Academics
- "It is a common belief that tertiary students acquire intercultural communication competence through interacting with each other in multicultural classrooms. Much research undertaken in Australia, however, indicates that having culturally diverse classrooms will not, by itself, necessarily promote student development in this area. This is particularly true of students working in multinational/multicultural teams, where often the experience can reinforce negative stereotypes instead of promoting understanding. What is required, instead, is deliberate and structured intervention promoting two-way learning not only between international and local Australian students, but also between all students of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds." (Briguglio, yr, p. )
Activities to assist staff to develop intercultural competence have been developed through this project and can be accessed by clicking on the activity hyperlink above.
If you would like to see how this is structured, click on the link to the taxonomy:
• Designing for good learning: We can incorporate a range of learning activities to facilitate students to develop intercultural competence. An example of how to build alignment at the unit of study level is also available.
• Being a good role model: We can help students develop by role modelling intercultural competence - the way we explain concepts and the way we interact on matters.
• Engage in some formal learning
• Understanding Asian names resource
