Student Learning

Increased Understanding of Diversity

Definition

With the rise of globalization, it’s more important then ever to be able to work with people from different cultures and social groups. By exposing students to a diverse range of opinions, thoughts, and cultural backgrounds, students become more open-minded, perceptive to new ideas and more creative. Promoting awareness and creating a personal connection with people with diverse backgrounds can help students to overcome prejudices and become more empathetic (APA, 2021).

Sources

Inclusive Language Guidelines. (n.d.). https://www.apa.org.

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Increasing Awareness of Diversity Through Community Engagement and Films

A study of the efficacy of using film to facilitate learning about cross-cultural experiences and gathering feedback via online forums.

Reference

online, study

Online Course – Volunteering With Refugees

Volunteering helps to understand students how to best support the emotional, linguistic, and social needs of refugees who are settling into a new country.

Tool

course, diversity, strategy

PISA 2018 Global Competence Framework

21st-century students live in an interconnected, diverse and rapidly changing world. Emerging economic, digital, cultural, demographic and environmental forces are shaping young people’s lives around the planet and increasing their intercultural encounters on a daily basis. Developing a global and intercultural outlook is a process that education can shape.

Methodology

framework, skills, students

Community Partners Help Language Students Build Connections Between Theory and Practice

Ana Pellicer-Sánchez, module convenor, partnered with schoolteachers drawn from the IOE's Upskilling in Mandarin Course to help her MA students reflect on connections between the module's theoretical content and its application in teaching children.

Case Study

teaching