Full Description
Learning Across Cultures: Locally and Globally, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to integrating intercultural learning into the fabric of twenty-first century higher education. This new edition synthesizes two decades of societal, theoretical, and technological developments. It combines established and emerging voices from education, history, anthropology, and communication to provide a holistic perspective on learning across cultures. Topics include:
Terminology and Intersections
International Student Identity and the Digital Environment
Social Psychology in Intercultural Contexts
Neuroscience Behind Intercultural Learning
Design and Pedagogy for Transformative Intercultural Learning
Intercultural Facilitation
Mindful Reflection in Intercultural Learning
Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Incorporating the latest theories, research, and practices, this book provides the tools and strategies for building and improving successful approaches to learning across cultures that are applicable to a wide range of contexts.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction, Inge Ellen Steglitz and Barbara Kappler Mikk
1) Terminology and Intersections, Jeremy R. Geller
2) International Student Identity and the Digital Environment, Shanton Chang and Catherine Gomes
3) Social Psychology in Intercultural Contexts, Katherine Punteney
4) Neuroscience Behind Intercultural Learning, Yuliya Kartoshkina
5) Design and Pedagogy for Transformative Intercultural Learning, Tara A. Harvey
6) Intercultural Facilitation, Barbara Kappler Mikk and Thorunn Bjarnadottir
7) Mindful Reflection in Intercultural Learning, Linda S. Gross and Michael Goh
8) Learning Outcomes and Assessment, James M. Lucas and Scott G. Blair
Conclusion, Barbara Kappler Mikk and Inge Ellen Steglitz
Appendix
About the Authors
