health professions, but lessons learned in psychotherapy training can be used to teach how to work with communities in educational and research contexts (Abbot et al, 2019). Different teaching strategies have in common the importance of modeling this value by self-reflection on one's culture, limitations and privilege; showing openness and curiosity to others, honoring their identity, and facilitating educational spaces in which humility can occur (Abbot et al, 2019).…”

“…The authors of the paper and two research assistants had weekly meetings to jointly analyze the transcripts and videos of the different groups. Additionally, the coding process was informed by the TSL and cultural humility theories (Taylor, 2007;Abbot et al, 2019). Initial coding included line by line coding (Charmaz, 2014).…”

Building Multicultural Competence by Fostering Collaborative Skills

“…The CREATE system and its activities are adaptable, theorydriven educational tools that are well aligned with recommendations for the development of a multicultural orientation and communication skills (Abbott et al, 2019;American Psychological Association, 2013). They complement multicultural competence theory/practice by augmenting the skills necessary to engage in difficult dialogues in a reflective manner that fosters growth and discovery.…”