Module 2: Culture shock

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  • Explore the idea of culture shock and ways of managing it.
  • Identify characteristics of the four stages of culture shock.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the four stages of culture shock and strategies that can be used to manage them.
  • Approach cultural ideas and behaviours from the outside as observers, but also attempt to understand them from the inside, from the point of view of members of that culture.

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