Indigenous Culture and Educating Life Skills for University Students

Abstract

To integrate and succeed in an era of globalization with sufficient professional knowledge, students need essential skills such as communication and information technology skills, thinking skills, and working skills. In particular, life skills help students have the ability to adapt to global society, especially the issue of understanding cultural diversity. It is the foundation for a comprehensive and sustainable development process, minimizing cultural conflicts. In the northern mountainous region, Tay Bac University in particular, students come from mountainous provinces with different languages, cultures, and living standards. Therefore, for this indigenous culture to be respected, preserved, and integrated while still retaining its own identity, the research, and analysis of its impact on students in culturally diverse universities is becoming increasingly important becomes more and more. The paper analyzes the influence of indigenous culture in educating life skills for students at universities with cultural diversity through a survey of 151 students in preschool education and 22 teachers at Tay Bac University.