Career Counseling in French Speaking Multiethnic Montreal Schools : Intercultural Communication Practices and Challenges

Career Counseling in French Speaking Multiethnic Montreal Schools : Intercultural Communication Practices and Challenges

• Mélissa Bissonnette, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

• Cynthia Martiny, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

• Jenyane Provencher, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

doi : 10.18162/fp.2022.617

Résumé

Cultural diversity in schools calls for cultural relevant practices. Guidance counselors working in French speaking Québec (CO) encounter intervention challenges while accompanying students in decision making about their educational and career paths. Qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews (n=17) revealed that the declared intercultural communication practices of these professionals include inquiry and framing as well as reflection but less positioning, dialogue and action which are the six dimensions according to the Sorrells (2013) intercultural communication praxis.

Abstract

Cultural diversity in schools calls for cultural relevant practices. Guidance counselors working in French speaking Québec (CO) encounter intervention challenges while accompanying students in decision making about their educational and career paths. Qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews (n=17) revealed that the declared intercultural communication practices of these professionals include inquiry and framing as well as reflection but less positioning, dialogue and action which are the six dimensions according to the Sorrells (2013) intercultural communication praxis.