Briefing 10
Window to the World: Internationalising Teaching Contents and the Curriculum
A university is, by nature, an entity that embraces cosmopolitan values (Svetlikand & Lalic, 2016) and “operates at the interface of the global and the local” (Cross, Mhlanga & Ojo 2011, p.77). However, not all the ideas of internationalisation are fully realised when responding to the increasingly frequent flows of people, ideas, and capital in tertiary institutions around the world (Ilieva, Beck & Waterstone, 2014). Knight (2004) defines internationalisation as the process of integrating an international, intercultural or global dimension into the purpose, functions and delivery of post-secondary education. Such a well-circulated definition has inspired universities worldwide to internationalise their curriculum (IoC). This briefing aims to unpack some of the complexities of these changes and revisions. We will look at three key questions: (1)What is IoC?, (2)Why is it important?, and (3)What are some of the approaches to IoC?
Author(s): Tiffany Ko and Lisa Law
Published date: November 28, 2019
Themes: Curriculum design, Curriculum development, Internationalisation, Internationalising the curriculum
Cite this item
Ko, T. & Law, L. (2019, Nov 28). Window to the World: Internationalising Teaching Contents and the Curriculum. Retrieved from https://www.cetl.hku.hk/cop-itl/resource-library/briefings/unleashing-the-power-of-diversity-on-student-learning/.
