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Intercultural Teaching Competence in the Disciplines: Teaching Strategies for Intercultural Learning

Intercultural Teaching Competence in the Disciplines: Teaching Strategies for Intercultural Learning
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Author(s): Nanda Dimitrov (Western University, Canada)and Aisha Haque (Western University, Canada)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 30
Source title: Promoting Intercultural Communication Competencies in Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Grisel María García-Pérez (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Canada)and Constanza Rojas-Primus (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1732-0.ch004

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Abstract

As universities continue to internationalize their curricula and recruit a growing number of international students, instructors facilitate learning in increasingly diverse classrooms. This chapter explores the application of Intercultural Teaching Competence (ITC) by faculty members across the disciplines at a large Canadian research university. Based on focus group interviews with instructors in eighteen disciplines, it provides varied and concrete examples of how instructors mobilize intercultural teaching competence to navigate diverse classrooms, promote perspective-taking and global learning goals among students, practice culturally relevant teaching, and validate different ways of knowing and communicating among students through assessment practices. Placing disciplines at the centre of the discussion in this way elucidates the extent to which ITC may be adapted to fit the contours of the academic field and allows readers to explore best practices for facilitating the development of intercultural competence among students in their disciplines. Finally, the implications of disciplinary differences in ITC are discussed for faculty development and curriculum support.

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