Interculturality in the International Classroom

Teaching roles in Higher Education entail regular interaction with students and colleagues from a variety of geographical and academic cultures. This workshop will offer a space to identify and overcome barriers to successful and empathetic intercultural collaboration in the international classroom.

Workshop participants will be encouraged to reflect critically on intercultural theory and their own professional experience. It will introduce concepts such as small culture formation, power distance, low and high context cultures and facilitate the development of pedagogical solutions to intercultural impasses.

No prior theoretical knowledge or practical experience of intercultural collaboration is required. The workshop is particularly useful for academic and professional staff who teach diverse international student cohorts.