During this session, we'll explore resources and frameworks that allow participants to identify the specific needs of their home campuses in relation to implementing intercultural and diversity initiatives. Intercultural competence has an impact on educators' daily duties and projects, allowing them to bridge the cultural differences present on campuses and in education abroad programs. This type of competence helps to develop innovative initiatives and to align with global learning outcomes and goals. Furthermore, intercultural competence fosters reflection and creativity with the aim of developing thoughtful and distinctive new projects. Panelists will present models for intercultural training, lead discussions on best practices in this area, examine projects developed as a result of intercultural training, and review intercultural tools that can help when implementing new programs.
Intercultural Faculty Training for the Development of Innovative Global Initiatives
1. INTERCULTURAL FACULTY TRAINING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE GLOBAL INITIATIVES
Francisco Frisuelos KrĂśmer PhD, Resident Director CIEE Madrid
Elsa Maxwell, PhD, Academic Director Intercultural Learning, CIEE Victor Betancourt Santiago, PhD Executive Director Marymount University
Ann Lutterman-Aguilar PhD, Mexico Site Director, CGEE Augsburg College Leah Espinosa de la Vega PhD, Director of Global Initiatives, Augsburg College
2. TODAYâS SESSION:
a. WHAT DO WE MEAN WITH GLOBAL INITIATIVES?
b. CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENT THEM
c. INTERCULTURAL TRAINING FOR FACULTY
d. MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY CASE
e. AUGSBURG COLLEGE CASE
f. QUESTIONS
5. GLOBAL INITIATIVES
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ITâS ALL ABOUT GOOD
LEADERSHIP
ď§ Local to Global:
- Pre-departure for Study Abroad/ Re-Entry seminar
- Diversity on campus
- Navigate cultural differences on campus
- Preparation for the professional career
- Effectiveness at work (i.e.: Study Abroad office, Global learning services)
- Personal growth and competency
- New content modules â courses on (inter)national culture understanding
- Re-design of existing courses on related topics (i.e. Human rights)
- Incorporate intercultural learning into pedagogy
ď§ Abroad
- Teach abroad/Faculty led programs
- Short term programs
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CHALLENGES associated with the implementation of global initiatives
⢠Lack of Funds
⢠Use of available grants
⢠Work load/Merits
⢠Time constraint
⢠Overlooked subject ď Intercultural learning not strongly appreciated yet
⢠Content design
⢠Find collaborators
⢠Some resources not used to the fullest - lack of qualified administrators, or effective
strategies to help students with these type of results
7. WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN FACULTY
INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AND STUDENT LEARNING?
8. LITERATURE REVIEW
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ď§ Goode (2007/08) explored role of study abroad faculty directors in facilitating studentsâ
intercultural development. Faculty described four dimensions of their role (including also
logistical and academic dimensions), but said very little beyond that about the intercultural
dimension of their job. Average IDI worldview in Minimization â ânot optimalâ
ď§ Anderson, Lorenz and White (2016) study student intercultural learning on short-term faculty-
led programs. Authors conclude that âFrequent and spontaneous facilitation emerged as the
most important variable to guide studentsâ intercultural learningâ.
9. Faculty Intercultural Development and Student Learning
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ď§There is increasing evidence that studentsâ intercultural learning is directly tied to the
intercultural development of their instructor/faculty leader/study abroad facilitator.
ď§â[an] instructorâs effectiveness in facilitating [intercultural] student learning [âŚ] is to a
large degree a function of his or her own developmental worldview.â Vande Berg, Quinn
and Menyhart (2012): 402.
Faculty Intercultural
Development
Guided
reflection/Debriefs
Student
Intercultural
Development
11. â(âŚ) People who function in an acceptance/adaptation worldview spend
their energy conceptualizing, assessing, and facilitating their studentsâ
intercultural development needs. They focus on coordinating a rigorous
academic program, blending culture learning with other content areas, and
guiding students along in their intercultural learning experience.
Those operating in a minimization framework tend to see themselves as
interpreters, devoting significant energy to explaining cultural differences,
and helping people to prevent or overcome culturally-based
misunderstandings. They tend to focus on culture-specific learning and
adaptation. They spend less time teaching and helping students to develop
a culture-general conceptual framework from which to approach questions
of cultural difference that may occur in any setting.â (Ziegler, 2001, p. 151)
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13. - HOW MIGHT A âŚ.. ORIENTATION
RESPOND TO THIS CRITICAL INCIDENT?
- WHAT ARE THE STRENGHTS AND
WEAKNESSES OF THIS RESPONSE?
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14. Faculty Training Resources
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ď§ CIEE International Faculty Development
Seminars (IFDS)
ď§ Summer/Winter Institute of Intercultural
Communication (SIIC/WIIC)
ď§ WISE Conference, Wake Forest University
ď§ IDI Qualifying Seminar
ď§ IDI coaching/guided development
15. MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
Enrollment (Fall 2016)
⢠Total enrollment: 3,369
⢠Total undergraduate students: 2,323
⢠Total graduate students: 1,046
⢠Total student population represents 43 states and 76
countries
17. MU Strategic Plan â Global Perspective
Grants available to Faculty to
Internationalize the Curriculum
⢠Develop New Courses
⢠Travel
⢠Participate in International
Faculty Development
Seminars
2015
Psychology Professor and Education
Abroad Administrator Participate in
CIEE International Faculty Development
Seminar
âLearning while Leading: Supporting
Intercultural Development through
Study Awayâ
Primate Field Experience
&
Intercultural Communication
Barcelona and Girona Spain
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Primate Field Experience & Intercultural Communication
Barcelona and Girona Spain
⢠Students in this three-week study abroad program will develop their intercultural competencies and
learn about chimpanzee behavior and welfare through various experiential learning activities in
Spain.
⢠In collaboration with the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), students will analyze
differences and similarities between their own and Spanish culture while exploring the
cosmopolitan, seaside capital Barcelona. Through this portion of the course, students will develop
skills, knowledge, and understanding that will help them communicate and engage more
appropriately and effectively across cultures. The students will increase their intercultural skills by
developing cultural awareness, cultural literacy and the capacity to bridge cultures.
⢠While at Fundació Mona Sanctuary in Girona, students will conduct naturalistic observations of
chimpanzees alongside scientists and students earning their Masters in Primate Psychology degree,
and work with caregivers participating in the day-to-day operations of a sanctuary, including feeding
and enrichment development. Upon returning to the U.S. students will apply the knowledge they
have learned about chimpanzee welfare by engaging in a science advocacy project.
19.
20. ⢠âCIEE taught us a great class in just a couple of days and then when we were at Mona they
provided us many different classes to help us understand the ins and outs of running a
sanctuary.â â
⢠âBeing in another culture has made me more open-minded and aware, especially after
returning to the US where the culture is significantly different from Spain. I am available to
notice the intricacies of our culture a lot more clearly, especially our familial relations and our
emphasis on work and timeâ
21. FUTURE PROGRAMS
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⢠Criminology âEnhancing intercultural competence in police
organization â Athens, Greece
⢠Inter professional Education & Global Health â Ecuador
⢠Intercultural Development workshops in cooperation with
the Center for Teaching and Learning
22. A PROCESS OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION & GROWTH
AT AUGSBURG COLLEGE, MINNEAPOLIS
LEAH SPINOSA DE VEGA, DIRECTOR,
GLOBAL INITIATIVES & OFF-CAMPUS STUDY, DEVEGA@AUGSBURG.EDU
ANN LUTTERMAN-AGUILAR,
MEXICO SITE DIRECTOR & INSTRUCTOR, LUTTERMA@AUGSBURG.EDU
CENTER FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (CGEE) AT AUGSBURG COLLEGE
WWW.AUGSBURG.EDU/GLOBAL
24. The Case of Augsburg: From Global to Local & Back
The Past
⢠International/Global Faculty & Staff (primarily involved in study abroad & working with
international students) demonstrated historical commitment to intercultural development.
⢠International/Global Faculty & Staff took IDI and other similar tools.
⢠There was some commitment by administration, but no school-wide plan
⢠We TRIED to involve faculty but found lack of interest due to perceived lack of need.
⢠We provided scholarships for faculty to participate in trips to several different countries, but they
didnât always include strong focus on intercultural communication and how to bring that home.
⢠Through Global Education, we sponsored Faculty Development trips to Mexico, Cuba, & other
countries â VERY successful, but more faculty from other schools than Augsburg.
25. The Case of Augsburg: From Global to Local & Back
The Past
⢠International/Global faculty & staff aware of NEED for intercultural learning & not just
international travel.
⢠As early as 1968, Ivan Illich warned U.S. volunteers going to Mexico that they âcannot help being
ultimately vacationing salesmen for the middle-class âAmericanâ way of life.â (1963, 316)
⢠Examples: Annâs research on Mexican communityâs partners perceptions of faculty-led courses
(from a variety of colleges & universities).
26. WHY do faculty need intercultural education?
Annâs research on Mexican communityâs partners
perceptions of faculty-led courses
Findings:
⢠Community partners identified faculty as the MOST culturally
INSENSITIVE members of groups â far more so than their
students.
⢠Nahua indigenous community leader Ignacio Torres Ramirez
complained about one group that only scheduled a 2 hour visit
to his village and then only gave him 45 minutes to cover itâs
history, spirituality, culture, and land and political issues, as if a
U.S. classroom. He felt de-valued, controlled, and disgraced.
27. Culturally Insensitive Behavior
Afro-Mexican Nadia Alvarado was very upset by a
professor from the south of the U.S.A. who told her NOT
to show the slides she had prepared of her âAfro-Indianâ
community & to CUT her talk in half so that the students
could have free time.
How do you think Nadia felt?
What were the cultural clashes?
Request communityâs lists of intercultural âdoâs & donâtsâ
if interested.
29. Back to the Case of Augsburg: From Global to Local & Back
Things Changed: What?
1. The Student Body
⢠Augsburg started recruiting a more diverse student body.
⢠In 2008, Augsburg reached 25 % students of color for first time.
⢠In 2015, we reached 40% students of color in the student body.
⢠In 2016, 45 % of the students admitted are students of color.
2. Faculty Attitudes regarding NEED for Intercultural Education
30. Attitudes & Experiences in Diverse, Local Classrooms
⢠Initially: EVEN when the %s of students of
color started rising dramatically, many
faculty saw no need to make any changes
in how they teach.
⢠Example from other school: class couldnât
function due to racial tensions and attacks
in classroom related to âBlack Lives
Matterâ â led to desire to increase
intercultural skills
31. Student Responses?
Student-Driven Initiatives to Educate Faculty & Staff about
Diversity & Intercultural Competence
â˘Thatâs crap!
â˘Weâre more diverse,
but faculty donât get it.
They donât know how
to manage the
classroom.
32. THINGS CHANGED
⢠Students spoke up.
⢠The administration took note â especially
on the Student Affairs side.
⢠The president named a Chief Diversity
Officer who was committed to fomenting
greater involvement across the campus &
IN CLASSROOM (previous CDO focused on
compliance)
33. International/Global Ed Staff Helped Create Plan for Key Faculty &
Staff to Take & Learn from IDI
⢠International/Global Ed insisted on IDI QA
(Qualified Administrator) trainings for key
faculty & staff.
⢠Now OUR staff can do some of our own
internal intercultural work with student groups,
on-campus orientation leaders, & faculty &
staff.
⢠Our own Augsburg QAs now provide individual
& group feedback for all faculty & staff, with a
3-year cycle of reassessment.
ONBOARDING:
⢠We start with all NEW faculty & staff hired.
⢠As of Nov. 2016, 112 faculty & 197 staff
have completed IDIs.
⢠Since we are using internal team of QAs,
faculty & staff can choose the facilitator
with whom they want to work
⢠As of Nov. 2016: many Augsburg QAs
34. BUDGET ISSUES
⢠Main cost is training QAs. If we train a few
per year, this is a relatively small
investment over time to create our own
team on (& off) campus.
⢠We then SAVE $$$$ by using our own team
of QAs instead of hiring expensive
consultants.
⢠Example: we can pay to train 25 faculty
instead of 2 for the same amount of
money.
35. Buy-in Across Campus: Workshops & More
⢠Strong buy-in from the Director of General
Education, who is co-hosting a workshop
to teach faculty how to incorpĂłrate
principles of inctercultural development
into MANGING the classroom
⢠To be run for first time in January 2017
together with Tara Harvey, True North
Intercultural
⢠Day-Long Workshop: only for faculty who
have done the IDI and are in line with our
assessment cycle
⢠24 faculty can participate.
⢠Faculty can plan to use workshop on-
campus or in study-abroad context.
36. Buy-in Across Campus:
Augsburgâs âDiversity & Inclusion Certificate Programâ
In order to complete the Certificate Program and receive the certificate, participants must complete 18 credits of specified inclusion-based training.
The 18 credits of training consist of the following 7 requirements:
1. Complete Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Process, 4.5 Credits
⢠Register for the IDI waitlist
⢠Complete the online Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)
⢠Attend an IDI Group Profile Session
⢠Attend an IDI Individual Feedback Session
2. Attend Intercultural Conflict Style (ICS) Inventory Workshop, 3 Credits
3. Attend Working Towards Inclusive Spaces Workshop, 2 Credits
4. Attend Ally Training I, 3 Credits
5. Attend Disability as Diversity: Building Bridges To Full Inclusion Workshop, 2 Credits
6. Attend All About Bias Workshop, 1.5 Credits
7. Attend From Microinequities to Inclusion Workshop, 2 Credits
For more info, see http://inside.augsburg.edu/diversity/certificate-program/
37. Advanced Standing for Certificate
Multiple Workshops on Diverse Themes
⢠Faculty and staff who want to received âAdvanced Standingâ need to complete 6 additional
events related to diversity, inclusion and equity.
⢠They are not limited to the nearly weekly workshops and events held on campus, but those
are open to them & anyone else on campus.
Themes:
⢠Interfaith Dialogue All About Bias
⢠Trans Issues 101 Intercultural Conflict Styles
⢠Ally Training etc.
38. The Case of Augsburg: From Global to Local & Back
⢠The push for Intercultural Education began with Global/International Ed.
⢠It then took a life of its own LOCALLY among students of color who demanded changes on
campus.
⢠That gave Global/International Education the chance to give new life to previous ideas and build
a stronger, campus-wide network of support to make International Ed take off on campus.
⢠At the same time that it took off locally, intercultural education also gained new ground again
GLOBALLY. ď
39. Impacts on Global Education through Study Abroad
⢠New Course on Intercultural Communication required for all semester-long students in
Mexico.
⢠Intercultural education built into most short-term faculty led courses.
40. Useful Resources for Intercultural Education, both with
Faculty & Students â Locally & Globally
41. Popular Intercultural Learning Activities Among Both
Students & Faculty
Activities that help them understand the following:
⢠Diverse cultural communication styles, including linear vs. circular/contextual and direct vs.
indirect
⢠Low context versus high context cultures and communication styles
⢠Reflection on popular sayings or expressions that reflect values in own culture & different ones
⢠Much more⌠ď
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INTERCULTURAL RESOURCES
⢠Own rubric created by professor at the department to assess intercultural development in the
Foreign language curriculum and SA
⢠IDI but not university-wide (cost and not everyone considering it effective)
⢠Workshops (i.e. cross cultural communication in the workplace)
⢠BEVI (Beliefs, Events and Values Inventory)
⢠GPI (Global Perspectives Inventory)
⢠LSI (Learning Style Inventory)
⢠ICS (Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
⢠Dooley, K. E., Dooley, L.M., & Carranza, G. (2008). Beliefs, Barriers, and Benefits of a Faculty
Abroad Experience in MĂŠxico. AIAEE, 155-165.
⢠Goode, M.L. (). The role of faculty study abroad directors: a case study. The Interdisciplinary
Journal of Study Abroad, 149-172.
⢠Hand, E., Ricketts, K., & Bruening, T. (2007). Benefits and Barriers: Faculty International
Professional Development. AIAEE, 148-153.
⢠Lee, A. K., & Hall, N. M. (2015). Enriching Course Development: The Use of an International
Faculty Development Experience. Pedagogy and the Human Sciences, 5 (1), 60-69.
⢠Vande Berg, M., Paige, M., & Lou, K.H. (2012). Student Learning Abroad. What our students are
learning, what theyâre not and what we can do about it. Stylus.
Emphasis on the student
But we need to focus on the training of faculty and administrator â more efficient if they have work in their intercultural growth
âMost research has focused on providing international opportunities for students. What about university faculty? How can faculty promote and encourage internationalization if they themselves have not been exposed?â (Doodley)
Reference to Patent and Callahan Session
Los ejes de la presentaciĂłn
We are going to focus in two possible outcomes of Faculty IC training
One is the development of GI
The other one is the impact on student learning.
Ths is a result of a survey carried with ex participants of the IFDS
Universities have an interest in prepare students to be âglobal citizensâ â develop courses and initiatives
Belief: Global initiative = Initiative abroad. University members only have the ability to impact in studentsâ learning and preparation as a global citizen if they have previous international experience.
Applicabe to all areas, not only Humanities, culture content (i.e.Business Communication or Business Administration, Medicine, Psichology, social justice,âŚ)
GLOBAL INITIATIVES
Pre-departure (Study Abroad) Â -- Preparation to help students with their SA experience (learning about host culture and adaptive process) â Preparation for SA with reflection and approach that hep to be prepared to navigate â help to assess upon return
Incorporate intercultural pedagogy in class, enrich classes on campus, develop new modules on campus
Program development
Advocate for Intercultural Communication on campus
Preparation for professional career: career servies be able transform students experiencies in professional skills to incorporate in resumes enhancing global competencies and
Preparation to teach a study abroad course / short term programs
Faculty led  programs and faculty training -- Faculty development -- feel prepared to lead SA programs
Better leadership - Professional growth
Improving work performance (effectiveness)
Improve work with diversity on campus
Collaborative initiatives (building a common curricula) among sister universities that belong to different geographical/cultural areas
Help students navigate cultural differences
Personal growth
New content modules, workshops, seminars,
Develop certificate program that recognized intercltural competence
BASICAMENTE SE PUEDEN AGRUPAR EN VARIAS AREAS:
Study Abroad (Pre-Departure/Re-Entry)
Faculty Led Programs âbecome role models, be able to facilitate during time abroad, good leadership
Faculty development
Program development
Deiversity initiatives
Leadership/role model
CHALLENGES:
1/ Lack of funds: -- Not always funds are allocated for professional development (especially in this field) -- more fund for research. Need to put together several pieces of funding. Sometimes there is a need to use personal money when enrolling in training workshops. Some schools develop specific funds specially if they count with Global Learning Departments, Global Education Committee, Interdisciplinary Studies majors, Had to minimize costs and plan wisely (i.e. being on site those dates on a personal travel).
2/ Many grants available for development of new initiatives are not always accessible for initiatives of this nature. There is not enough information available about other ways of accessing the funds.
3âConvinceâ on the importance of Intercultural Development â need of departmental support
/Depending on leaders who understand the value of Intercultural development + recruit students attracting them on intercultural subject. Unwillingness of faculty to adapt content
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6/ Overlooked subject: Although institutions may be committed to internationalization intercultural competency and development as well as global learning is not strongly appreciated yet - offer credit (academic discipline)
Faculty are interested in facilitating and fostering student growth/change, but they are unsure of how to go about doing so and are often focused more on other roles.
Just as faculty shape
Worldview refers to IDC, which draws on Miltonâs DMIS.
Briefly describe stages on continuum
Statistically, majority of students fall in minimization
So if instructor is in polarization, will not meet needs of students
Likewise, an instructor in minimization might reinforce minimization worldview without challenging students to examine differences more closely
This quote highlights the importance of the intercultural development of the educator involved in facilitating studentsâ intercultural learning.
This quote highlights the importance of the intercultural development of the educator involved in facilitating studentsâ intercultural learning.