The next Buddha may be a community : practising intercultural competence at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia / / by Sabine Krajewski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815618503321
• Autore: Krajewski Sabine
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-24079-3; 1-4438-3135-2; 9786613240798
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.43099441
• Soggetti: Multicultural education - Australia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]-98) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE; INTRODUCTION; CULTURE, COMMUNICATION AND IDENTITY; GLOBALIZATION AND HYBRID IDENTITIES; INTERNATIONALIZATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AT UNIVERSITIES; INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AS PART OF QUALITY TEACHING AND A GRADUATE CAPABILITY OF MACQUARIE STUDENTS; INTERNATIONALIZATION; CHAPTER TWO; THE DELPHI METHOD; THE DELPHI STUDY; THE EXPERT PANEL; OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THE PRE-DELPHI ROUND; THE DELPHI STUDY; DELPHI ROUND 2+3; DELPHI ROUND 3; CHAPTER THREE; STUDENT PARTICIPANTS; STUDENT SURVEY RESULTS; STUDENTS AND STAFF ON INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCEOPEN QUESTIONS; STUDENT FOCUS GROUP; CHAPTER FOUR; TOWARDS SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE VS. INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE; CHAPTER FIVE; MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS; MACQUARIE MODEL OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE; SUPPORTING INTERCULTURAL LEARNING; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The whole world is talking about globalisation and there are so many versions of it that one might as well not talk about it at all. The word has permeated all areas of the public sphere and can have negative or ; positive connotations, depending on the context of relevant discourse. In education, globalisation is associated with mobility of staff and students, with internationalization of degrees, course content, research, and with global career opportunities for university graduates. High num...