Intercultural Aspects in Teaching and Learning

Whether you want to learn more about the challenges of the international classroom or maybe you simply want to increase your own intercultural competence – in this workshop you’ll gain insights by experiencing intercultural learning activities, by reflecting on and discussing those and other experiences and by exploring the theoretical foundations of interculturality.
You will also get the chance to develop some ideas for your individual teaching situations.
This will be an interactive workshop that places importance in collaborative and experiential learning. Thus, your presence is required throughout the whole workshop day.
Agenda:
9 – 12:15
Rough overview culture, interculturality
Intercultural competence in higher education: why is it important?
Different teaching and learning “cultures” across the globe
12:15 – 13:15 lunch break
13:15 – 16:30
the international classroom: roles of teachers and students, challenging situations
idea generation, transfer to own teaching situations