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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

THE INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AS A KEY ELEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERU [PDF]

The term «intercultural competence» originally referred to the conscious skills and attitudes that the student and everyone involved in teaching a foreign language had to develop to understand the sociocultural context and decode messages from the ...
Gómez-Schlaikier, Sigrid
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Preliminary investigation of equine veterinary hospital staff attitudes towards pain assessment in a single centre

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Despite the availability of several equine pain assessment tools, their use in equine veterinary practice appears limited compared to small animal practice. This study explores potential barriers to equine pain assessment, as reported by staff at a single UK equine teaching hospital.
Olivia Curry, Alice Everett, Gemma Pearson, Cathy Dwyer, Juliet Duncan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of sociocultural activities on building social competencies

Eduweb
The aim of the article is to track the dynamics of the development of citizens’ social competencies in the context of specially organized socio-cultural activities. The method of V.V. Sinyavskyi and B.A. Fedoryshyn was used to determine the development of communicative and organizational abilities, as well as the method of N.
Svitlana Kulikova, Vira Iastrebova, Nadіya Kichuk, Volodymyr Kemin, Borys Zhulkanych   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Circular Economy Capabilities for Slowing Resource Loops at Small Businesses in China, Finland and Japan – An Institutional Logics Perspective

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Existing circular economy (CE) research has primarily explored capabilities for the principle of closing resource loops (recycle and recover) in limited institutional contexts. However, little is known about the capabilities for the principle of slowing resource loops (reduce and reuse), despite its alignment towards achieving net zero ...
Savu Rovanto, Yuan Virtanen
wiley   +1 more source

The role of intercultural communicative competence in the development of World Englishes and Lingua Francas [PDF]

, 2009
There is a tendency to think of World Englishes in the noun form; as products rather than as processes (implying that one receives both ready-made, controlling the development of neither).Conceptualising World Englishes as processes in which one can ...
Houghton, Stephanie
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From Place to Platform: Extended Global Cities Theory for Transnational Cultural Diffusion

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how global city characteristics shape the acceptance of non‐mainstream cultural goods—focusing on K‐pop—as they diffuse across digital platforms. While prior research emphasizes fandom, soft power or media strategies, this research highlights the role of urban infrastructure in cultural globalization.
Jeoung Yul Lee, Jooyoung Kwak, Shinwon Noh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formation of sociocultural competence of students when teaching a foreign language taking into account national — specific lexicon

Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2013
The article says about the role of interrelation of language and culture, and also about the realities transferring certain national specificity. Affirms, that studying national-specific lexicon when teaching a foreign language forms sociocultural ...
I I Saranina
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Reproductive Challenges of the Ageing Female: A Comprehensive Narrative Review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Changes in societal norms over the last few decades have resulted in novel family planning trends, notably delayed childbearing and increased maternal age at the birth of the first child. Despite advances in reproductive medicine, ageing poses significant challenges.
Sofia Bitzika, Meletios P. Nigdelis, Angelos Daniilidis, Erich‐Franz Solomayer, Irene Lambrinoudaki, Efstratios M. Kolibianakis, Dimitrios G. Goulis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Our training didn't prepare us for private practice’: A multi‐method study of dietetics graduates' preparedness for private practice employment

Nutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim This multi‐method study explored dietetics graduates' preparedness for the landscape of private practice employment. Methods Qualitative, in‐depth interview and audio‐diary data were collected longitudinally in 2019 regarding dietetics graduates' experiences of private practice employability. Framework analysis of qualitative data prompted
Merran Blair, Charlotte E. Rees, Simone Gibson, Lana J. Mitchell, Ella Ottrey, Lynn V. Monrouxe, Claire Palermo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source