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Lost in Transnation - Towards an Intercultural Dimension on Campus
Jutta Berninghausen
Verlag Kellner-Verlag, 2009
ISBN 9783939928430 , 194 Seiten
Format PDF, OL
Kopierschutz DRM
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Cover
1
Title
2
Impressum
3
Contents
5
Preface
8
Introduction
10
Learning Beliefs and Intercultural Communication on Campus
17
Special Presentation by Jin Li
18
Mind and Virtue – The meaning of learning across cultures –
28
Socratic & Confucian Cultural Learning Beliefs
29
Learning Beliefs in a Multicultural Setting
33
General Implications
36
Contents and Contexts: Negotiating Transnational Education
40
Distinctive Features of Our Era
42
Transnational Education
44
Three Counterstrategies
46
Major Problems of Intercultural Communication – Introduction
50
Facts About Foreign Students in Germany
51
Intercultural Competence
53
Incorporating Intercultural Competence at German Universities
57
Final Remarks
58
Relational Cultural Theory – Lost in Transnation – Found in Connection –
62
Connection
64
Relevancy of a Relational-Cultural Model
65
Changing Places and Switching Codes
71
Facing Cultural Challenges on Campus – Towards a new intercultural quality
72
Consequences of Integration Challenges
75
The Universe of Mini-Worlds
76
The Background of the Violent Confrontation
78
Missing Years
79
Segmented Environment
80
Tentative Solutions
81
Graduating and Becoming an Alumnus
81
Towards Intercultural Quality
82
Exploring Cultural Differences in the Classroom – What's Happening?
86
Overview of Cultural Differences in the Classroom
87
Reasons for Cultural Differences
90
Adressing Cultural Differences in the Classroom
91
The Interculturally Competent Teacher in the Culturally Diverse Classroom
93
Practical Implications and Further Questions
95
Host Families at German Universities – Possible effects of Intercultural encounter programs – Indroduction
100
Issue and Theoretical Frame
100
Design of the Study
102
Two Examples
103
Conclusion
108
Making Best Practice Even Better
111
Mastering the Gap between Theory and Practice in Academic Intercultural Training
112
Abstract
112
The European University Viadrina and its Need for an Intercultural Competence Program
112
Developing An Understanding of Intercultural Competence
114
Revealing the Philosophy of Science
114
Revealing the Concept of Intercultural Competence
116
The Program's Concept of a Intercultural Competence
120
Assessing the Student's Intercultural Competence
121
The Role-Play "Archivum 2060" as Instrument for the Assessment of Intercultural Competence
122
Conclusion
127
Hochschule Bremen – Towards an Integral "International Campus" Concept
132
Abstract
132
The International Profile
133
Projects for More Service
135
Project "Incoming Students" 2001-2004: Focusing on Exchange Students
135
Project "PROFIS" 2005-2007: Focusing on Undergraduate Degree Students
136
Projekt "Alumni Plus" 2006-2008: Focusing on Alumni
137
PROFI Results: The Turning Point
137
The Internationalization Strategy Re-considered
139
The First Pieces of the Puzzle
141
Summary and Conclusions
142
"How To Go Intercultural?" Developing academic support schemes for interntional students
146
PREPARE: The First Step Towards Studying at the University of Bremen
149
KOMPASS: Support and Self-Commitment at the University of Bremen
150
Academic Mentoring
151
Global Education
154
Conclusion
156
Multi-Cultural Team Project: An Experiential Exercise in Cross Cultural Management
158
Introducion
158
Multi-Cultural Team Project
159
Phase One: Getting to Know Each Other
161
Phase Two: Team Project
163
Evaluation of Participants' Experiences
163
Conclusion
164
From "Distributed Campus" to "Open DC" – Intercultural Knowledge Transfer Online
166
Intercultural and Academic Online Coaching
167
Structural and Technical Transfer Options
172
Evolution Path and Project Development
174
Technical Infrastructure
175
Conclusion
177
Lost in Transnation: An Invitation to Mobility of Thought and Action
178
Campus Life is Changing
178
An Invitation
180
Author Index
184
Backcover
194
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