1. Student-Centred Learning in the International Classroom Jennifer Valcke – Unit for Medical Education (UME) jennifer.valcke@ki.se

2.  Continuous change  Student body  Diverse (culturally, linguistically, socially, geographically, etc.) New students = new teaching methods  Digitalised learning space  Changed medium of instruction (English)  Teachers take language into consideration  Teachers focus on students Internationalised Higher Education

3.  The IC is a multilingual and multicultural learning space (MMLS).  The diversity of the actors and contexts at KI, poses special challenges to learning but also creates rich opportunities for enhancing learning and intercultural competence. PedagogyCultureLanguage The International Classroom (IC)

4.  Students’ general and academic language proficiency  Teacher’s language proficiency  Cognitive load of learning through a foreign language  Student / teacher roles  Ethical behaviour  Plagiarism  Expectations regarding group work Some Challenges of the MMLS © Copyright

5.  Encourage peer learning  Use “international” students as resources  Design interaction purposefully and explicitly  Integrate medical issues with cultural ones  Observe and discuss issues from different angles Some Opportunities of the MMLS © Copyright

6.  Class discussions on teacher/learner expectations  Establish ground rules  Integrate medical issues with cultural ones  Use culturally diverse Virtual Patients (VP) to teach effective communication skills and develop cultural sensitivity  Group work  Create heterogeneous groups for peer learning  Use peer review for feedback Examples of Student-Centred Learning in the MMLS

7. “Intercultural competence is a state of becoming, rather than a destination. Hence it is particularly important to explore pedagogies that will assist students to enter this state of becoming culturally competent.” (Betty Leask, 2015) © Copyright

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9. References  Beelen, J. and Jones, E. (2015) Redefining Internationalisation at Home: In: Curaj, A. et al. eds. The European Higher Education Area:Between critical reflections and future policies. Springer.  Childress, L. (2010) The twenty-first century university: developing faculty engagement in internationalisation. Complicated Conversation Vol 32. Peter Lang.  de Wit, H. et al. (2015) Internationalisation of Higher Education. Study requested by the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ STUD/2015/540370/IPOL_STU(2015)540370_EN.pdf.http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ STUD/2015/540370/IPOL_STU(2015)540370_EN.pdf  Haines, Kevin & Emma Dafouz (2015). The IntlUni Principles. Available online: http://intluni.eu/uploads/media/IntlUni_Principles___Recommendations_ final_conf_2015_KH_EDM.pdf http://intluni.eu/uploads/media/IntlUni_Principles___Recommendations_ final_conf_2015_KH_EDM.pdf  Leask, Betty (2015). Internationalizing the Curriculum. Routledge.  Leask, Betty & Jan Wallace (2011). Good Practice Report: Learning and Teaching Across Culture. Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited.