Internationalizing the Campus through an Intercultural Assignment

Case Study: Partnering Intercultural Communication Students with Campus Co-Cultural Student Groups to Develop Intercultural Competence, Allyship, and Curiosity

“…Heinz (2004) explained that many students may not have direct experience interacting with someone from another country or culture prior to taking such a course. This phenomenon serves as one reason that grounds a movement to globalize undergraduate education, including increasing opportunities for U.S.-born students to interact with international or other culturally diverse students during their university education (Driskill, 2007;Kuehl & Hungerford, 2017). To deepen learning, students should experience both learning processes that are culturally natural to them and some that are culturally new (Chávez & Longerbeam, 2016).…”

“…Exposure to people who are culturally different from oneself cultivates empathy and increases understanding of people's diverse lived experiences. Additionally, intercultural partnerships enhance campus and community exposure to intercultural topics, including managing cultural differences (Driskill, 2007). In-depth international or intercultural partnerships are effective when students analyze their intercultural communication, evaluating intercultural competence and the circulation of stereotypes (Heinz, 2004).…”

“…As universities continue to increase opportunities for U.S.-born students to interact with international or other culturally diverse students during their university education (Driskill, 2007;Kuehl & Hungerford, 2017), this could be one assignment that could be used to meet such a goal, to deepen students' learning through culturally new learning processes (Chávez & Longerbeam, 2016). Intercultural competence is a necessary skill to prepare students for careers and personal lives in which they will be communicating with people who are culturally diverse.…”

Internacionalización de la educación superior. Una mirada a los Institutos Tecnológicos Federales

“…En la tabla 7 se observan los elementos por analizar en el rubro de servicios institucionales (SIT), rubro que obtuvo la ponderación más alta en la pertinencia, relevancia y suficiencia para mostrar la internacionalización de la educación en un plantel. En este caso, también se había explicitado la organización de actividades multiculturales, comunitarias o con ingredientes indígenas considerando que fortalecen las competencias interculturales de los estudiantes para una futura inmersión en otra cultura, según lo han reportado diversos autores (Brown y Aktas, 2012;Driskill, 2007;Gareis, 2012;Hser, 2005;Reyes, 2010;Zhu, 2012), pero no lo consideraron así los jueces externos.…”