Intercultural Competency: Steps for Introducing Active Learning Case Studies Internationally in Confucian Heritage Culture.

ABSTRACT: Educational interculturalism continues to expand for our increasingly diverse classrooms, both at home and globally. When visiting faculty share active-learning, case study-based learning activities internationally with host faculty in Asian settings, instruction must take into consideration culturally-appropriate pedagogy in the context of Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC). The challenge for visiting faculty lies in not being completely versed in host culture yet remaining open to discovering how educational practices might be adapted within a CHC context. Additional care must be taken by visiting faculty at this first level of host faculty training to engage in active learning interculturally. This Perspectives article attempts to highlight intercultural competency steps, strategies, and

SUBMITTER: Smith-Keiling BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6508903 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature