Promoting Intercultural Communication Competencies in Higher Education

ISBN-13: 9781522517320 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 388 str.

Grisel Maria Garcia-Perez; Constanza Rojas-Primus

Opis

Presents the latest scholarly material on the presence of cultural diversity in educational contexts and how to promote effective dialogues in these environments. This publication offers extensive coverage on topics relating to intercultural learning, such as social identity, gender diversity, and formative feedback.

Spis treści

• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Chapter 1
• The Road to Intercultural Development and Internationalization
• Chapter 2
• Turning Good Intentions into Good Teaching: Five Common Principles for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
• Chapter 3
• Internationalization and Intercultural Learning: A Mixed Methods Study
• Chapter 4
• Intercultural Teaching Competence in the Disciplines: Teaching Strategies for Intercultural Learning
• Chapter 5
• Integrating Intercultural Competencies into the Professional Skills Curriculum
• Chapter 6
• Understanding Social Identity through Autoethography: Building Intercultural Communication Competencies in Higher Education Classroom
• Chapter 7
• Using the Medicine Wheel for Curriculum Design in Intercultural Communication: Rethinking Learning Outcomes
• Chapter 8
• Gender Divides in Higher Education: Awareness of Key Competencies in the Building Industry
• Chapter 9
• The Philosopher’s Teahouse: Building Intercultural Competency among Students
• Chapter 10
• Target Language, Target Culture: Intercultural Competence in the SSL (Spanish as a Second Language) Classroom
• Chapter 11
• The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the Intercultural Development Index, and Intercultural Communication Competence
• Compilation of References
• About The Contributors
• Index