Incorporating a Global Perspective: Intercultural Learning through Work-Experience Projects

Sean O'Connell () and Tony Cripps ()
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Sean O'Connell: Nanzan University
Tony Cripps: Nanzan University

No 3906431, Proceedings of Teaching and Education Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: This paper elucidates the on-going efforts being made at a Japanese university to develop an intercultural-learning based curriculum through work-experience projects. The main goal of the current project is to provide students with the opportunities to be able to utilize knowledge in a practical sense, such as through work-experience projects at foreign affiliate companies in Japan. Following a brief overview of the current project design and development, this paper discusses the progress achieved thus far second year of its trial implementation. Feedback gained through questionnaires, reflection papers and follow-up interviews of the participating students and companies in the first year (2015) will be discussed in an effort to provide one reference for global-skills focused curriculum development.

Keywords: Intercultural-learning; Curriculum development; Global-skills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9 pages
Date: 2016-08
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 3rd Teaching & Education Conference, Barcelona, Aug 2016, pages 189-197

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