We need to address the basic questions!Integration…

Into what? By whom? Why? How? Whose responsibility?

---- Internationalization at Home (IaH)

Differences in… Language skills Academic background Personal background Prior experiences Attitudes Motivation

Diverse group……………..yet…

Position StrangersDuration Limited timeCharacteristics DifferentMotives Personal

Problems – pertaining to…inadequate organization admission, social services, information and marketing,grading,plagiarism,teaching

etc.

International students: maturity, acquisition of academic, language and (inter)cultural competencies

Domestic students: obtain international/intercultural

experiences at home

Staff: language training, new perspectives, alternative modes of teaching

University: revenue, visibility, alumni,attractiveness, competetiveness.

Overall society: tax incomes, stimulate local economy, competence

Rhetoric vs reality Vision vs

implementation Administration vs

research/teaching Form vs contents Creativity vs

structure Measureable vs

unmeasurable results

Time and money

Reactive vs proactive approaches

Diversity vs internationalisation

Form vs contents Curriculum vs

learning outside the classroom

Customer vs user role

Intercultural Interdisciplinary Investigative Integrative Integrated Interactive

Intercultural courses Interuniversity

courses Summer course Netbased courses Guest teachers Field studies Theses Field works

Multidisciplinary Studies programme

Staff mobility Life Long Learning

program ’Open’ program

modules Practicum

Use classroom diversity Use group processes Address language issues Alter modes of examination Include international themes/ dimensions Adopt a dynamic teacher role Lower power distance Use new technologies

Change your mindset on diversity Train and dedramatize language skills Explain administrative processes Arrive at a reasonable service level (eg.

special or equal service and flexibility vs setting boundaries)

Arrive at a code of conduct Don’t rely on the new technologies Prepare yourself Ask for assistance

Education is growth...education is, not a preparation for life. Education is life in itself.

(John Dewey)