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Handbook of College and University Teaching: A Global Perspective presents international perspectives on critical issues impacting teaching and learning in diverse higher education environments, all with a unique global view. The need to understand learning and teaching from multiple cultural perspectives has become critically important in educating the next generation of college students. Education experts from around the world share their perspectives on college and university teaching, illuminating international differences and similarities. The chapters are organized around a model developed by James Groccia, which focuses on seven interrelated variables, including teacher, learner, learning process, learning context, course content, instructional processes, and learning outcomes. Using this logical model as the organizational structure of the book provides a guide for systemic thinking about what actions one should take, or suggest others take, when planning activities to improve teaching and learning, curriculum development, and assessment.
Internationalizing the Curriculum
Internationalizing the Curriculum
As the world becomes more complex and interconnected, it is critical that universities and colleges internationalize their curricula. There is an increasing need to pursue strategic ways to prepare students to become more knowledgeable and respectful of different cultures, to be more informed about international and global matters, and to become effective citizens able to function well in our increasingly interconnected world. The effort to internationalize the curriculum should focus on affecting the spectrum of fundamental activities at the institutional, departmental, and faculty levels, each contributing distinctive and significant ways toward curricular reform. Although higher education recognizes the need to internationalize, particularly at the undergraduate level, there is a considerable gap between the rhetoric of internationalizing education and the ...
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