INTERNATIONALISING THE BUSINESS CURRICULUM: AUSTRALIAN GRADUATES WITH GLOBAL PERSPECTIVESCarolyn Woodley |
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At Victoria University (VU) in Melbourne, Australia, an Internationalised Curriculum forms part of the university’s broader internationalising agenda: “Making VU an international university.” Internationalising the Curriculum aims to encourage international perspectives and intercultural competence in students. This paper’s purpose is to explore Internationalising the Curriculum in a first-year business subject in relation to enhancing the employability of graduates who anticipate working in a global community. Using VU’s Toolkit for Internationalising the Curriculum as a measure, Professional Development 1: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving provides a case study to illustrate several approaches that develop students’ global awareness and hone their intercultural communication skills. A range of teaching and learning activities — most of which use or are supported by ICT — provide examples of internationalised curriculum. Student assessment, comments from student unit evaluations and responses from focus groups provide student views about the significance of “the cultural stuff” and its relevance to their employability and lives. |
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