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Internationalising the (USC) curriculum: Benchmarking and developing strategies
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Internationalising the (USC) curriculum: Benchmarking and developing strategies

Meredith A Lawley
2010 Learning & Teaching Week Program Booklet, p.13
Learning & Teaching Week, 2010 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 16-Aug-2010–20-Aug-2010)
University of the Sunshine Coast
2010
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Abstract

Curriculum and Pedagogy higher education curriculum internationalisation
While internationalising the higher education curriculum is an accepted priority of universities, much work remains to be done in terms of understanding exactly what internationalisation involves and how best to achieve it. Universities are facing increasing pressure to produce graduates who are global citizens, that is, graduates who can work, live and socialise anywhere in the world. In developing these global citizens universities need a curriculum which meets the needs of both domestic students (who may or may not live or work overseas but would benefit from an international perspective) and international students. Turning specifically to USC, the current University Strategic Plan lists the internationalisation of the curriculum as a key strategy. This session reports on the results to date of a USC TRDG funded project on the internationalisation of the USC curriculum - particularly looking at benchmarking current achievements in internationalisation throughout the university and secondly exploring how internationalisation of the curriculum is currently understood and operationalised within USC and identifying strategies to increase internationalisation. The pilot study gathered data using face to face interviews from approximately 40 fulltime academic staff across all three Faculties at USC. Based on the current literature regarding internationalisation, respondents were asked about internationalisation in three areas, how internationalised they were as individuals, how internationalised the content of their courses were and how internationalised their course delivery strategies were. Respondents were then asked to identify possible strategies that could be implemented to improve internationalisation of the curriculum at a range of levels including the individual, faculty and university.

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