Aussie Childcare Network Forum

According to the EYLF cultural competence encompasses?
• Being aware of one’s own world view
• Developing positive attitudes towards cultural differences
• Gaining knowledge of different cultural practices and world views
• Developing skills for communication and interaction across cultures


Select one of the above skills that you feel you could work on to improve your own cultural competence and describe how you would go about acquiring or improving upon the selected skill.

I select


Gain knowledge of different cultural practices and world views.

Can you help me to write something about Gain knowledge of different cultural practices and world views.

Gain knowledge of different cultural practices and world views.
Educators can establish cultural competence by gaining knowledge of the cultural practices and protocols of families using the services. Educators need to consider these cultural practices when communicating with families and community members from diverse cultural backgrounds. But perhaps the most important reason to pay attention to cultural competence is that, by knowing more about and respecting our varied cultural ways of being, we create children’s services that welcome everyone, build a sense of belonging for all, and equip all children to live well with diversity. When we take action to make these ideas true and real for everyone, we assist children to learn and grow in the five learning outcomes of the EYLF and become active citizens now and into the future..


Is that correct?

Hi Lorina
Please give me some example