Module EDUC40530: Intercultural and International Education

Department: Education

EDUC40530: Intercultural and International Education

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• Students will gain a critical understanding of the theories, approaches, and practices of intercultural and international education in the contemporary world, and the importance of intercultural communication in this context.

Content

• The following topics are covered in the module: globalisation and internationalisation as contexts for intercultural and international education; global citizenship, critical education, intercultural/multicultural education, socialisation and the nature of identity, international education, citizenship, and social justice.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate critical understanding of the contexts and factors relating to global intercultural/international education in the contemporary world
• Demonstrate critical understanding of theories, approaches, and practices linked to intercultural and international education and global citizenship.

• Identify and critically evaluate scholarly research within the field of intercultural and international education;
• Articulate and employ key terminology/concepts in the field of intercultural and international education;
• Identify and critically consider problems, issues, challenges and potential ways forward within the field of international and intercultural education;
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing, within an intercultural setting.

• Work on ideas and issues independently and as part of a group;
• Communicate and present ideas effectively through digital and class presentation, as well as writing;
• Engage reflectively and critically with research-based literatures;
• Search for and summarise/review key research literature.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Teaching will consist of 8 two-hour workshops and 8 one-hour seminars. These workshops and seminars combine a lecture-style tutor-input approach with seminar discussions and group work. An additional eight hours will be allocated to student-led peer revision and reading groups. During workshops, the tutor will present some of the key theories, concepts, debates, approaches and practices of intercultural and international education through a series of key topics. Students are expected to engage with the themes and issues covered through interaction and critical discussion, student presentations of the literature and group work activities.
• Formative feedback will be given throughout the course. Various seminar sessions will focus on different components of the summative assessments, providing training and verbal feedback on students' individual work, and discuss links with the module content and learning outcomes.
• The summative assignment consists of a digital storytelling portfolio which encompasses a 5-8 minutes' long multimedia digital story exploring a chosen topic, and a 2500-word critical reflection essay reflecting on the making of the digital story, as informed by theories and empirical literature based on topics explored in the module. The specific topic is chosen by the students but has to be directly related to the module topics, and aligned with the module learning outcomes.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Verbal feedback is given to students' contribution during class teaching sessions. Peer feedback and discussion of ideas will take place during workshops. Written formative feedback is provided for the academic outline of the essay. Staff can be contacted for individual help.

■ Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.