Leavey’s Global Fellows: Treat Cross-Culture & Intercultural Interactions as a Means to Become a Leader and a Global Citizen in the 21st Century prof. Long Le
KEY QUESTIONS Why we can’t unbundle culture from education abroad? Why is it much harder to teach how to be open-minded and adaptive in foreign environments? What does it mean that there are no foreign lands, only the traveler who is foreign? Why sensitivity to cultural differences are important?
We Can’t Unbundle Culture from Education Abroad This statement applies to how we teach students about culture in education abroad: “Educators are so busy talking culture at conferences, conducting academic research about it, and talking cultural shop at the water cooler, yet the topic is usually diminished to a few mere minutes in a pre-departure orientation.”
We Can’t Unbundle Culture from Education Abroad Culture is part of the education abroad package -- glued to the experience of personal growth and professional development. Cross-culture and intercultural interactions are importance because: “Students, in the course of their formation, can let the gritty reality of this world into their lives, so they can learn to feel it, think about it critically, respond to its suffering and engage it constructively.” -- Peter-Hans Kolvenbach “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.” -- Gail Sheehy
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments Normalizing Culture Shock
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments Normalizing Culture Shock Few Things to Keep in Mind for Ramadan
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments
Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments
“THERE ARE NO FOREIGN LANDS. IT IS THE TRAVELLER ONLY WHO IS FOREIGN.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson
“THERE ARE NO FOREIGN LANDS. IT IS THE TRAVELLER ONLY WHO IS FOREIGN.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson
“THERE ARE NO FOREIGN LANDS. IT IS THE TRAVELLER ONLY WHO IS FOREIGN.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson
What are the sociocultural components of culture? “THERE ARE FOREIGN LANDS. IT IS THE TRAVELLER ONLY WHO IS FOREIGN.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson What are the sociocultural components of culture? Aesthetics: A culture's sense of beauty and good taste Attitudes and beliefs: toward time, achievement and work Religion: Protestant work ethic, Confucian Work Ethics, Islamic economic order, African tradition and culture of religion Material Culture: technological superiority and cultural aspects of technology Language (spoken and unspoken): English is the global language of business but the importance of local language Societal Organization: kinship (family-run business) and associations (based on age, gender, and common interests) National Cultures: Hofstede’s power distance, long-term orientation, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders
Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders