Cultural awareness and competency development in higher education / / Lynda Leavitt, Sherrie Wisdom, and Kelly Leavitt, editors

• Autore: Leavitt Lynda
• Pubblicazione: Hershey, Pennsylvania : , : IGI Global, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: PDFs (408 pages)
• Disciplina: 370.196
• Soggetto topico: Multicultural education; Cultural competence - Study and teaching
• Soggetto non controllato: Civic responsibility; Co-curricular learning; Elevated academic effort; Inclusive pedagogy; Social constructivism; Social justice; Student-faculty interaction
• Persona (resp. second.): LeavittLynda <1957->; WisdomSherrie <1955->; LeavittKelly <1985->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The concept of culture and higher education: an anthropological perspective / Raymond Scupin -- International students in higher education: more than a fish out of water / Kevin J. Martin -- Engaging inclusive excellence: creating a college with an equity mindset / Elena Sandoval-Lucero [and 5 others] -- Reframing white privilege / Carla Mueller, M. Denise King, Dana Klar -- Developing social justice and inclusion competencies through semi-structured reflection papers / Annemarie Vaccaro [and 5 others] -- Civic responsibility development among college students: how is it different by student race? / Young K. Kim, Jennifer L. Carter, Cameron L. Armstrong -- Addressing cultural diversity and global competence: the dual language framework / Amy Beth Rell [and 5 others] -- Growing global STEM learning in higher education / Belinda F. Kennedy, Patricia M. McLaughlin -- The need for promoting and developing cultural competency in future teachers / Jennifer Laffier, Diana Petrarca, Janette M. Hughes -- The implementation and analysis of an international student teaching program / Kathryn V. Dixon, Ricardo Gonzalez-Carriedo, Lisbeth Dixon-Krauss -- Developing intercultural awareness within teacher preparation program / Wenying Zhou, Sheila Austin -- Teacher preparatory programs and culturally responsive teaching / Nadira Raghunandan-Jack -- Developing a practice of cultural awareness in pre-service teachers by promoting positive dialogue around diversity / Allyson Leggett Watson -- ; Multicultural counseling competencies: why is it difficult to apply what we know? / Keith B. Wilson [and 4 others] -- Academic ESP oral production: moving forward towards local and global awareness / Soraya García-Sánchez, Conchi Hernández-Guerra -- Enhancing global competency of future construction professionals / Begum Sertyesilisik -- Persistence profiles and institutional initiatives: helping students become ready for the world / Sally J. McMillan, Cora D. Ripley -- Can higher education really produce global citizens?: self-identification and architectures of mobility / David Starr-Glass -- Fostering intercultural identity during study abroad to strengthen intercultural competence / Niki Sol.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book provides knowledge on current literature, instructional design, assessment, and "best practice" to increase a student's cultural awareness and global competence within higher education. Readers will increase their understanding of developed coursework, assessments and faced challenges particularly resistance, to increasing a student's cultural awareness and global competence"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural awareness and competency development in higher education
• ISBN: 9781522521464; 9781522521457
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164053603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in higher education and professional development (AHEPD) book series.