Engaging diversity in undergraduate classrooms : a pedagogy for developing intercultural competence

Cultural pluralism Multicultural education Undergraduates sähkökirjat
Jossey-Bass
2012
EISBN 9781118477922
The need for intercultural competency development in classrooms.
Understanding intercultural competence and its development.
Developing a pedagogy that supports intercultural competence.
Engaging diversity through course design and preparation.
Practicing a pedagogy that engages diversity.
"This monograph integrates multiple steams of literature that support the claim that the manner in which diversity is engaged in classrooms has a significant impact on the development of students' intercultural competence. The goal of the monograph is to synthesize literature on why intercultural skills matter, what they look like in practice, and how they can be developed by instructors regardless of the courses they teach"--P. vii.
Understanding intercultural competence and its development.
Developing a pedagogy that supports intercultural competence.
Engaging diversity through course design and preparation.
Practicing a pedagogy that engages diversity.
"This monograph integrates multiple steams of literature that support the claim that the manner in which diversity is engaged in classrooms has a significant impact on the development of students' intercultural competence. The goal of the monograph is to synthesize literature on why intercultural skills matter, what they look like in practice, and how they can be developed by instructors regardless of the courses they teach"--P. vii.
