1. 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

2. 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?

3. 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.”

4. 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

5. Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments

6. Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments

7. Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments

8. Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments
Normalizing Culture Shock

9. 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

10. Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments

11. Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments

12. Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments

13. Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments

14. Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments

15. Easier to Cover Content on “Going Global,” Much Harder to Teach how to be Open-Minded and Adaptive in Foreign Environments

16. “THERE ARE NO FOREIGN LANDS. IT IS THE TRAVELLER ONLY WHO IS FOREIGN.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

17. “THERE ARE NO FOREIGN LANDS. IT IS THE TRAVELLER ONLY WHO IS FOREIGN.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

18. “THERE ARE NO FOREIGN LANDS. IT IS THE TRAVELLER ONLY WHO IS FOREIGN.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

19. 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

20. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders

21. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders

22. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders

23. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders

24. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders

25. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders

26. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders

27. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders

28. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders

29. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders

30. Sensitivity to Cultural Differences Does Not Guarantee Success, But Can at Least Avoid Blunders