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Virtual Exchange as a Strategy to Foster Global Learning and Internationalization of the Curriculum

New Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This chapter describes the constitution and development of one of the first institutional initiatives for implementing a virtual exchange program in a Higher Education Institution in Brazil. The focus is on the description and discussion of the role of stakeholders in fostering and supporting virtual exchange activities, as well as examples of
Ana Cristina Biondo Salomão, José Celso Freire Junior   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobility in higher education: new need to improve it? [PDF]

, 2017
The aim of The Bologna Process is, amongst others, to improve the mobility of students in Higher Education. The Erasmus programme helps students to study in other European Universities, know other countries, live another culture (folklore, food, language,
Crichton, Hazel, Serrano Diaz, Noemi
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Autopsy, deathways, and intercultural healthcare in the southern Peruvian Andes Autopsie, pratiques mortuaires et soins de santé interculturels dans le sud des Andes péruviennes

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Review of Contemporary Practice in Internationalisation in the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Subject Communities [PDF]

, 2011
This report identifies and critically reviews contemporary practice in the field of internationalisation within the HLST subject communities in order to inform curriculum development and pedagogy geared towards the development of international ...
Caruana, V, Ploner, J
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Effect of study abroad on intercultural sensitivity [PDF]

The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf ...
Patterson, Paula K., 1954-
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Intercultural sensitivity of primary school teachers [PDF]

Sinteze, 2019
In a time of mass migration processes, a multitude of cultures, languages and peoples is rapidly striving for a community, which is why interculturalism becomes one of the guiding principles in education.
Popović Kristijan B.
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Socioeconomic Adaptation Through Ethnic Business: Chinese Migrant Ethnoburb Formation in Nishi‐Kawaguchi, Japan

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how Nishi‐Kawaguchi Chinatown, a Chinese ethnic enclave in suburban Tokyo, functions as a ‘socioeconomic emergency elevator’ for Chinese migrants. The enclave serves a dual purpose: offering refuge from social exclusion and facilitating upward socioeconomic mobility.
Hiroya Takamatsu
wiley   +1 more source

Encourage, Enlighten, Engage: Using the Three E’s to Build Students’ Intercultural Competence

, 2017
This essay explores the experiences of a young female faculty member who transitions from being a K-12 classroom teacher to a teacher educator in an undergraduate program at a Christian university.
Noah, Tolulope
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An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi, Federica Spagnoli, Vittorio Vinciguerra, Stefania Garzoli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Welcoming Differences: Cross-Cultural Communication Activities and Strategies for Enhancing Interculturality Among Students

Education Sciences
The growing cultural diversity of higher education calls for systematic and curriculum-embedded approaches to the development of students’ intercultural competence.
María Luisa Sierra-Huedo, Marina Aguareles   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source