Cross-Cultural Teaching and Learning for Home and International Students

Dr Janette Ryan is Director of the UK Higher Education Academy Teaching International Students Project and Research Associate of the China Centre at the University of Oxford.

• Introduction 1. Capitalising on a multicultural learning environment: Using group work as a mechanism for student integration 2. Exploring new frontiers in an internationalised classroom: Team-based learning and reflective journals as innovative learning strategies 3. Developing capability: International students in doctoral writing groups 4. Feedback or feed forward? Supporting Master’s students through effective assessment to enhance future learning 5. Internationalisation and quality in higher education: perspectives of English, Australian and Czech senior academics 6. The challenges of multi-lingualism for international students in Denmark 7. Engaging students in academic transitions: A case of two projects using student voice and technology to personalise the experience 8. Business lessons without business: Can Arts-based training enhance cultural competence? 9. Towards the global citizen: Utilising a competency framework to promote intercultural knowledge and skills in HE students 10. Exploring stakeholder perspectives regarding a ‘global’ curriculum: A case study 11. Socrates in the Low Countries: Designing, implementing, and facilitating internationalisation of the curriculum at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) 12. Future curriculum for future graduates? Rethinking higher education curriculum for a globalised world 13. Global citizenship and campus community: Lessons from learning theory and the lived-experience of mobile students 14. Toward the intercultural self: Mahatma Gandhi’s international education in London 15. A mismatch of expectations? An exploration of international students’ perceptions of employability skills and work-related learning 16. Pathologies of silence? Reflecting on international learner identities amidst the classroom chatter 17. Raising students' awareness of the construction of communicative (in)competence in international classrooms 18. Internationalising the curriculum for all students: The role of staff dialogue 19. Developing the multicultural community of practice: Starting at induction 20. Listening to ‘other’ intellectual traditions: Learning in transcultural spaces

"Anyone looking closely at pedagogy and curriculum issues in transnational or non-Anglophile higher education contexts in particular needs to jump feet first into this book. The book presents and explores a wide range of inter-related complex issues concerning cross-cultural teaching and learning. For all educators working to internationalise teaching, learning policy and practice, this collection of authoritative writing offers pragmatic strategies and useful research findings to enable informed debate, consideration of the ideas and challenges of internationalisation and guidance on implementation strategies. The book provides the basis for acting with confidence in this challenging field".- John Senior, Gifted Education International