Digging deeper to internationalisation of curriculum in higher education: Understanding the integration of intercultural competencies and global perspectives and skills across programme of study in the 21st century
Start Date
26-3-2021 11:45 AM
End Date
26-3-2021 12:00 PM
Description
The internationalisation of Higher Education has been a trend and widely discussed in many countries in recent years. This study aims to understand the concept, strategies, challenges, and further opportunities of the internationalisation of the Curriculum in Higher Education. Using a qualitative content analysis approach, this study reviewed published studies and relevant case studies. This study focuses primarily to research and understands how theories, practices, and assessments applicable to the internationalisation of curriculum in different disciplines in universities that have significant numbers of international students in international programme of study. The purpose of this study is to provide a review of research, practical suggestions, and further references to conduct a case study research in several international programmes of Universities in Taiwan. The findings are (1) The heart of the internationalisation of higher education remains its curriculum; it is very essential to improve under the policy of internationalisation and reflect the suitable features and expectations of the local, national, and global community. (2) The Internationalisation of curriculum should then focus on increasing individuals’ levels of intercultural competency to benefit engages with a global community. (3) To focus on internationalised curriculum on student learning, universities need to ensure the process of internationalisation occurs within the context of the different cultures and practices of knowing, doing, and being in the disciplines, particularly in the integration of intercultural dimension into the teaching and learning activities/resources, assessment task and support services of the study.
Recommended Citation
Darmuh, M. M. (2021, March). Digging deeper to internationalisation of curriculum in higher education: Understanding the integration of intercultural competencies and global perspectives and skills across programme of study in the 21st century. Presented at the Postgraduate Conference on Interdisciplinary Learning: Re-Imagining Postgraduate Studies in the 21st Century and Beyond. Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
Digging deeper to internationalisation of curriculum in higher education: Understanding the integration of intercultural competencies and global perspectives and skills across programme of study in the 21st century
The internationalisation of Higher Education has been a trend and widely discussed in many countries in recent years. This study aims to understand the concept, strategies, challenges, and further opportunities of the internationalisation of the Curriculum in Higher Education. Using a qualitative content analysis approach, this study reviewed published studies and relevant case studies. This study focuses primarily to research and understands how theories, practices, and assessments applicable to the internationalisation of curriculum in different disciplines in universities that have significant numbers of international students in international programme of study. The purpose of this study is to provide a review of research, practical suggestions, and further references to conduct a case study research in several international programmes of Universities in Taiwan. The findings are (1) The heart of the internationalisation of higher education remains its curriculum; it is very essential to improve under the policy of internationalisation and reflect the suitable features and expectations of the local, national, and global community. (2) The Internationalisation of curriculum should then focus on increasing individuals’ levels of intercultural competency to benefit engages with a global community. (3) To focus on internationalised curriculum on student learning, universities need to ensure the process of internationalisation occurs within the context of the different cultures and practices of knowing, doing, and being in the disciplines, particularly in the integration of intercultural dimension into the teaching and learning activities/resources, assessment task and support services of the study.