The Interculturally competent teacher

In the age of globalization, teachers need to have special skills to deal with classroom diversity. Classroom diversity is represented by the different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds of the students in a class. The 21st-century teacher should be an interculturally competent person who knows how to address differences among students in a class in a positive manner, as well as manage con licts and con lict risks successfully. Studies have shown the need to train teachers with respect to several dimensions related to dealing with diversity in class: being and becoming aware of the types of differences among students, ways of positively exploiting differences among students in a class, ways of addressing and managing con licts based on difference, ways of eliminating discrimination in class. In this paper, we will outline the pro ile of an interculturally competent teacher