This project addresses the need for intercultural learning in Chinese higher education (HE) in view of an enhanced intercultural awareness in interacting with people from diverse backgrounds. By building on the IEREST-project coordinated by the Department of Languages, Literature and Culture of the University of Bologna, RICH-Ed aims at supporting the Chinese partner HEIs in creating a learning environment that empowers students and staff for global engagement. To this end, the partnership will define a pedagogical approach for intercultural learning in Chinese HE; develop, test and adapt instructional materials; and organize trainings for teaching and support staff. The project will produce the following results with respect to intercultural learning in Chinese HE: (1) a description of the current situation and stakeholder analysis; (2) a tested pedagogical approach & methodology; (3) tested and adapted learning materials and teacher support tools for intercultural learning in English courses, and for administrative and management staff; (4) a minimum of 15 trained trainers, 50 teachers, 50 support staff, and 1000 students at the Chinese partner HEIs; (5) and an additional 100 teachers and 1000 students at other HEIs in the Yangtze River Delta and North-East China. Through a continuing engagement with stakeholders at various levels, the project aims to raise a deeper understanding in the country of a non-essentialist approach to interculturality. By making the developed materials freely available on an e-repository, new end-users will be able to benefit after project completion.

RICH-ED - Resources for Interculturality in Chinese Higher Education

Claudia Borghetti
2020

Abstract

This project addresses the need for intercultural learning in Chinese higher education (HE) in view of an enhanced intercultural awareness in interacting with people from diverse backgrounds. By building on the IEREST-project coordinated by the Department of Languages, Literature and Culture of the University of Bologna, RICH-Ed aims at supporting the Chinese partner HEIs in creating a learning environment that empowers students and staff for global engagement. To this end, the partnership will define a pedagogical approach for intercultural learning in Chinese HE; develop, test and adapt instructional materials; and organize trainings for teaching and support staff. The project will produce the following results with respect to intercultural learning in Chinese HE: (1) a description of the current situation and stakeholder analysis; (2) a tested pedagogical approach & methodology; (3) tested and adapted learning materials and teacher support tools for intercultural learning in English courses, and for administrative and management staff; (4) a minimum of 15 trained trainers, 50 teachers, 50 support staff, and 1000 students at the Chinese partner HEIs; (5) and an additional 100 teachers and 1000 students at other HEIs in the Yangtze River Delta and North-East China. Through a continuing engagement with stakeholders at various levels, the project aims to raise a deeper understanding in the country of a non-essentialist approach to interculturality. By making the developed materials freely available on an e-repository, new end-users will be able to benefit after project completion.
2020
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Claudia Borghetti
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