Useful links
Topic_
Learning resources
Cultural competence articles, book chapters and online tools
Tools and resources to support your institution and organisation's journey through cultural competence.
Online teaching and learning tools
Additional resources
Core concepts and seminal texts
This is a selection of articles and book chapters that continue to inform and shape the discourse of cultural competence nationally and internationally. This curated group of resources will be updated as as we encounter new ideas and publications.
- Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Australian Perspectives, Policies and Practice
by Frawley, J., Russell, G. & Sherwood J., (Eds.), (2020). Singapore: Springer Open - An Indigenous Australian Cultural Competence Course: Talking Culture, Race and Power
by Fredericks, F. and Bargallie, D. (2020) in Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Australian Perspectives, Policies and Practice by J.Frawley, G. Russell, & J. Sherwood (Eds.), (2020). Singapore: Springer - Reflecting as a Way of Being: anchor principles of cultural competence
by Russell, G. (2020) In Frawley et al. (eds). in J Frawley, J Sherwood and G Russell (eds). ‘Cultural Competence in Higher Education: Perspectives, Policies and Practices’, Singapore: Springer - Gari Yala (Speak the Truth): Centreing the Work Experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians
research project in Sydney from the Diversity Council Australia and Jumbunna Institute, (2020). Brown, C., D’Almada-Remedios, R., Gilbert, J. O’Leary, J. and Young, N. - White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for White people to talk about race
by DiAngelo, R. (2018). Beacon Press, Boston - How we do business: Setting the agenda for cultural competence at the University of Sydney (Chapter 9) by Sherwood, J. & Russell-Mundine, G. (2017) in Indigenous Pathways, Transitions and Participation in Higher Education: From Policy to Practice (Eds. Frawley, J., Larkin, S., & Smith, J.A.).
- REM: A Collaborative Framework for Building Indigenous Cultural Competence by Power, T. et al. (2015) in Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol 27, Issue 5, pp. 439 - 446
- Cultural Competence - Transforming Policy, Services, Programs and Practice (Chapter 12) by Walker, R., Schultz,C., & Sonn,C. (2014) in Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice (eds Dudgeon, P., Milroy, H. & Walker, R.).
- Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice Editors: Pat Dudgeon, Helen Milroy and Roz Walker Foreword by Tom Calma (2014).
- Colonisation – It’s bad for your health: The context of Aboriginal health by Sherwood, J. (2013) in Contemporary Nurse, 46:1, 28-40, DOI: 10.5172/conu.2013.46.1.28
- Is everyone really equal? An introduction to key concepts in social justice education by Sensoy, O. & DiAngelo, R. (2012)
- Psychology and Indigenous Australians: Foundations of cultural competence by Ranzijn, R., McConnochie, K., & Nolan, W. (2009). South Yarra: Palgrave Macmillan.
- What does Australia need to do for cultural competence to flourish? by Tom Calma (2006).
- Towards a Culturally Competent System of Care by Terry L. Cross, Barbara J. Bazron, Karl W. Dennis, Mareasa R. Isaacs (1989)
Frameworks
This is a selection of frameworks which have been developed for incorporating cultural competence into higher education and health care.
Some useful selections:
- Role of universities as change agents (pg. 17-21)
- What is cultural competence? (pg. 37-45)
- What is Indigenous cultural competence? (pg. 48)
- Cultural competence models (pg. 49-65)
- Exemplars of good practice in: teaching & learning (pg. 115-118); governance (pg. 111-113); research (pg. 120-122); human resource mgmt. (pg. 123-130); external engagement (pg. 132-137)
- Developing an engagement model of cultural competence at the university level (pg. 232-268)
- Applying cultural and linguistic competence to a framework for creating learning spaces for the enhancement of experiential learning by the National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University.
