[Edling] Online seminar: Criticality, interculturality and study abroad (29.8.2017)

[Dervin, Fred]

One-day seminar, Turku, Finland

Meeting date: Tuesday 29th August 2017

Place: University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland, Turku University of Applied Sciences, ICT City, street address: Joukahaisenkatu 3A

Title of seminar: Criticality, interculturality and study abroad

You can follow and take part in the event online at:

https://connect.funet.fi/costcriticality/



Objectives:

This WP5 meeting will take place just before the international conference Criticality in Education (Research): Definitions, Discourses and Controversies due to take place at the University of Helsinki (31.8-1.9.2017, see http://blogs.helsinki.fi/criticined/). The seminar will tackle the same topic within the context of study abroad and in relation to the thorny notion of interculturality.



Programme:

10-12: introduction to the theme: what is criticality in relation to interculturality in Study Abroad? Criticality in our work: definitions and controversies

12-1: lunch

1-2: Keynote by Jane Jackson: Interculturality, criticality, and intercultural praxis in study abroad



2-4: Presentations by participants

The following questions guide the presentations:

·       How do we define criticality in relation to interculturality in study abroad?

·       How can study abroad contribute to developing critical skills?

·       How can criticality be taught and assessed in the context of study abroad?

·       How could we enrich discussions of criticality in study abroad with interdisciplinarity and ideas from the ‘periphery’ (outside Europe and America)?



Emmanuella Annan: TBC

Anu Härkönen: TBC

Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk: Self-authorship dynamics in students in contact with foreign languages and cultures

Andreas Jacobsson: Knowledge and ambivalence: Intercultural epistemology and critical thinking in study

abroad contexts

Fred Dervin & Yongjian Li: Criticality and interculturality in a Sino-French joint venture

4-5.30: Discussions, dissemination and potential publication



Please note that the indicated times are Finnish times, so please check!

Welcome!





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