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internationalisation of the curriculum: a case study from hungary
As a conclusion of the survey and classroom observations, most of
the students gained new knowledge in diversity stereotypes, discrimina-
tion, local Hungarian culture, nonformal teaching-learning and research
methods. Although the semesters did not give the opportunity to fully
emerge in these topics, some of the students expressed a shift in their un-
derstandings (‘Before this class, stereotypes were always negative for me,
and I learned they don’t have to be’ or ‘Now I am more aware of the bub-
bles I live in’) which means that these student participants have questioned
their interpretations of the classroom topics and somehow became more
aware of their own learning process- that can be assumed as transforma-
tional learning. On the other hand, to make a more direct link of student
experiences to transformational learning, an extended research needs to
be done in the future by involving focus groups or semi-structured inter-
views. As far as the data concerning the syllabus and the teaching con-
tent shows, implementing a more internationalised curriculum got mostly
positive feedbacks and evaluation, with some room for improvement (time
management, more topics on local cultural context, better structure of the
syllabus).
Discussion
The study aimed to show how a university course could apply a more inter-
nationalised curriculum with experimental design, intercultural and glob-
al dimensions in the teaching content and with approaches aiming at trans-
formational learning. Although further research is needed to analyse the
links between internationalised curriculums and transformational learn-
ing, the case study showed how such course initiatives could bring curric-
ular and instructional changes into domestic institutional environments in
the means of internationalisation.
Literature
Beelen, Jos and Jones, Elspeth. »Looking back at 15 years of Internationalisa-
tion at Home.« In: EAIE Forum, Winter issue, 2015.
Beelen, Jos and Jones, Elspeth. »Defining Internationalisation at Home.« In:
International Higher Education, vol. 85, 2016.
Crowther, Paul, Joris, Michael, Nilsson, Bengt, Teekens, Hanneke, and Wäch-
ter, Bernd. Internationalisation at Home. A Position Paper. Amsterdam:
EAIE, 2001.
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As a conclusion of the survey and classroom observations, most of
the students gained new knowledge in diversity stereotypes, discrimina-
tion, local Hungarian culture, nonformal teaching-learning and research
methods. Although the semesters did not give the opportunity to fully
emerge in these topics, some of the students expressed a shift in their un-
derstandings (‘Before this class, stereotypes were always negative for me,
and I learned they don’t have to be’ or ‘Now I am more aware of the bub-
bles I live in’) which means that these student participants have questioned
their interpretations of the classroom topics and somehow became more
aware of their own learning process- that can be assumed as transforma-
tional learning. On the other hand, to make a more direct link of student
experiences to transformational learning, an extended research needs to
be done in the future by involving focus groups or semi-structured inter-
views. As far as the data concerning the syllabus and the teaching con-
tent shows, implementing a more internationalised curriculum got mostly
positive feedbacks and evaluation, with some room for improvement (time
management, more topics on local cultural context, better structure of the
syllabus).
Discussion
The study aimed to show how a university course could apply a more inter-
nationalised curriculum with experimental design, intercultural and glob-
al dimensions in the teaching content and with approaches aiming at trans-
formational learning. Although further research is needed to analyse the
links between internationalised curriculums and transformational learn-
ing, the case study showed how such course initiatives could bring curric-
ular and instructional changes into domestic institutional environments in
the means of internationalisation.
Literature
Beelen, Jos and Jones, Elspeth. »Looking back at 15 years of Internationalisa-
tion at Home.« In: EAIE Forum, Winter issue, 2015.
Beelen, Jos and Jones, Elspeth. »Defining Internationalisation at Home.« In:
International Higher Education, vol. 85, 2016.
Crowther, Paul, Joris, Michael, Nilsson, Bengt, Teekens, Hanneke, and Wäch-
ter, Bernd. Internationalisation at Home. A Position Paper. Amsterdam:
EAIE, 2001.
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