Growing
an Intercultural Mindset
Thanks to this 20-hour course, you will transform your understanding of and communication in a multicultural academic environment to be more effective and appropriate in your work as an educator.
Registration opens on April 1, 2024
The course starts on May 15, 2024
This course may be attended using Erasmus+ Virtual Mobility funds.
Contact "justyna" "at" "studybility.com" for this option.
Who is this course for?
This course is for persons teaching in an academic environment.
Close to 200 univeristy educators have already benefited from this course.
Why should you attend?
- to better understand how culture impacts your didactic work environment;
- to effectively and appropriately communicate with persons from different cultures;
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to develop attitudes helping you build an inclusive learning space.
Watch this video if you are already teaching multicultural, multilingual students.
If you have never taught multicultural, multilingual students, this video is for you.
What will you learn?
You can expect to reach the following intended learning outcomes (ILOs):
Use the concepts of culture and communication within and outside of cultures to help your didactic work environment, including situations of conflict;
Understand the pedagogical implications of teaching and learning in culturally diverse groups;
Diagnose elements in your programme needing remediation;
Revise your course materials and teaching practices to reflect your understanding how culture influences your classroom;
Integrate varying cultural perspectives of your students in your course;
Identify appropriate tools and implement strategies for the management of multilingual and multicultural learning spaces.
Develop attitudes helping you build an inclusive space for diverse learners and to successfully mentor students.
Who is your instructor?
Justyna Giezynska, Studybility CEO and Luminar Foundation President, believes that education improves with internationalisation. Her present focus is on an intercultural competence development among teachers and students, working toward increased quality of education at every level and greater intercultural understanding. In the last 10 years, she has worked directly with university staff as a trainer and training facilitator on such issues.
Justyna has a background in Cultural Anthropology and Russian and Eastern European Studies. Born and raised in Poland, she spent 12 years in th USA, studying i.a. cultural anthropology and working at multinational and multicultural organisations. She has lived in Italy and Hungary.
When to attend?
This course is delivered asynchroneously. Attend when it is convenient for you within the course dates.
Course dates:
The next edition starts on
May 15, 2024
Course format:
20 hours of online classwork & homework.
Optional office hours once per module (dates & times will be announced when the course starts).
Regular interaction with fellow course participants.
Price:
599€ per person
This course may be attended using Erasmus+ Virtual Mobility funds. Contact "justyna" "at" "studybility.com" for this option.
This Course Curriculum:
Part A. Course Introduction
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Part B. Modules
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Preparatory Module
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Module 1: Culture in Higher Education
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- Introduction and Intended Learning Outcomes for Module 1 (1 min)
- Key Points in Internationalisation of Higher Education (20 min) (17:57)
- Internationalisation of Higher Education - a Brief History (40 min)
- Global Citizens in Higher Education (20 min)
- ACTIVITY! Transformation toward Global Citizenship
- How do you understand culture (5 min)
- Culture: an Onion or an Iceberg (20 min) (13:32)
- Definitions of Culture and their Purpose (5 min)
- Post-COVID19 Reality and Academic Teaching (10 min) (10:13)
Module 2: Intercultural Competence (ICC)
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- Introduction and Intended Learning Outcomes for Module 2 (1 min)
- Understanding Intercultural Competence (ICC) (15 min) (13:58)
- Cultural Humility Explained (30 min)
- Academic Teachers and ICC (45 min)
- Values Across the World (15 min) (0:28)
- ACTIVITY! Values That Drive Us (15 min)
- ICC Case Studies (35 min)
- The Intercultural Development (10 min) (4:10)
- Enculturation, Acculturation and Culture Shock (15 min) (14:58)
- ACTIVITY! How to be prepared for a culture shock (15 min)
Module 3: Intercultural Management in Relations with Students
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- Introduction and Intended Learning Outcomes for Module 3 (1 min)
- Intercultural Management In the Classroom. Is That Even Possible? (10 min)
- A Student's Lifecycle at a University (5 min) (2:45)
- Cultural Diversity (10 min)
- ACTIVITY! Diversity of Your Students (10 min)
- Finland: A Case Study in Diversity (30 min)
- Stereotyping: So Easy, So Hard (15 min) (4:16)
- ACTIVITY! Stereotypes: from Thoughts to Actions (10 min)
- Applied Practice: National Culture (30 min)
- ACTIVITY! Do You Recognise Your National Culture? (10 min)
- Applied Practice: Culture Map (30 min)
Module 4: Teaching and Learning in an Intercultural Environment
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- Introduction and Intended Learning Outcomes for Module 4 (1 min)
- Intercultural Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual Classroom (5 min)
- Verbal Communication and the Role of Language (30 min) (15:58)
- ACTIVITY! Do you really know how you speak? (15 min)
- Speaking Without Words (20 min) (10:40)
- The Listening Wheel (5 min) (4:17)
- ACTIVITY! A True Listener (15 min)
- Delivering Feedback (10 min)
- ACTIVITY! How Do You Give Feedback? (10 min)
Module 5: Interacting with International Students Outside of the Classroom
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- Introduction and Intended Learning Outcomes for Module 5 (1 min)
- ACTIVITY! Where Are the International Students? (20 min)
- Your University as a Home (5 min) (4:25)
- Communicating across the Generations (5 min) (4:48)
- ACTIVITY! Daily Communication with Students (25 min)
- Hierarchy, Space and Time in Daily Interactions (10 min)
- ACTIVITY! In-Person Interaction (5 min)
- Distance Interaction (20 min)
- ACTIVITY! Distance Interaction (20 min)
Module 6: Intercultural Crisis Management
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- Introduction and Intended Learning Outcomes for Module 6 (1 min)
- The Anatomy of a Conflict (10 min)
- Conflict Styles (5 min)
- ACTIVITY! Spheres of Misunderstanding (10 min)
- The Theory of an Intercultural Conflict (15 min)
- When Things Go Wrong... (15 min)
- Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory (10 min)
- ACTIVITY! Conflicts around the world (15 min)
- Case Study: Israeli-Palenstinian Conflict (45 min)
- Negotiations in an Intercultural Setting (20 min)
- Conflict as a Propeller for Change (20 min)
- ACTIVITY! And They Lived Happily Ever After? (10 min)
- Conflict Resolution across Cultures (5 min)
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