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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"intercultural learning"”.
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Intercultural learning and community mobilisation within eMzantsi
This dissertation is a study of intercultural learning and community mobilisation within eMzantsi, an organisation that seeks to bring together previously segregated communities in the Southern Peninsula, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, through various artistic activities and programmes. The …
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Intercultural Learning Perspectives of World Language Educators in Kentucky
<p>A line has become blurred between intercultural interactions and daily personal interactions. The once long distance for trade, travel and communication is at its’ smallest gap. However, “American graduates have been cited as being culturally deprived and linguistically illiterate, compared to …
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Intercultural learning for international students: Designing a pre-departure orientation
… groundwork for mutual understanding by fostering intercultural sensitivity and developing intercultural competence. For this study, I explored best practices for facilitating intercultural learning online among international students and designed an interactive, facilitated, student-centered, and …
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Meeting the Self and the Other: Intercultural Learning During a Faculty-led Short-term Service-Learning Course to Belize
Cross-cultural knowledge and intercultural competence are highly valued qualities for 21st-century American college and university graduates, as these institutions endeavor to prepare students to live and work in an increasingly multicultural society. This task offers both a challenge and an …
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Developing intercultural competence of faculty and staff members at Hanze International Business School
… business studies programs improve their intercultural competence by participating in a series of intercultural learning activities? In this study 10 faculty and staff members went through nine 4-hour intercultural learning sessions. Their intercultural sensitivity was tested before and …
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Integrating Intercultural Competence into Graduate Education for Sustainability Professionals
Sustainability professionals often lack the intercultural competencies needed to effectively engage in the cooperative, collaborative work that must be accomplished to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. Higher education institutions are well-positioned to help meet …
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Intercultural competency development in student success courses
<p>Intercultural development is not an intentional goal or expected outcome for College Success courses. However, since such courses are designed to help students adapt to academic and campus cultures, an overlap and alignment between the development of intercultural skills and competence and the …
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Creating Faculty Guidelines for Collaborative Online International Learning: Design and Development
… method called Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). COIL connects students from different countries through online collaboration, promoting intercultural learning and global understanding. While there is plenty of research about using COIL for learning new languages, less is known …
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The Internationalization of K-12 Education: A Case Study of an International School in the Asia-Pacific Region
… participation, and a strong international and interculturally focused curriculum. The International School of the Asian Pacific Region (ISAPR) (a pseudonym) has several strengths and opportunities for internationalization. In addition, there are some weaknesses and obstacles for moving forward …
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Free telecollaboration 2.0 tools and activities for enhancing intercultural communicative competence
… activities to the participants’ enhancement of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in reference to Byram’s (1997) ICC definition and its five principles. In-depth qualitative data were collected from six semistructured interviews with students and teachers of the eight-week online …
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To identify issues that impact upon the acculturation and adaptation of Chinese Mandarin-speaking students taking undergraduate studies in British business schools
… students during the period of their living and learning experience. Supporting this research investigation, the literature review works constructs a theoretical framework which encompasses the cultural difference at national, organisational, and personal level, the acculturation strategy and …
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“AMERICANS ALL?” – MESSAGES IN MINIATURE
… used the MEP figures, as part of a broader intercultural learning agenda, to demonstrate or encourage ethnic appreciation and inclusion, while also fostering “otherness”–all in the safety of classrooms and informal educational settings. The figures simultaneously expanded the definition of …
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Predictors of Intercultural Competence Among International Volunteers
… and service: IVS) has the potential to promote intercultural competence, or "the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in intercultural situations based on one's intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes": Deardorff, 2008: 33). Although conditions of IVS vary greatly across …
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From Culture Shock to Cultural Adaptation: A Workbook for International Students
… from a progressive, economic, sociocultural, and intercultural perspective. Thus, the organizing purpose and principle of the project is to enable cultural adaptation for students who reside in San Francisco by instilling in them proximal, behavioral, and situational safety awareness. The project …
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Achieving intercultural knowledge through global awareness programming at liberal arts college
… programming as a tool for increasing intercultural knowledge at a liberal arts college. The study asked the following question: do internationally themed campus-wide events increase student interest in, and appreciation of, difference?</p> <p>Students in this study were involved in two …
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International study visits and the promotion of intercultural capabilities: an exploratory study
… in the UK, with the promotion of the students’ intercultural capabilities seen as key for their future careers and lives as global citizens. Within this agenda international study visits are considered beneficial for student teachers, giving those with limited exposure to cultural diversity an …
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Learning journey abroad: a critical analysis of the impact of short-term mission by Korean Christians on intercultural sensitivity
… the impact of Short-Term Mission (STM) on intercultural sensitivity using the research methodology of the grounded theory. The research suggests that STM has a significant impact on the intercultural sensitivity of research participants whether negative or positive. The degree of critical …
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Essential Features of Cultural Proficiency in American International Schools in Latin America: A Delphi Study
… that reflect diverse perspectives and encourage intercultural learning might enhance global leadership development. Multidisciplinary reviews of the literature reveal a dearth of studies examining culture and leadership development in American international schools in Latin America. The model of …
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(Re) Presenting Study Abroad through the 'Colonial Library'
… increased interest and prepare students for an intercultural workforce, the study abroad programs of colleges and universities have diversified travel destinations to include countries on the continent of Africa, most of which have colonial histories. Relying on scholarship from postcolonial …
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'Scéal to Storia': creating a framework for cultural heritage education, outreach learning methodologies and international exchange in primary schools
… programmes, it became clear just how variable learning can be. The development of this investigation grew over time to consider the ways in which educational barriers could be alleviated, and how learning opportunities could be adapted and delivered within alternative settings. The theme of …
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