IDI Qualifying Seminar

I attended a three-day seminar (10/23/08-10/25/08) in Minneapolis, MN to prepare me to administer and interpret the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). This 50-question inventory is the most widely used quantitative instrument for measuring cultural competence. The IDI is a scientifically valid and reliable psychometric instrument. It measures how a person feels and thinks about, and thus reacts to, cultural difference. Unlike many other instruments, it does not compare a person to typical behaviors and it does not analyze behavioral reactions. The IDI operates at the worldview level of how a person feels and thinks about cultural difference. This deeper level of one’s cognitive experience is what guides and limits behavior. As an IDI Qualified Administrator, I plan to use the IDI as a research instrument to measure the cultural competence of students who participate in the Global Understanding Program.