Internationalisation of curriculum

Some notes here initially on a seminar presented by Betty Leask at the University of Canberra - feel free to expand/improve

Internationalisation includes knowledge, skills and attitudes at three levels:
 * 1) Raising awareness - what to do / not do
 * 2) Improving understanding - developing understanding of why to do / not do
 * 3) Build autonomy -

Internationalisation curricula is not just about content, it also requires changes in pedagogy to encourage students to develop critical skills to understand forces shaping their discipline and challenge accepted viewpoints.


 * An international curriculum will...
 * 1) Engage students with internationally informed research and cultural and linguistic diversity
 * 2) Purposefully develop defined international and intercultural perspectives
 * 3) Progressively assess learning outcomes
 * 4) Prepare students to deal with uncertainty by opening their minds and developing their ability to think both creatively and critically
 * 5) Move beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries and dominant paradigms
 * 6) Rhetorical question? Does internationalisation mean Westernisation?


 * Some myths about IoC
 * 1) It's about teaching international students (pedagogy)
 * 2) It's about including a few comparative, international case studies (content)
 * 3) It's about adapting our teaching to make accessible to offshore students (pedagogy)
 * 4) It's about adapting the curriculum for offshore delivery (contextualisation/localisation)
 * 5) It's about exchange and study abroad
 * 6) It's only concerns the formal curriculum


 * Key points
 * 1) IoC is about embedding the curriculum in a broader (than local) context
 * 2) Develop learning activities focused on the progressive development in all students of international and intercultural skills, integrated across a program of study (course)
 * 3) Assess student progress towards achievement of international and intercultural learning outcomes
 * 4) What are the main blockers and enablers to IoC?
 * 5) Academics are not convinced and supported/resources to internationalise (e.g., because the purpose is seen as for marketing?)