Sustainability at Glasgow

Interculturality and the International Classroom

Academic and Digital Development
Date: Tuesday 12 November 2024
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Venue: Online
Category: Staff workshops and seminars
Speaker: Dr Julia Bohlmann
Website: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItce2hrzwjHdHWy6py93vBHswmGKHkQR06

Teaching at the University of Glasgow increasingly entails regular interaction with students from a variety of geographical and academic cultures. While this brings enriching and rewarding experiences, the international classroom challenges us as teachers to (re)think how we engage with our students interculturally. This interactive workshop will offer a space to identify and overcome barriers to interculturality – the equitable interaction of diverse cultures – in the classroom. Participants will be encouraged to reflect critically on intercultural theory and their own professional experience. The session will introduce concepts such as small culture formation, power distance, low and high context cultures to stimulate debate and subsequently discuss potential strategies to overcome communication impasses in teaching using current scholarship in intercultural pedagogy. Selected strategies will be evaluated with a view for participants to find one that may be compatible with the objectives of their upcoming courses. The workshop is open to all and will be particularly useful for academic and professional staff who teach diverse international student cohorts. 

This session is open to staff of the University of Glasgow. Graduate Teaching Assistants are welcome to register for the purpose of developing their own teaching practice, but please note that these sessions are not suitable for any students seeking training for their own PhD research projects. Contact your School for information on the research methods training available to you as a student. For the avoidance of doubt as to eligibility, please register using your staff email address. 

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