Key Themes in Intercultural Communication Pedagogy

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Woodin

University of Sheffield, UK; 9–10 July 2009The seminar, organised by Jane Woodin, Gibson Ferguson, Valerie Hobbs and Lesley Walker (School of Modern Languages & Linguistics and School of English, University of Sheffield), aimed to bring together those working in intercultural communication (IC) pedagogy largely – though not exclusively – in the higher education sector. It drew inspiration from the growing number of courses with an intercultural element, from stand-alone modules and training courses to Master's degrees.

Horizontes ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Sílvia Adriana Rodrigues ◽  
Simone Conceição Pereira Deák ◽  
Alberto Albuquerque Gomes

ResumoA presente discussão é recorte de uma pesquisa longitudinal, em andamento desde 2011, com objetivo geral de acompanhar processos de formação inicial para a docência, em distintas instituições públicas de ensino superior, com vistas à compreensão de como se dá a evolução da aprendizagem profissional, tendo como sujeitos alunos e professores de cursos de Pedagogia, de universidades localizadas em duas regiões brasileiras distintas. Assim, nos limites deste texto, com a intenção de discutir a imagem que os professores dos cursos de formação inicial detêm sobre o que é ser professor e o que é ser formador de professores, são apresentados dados obtidos no ano de 2012, junto a 33 sujeitos, professores de duas universidades públicas. A análise dos dados nos permite inferir que o processo de formação dos formadores de professores é de autoformação e de um saber construído sobre a experiência, na situação de autodidatismo em potencial e em aceleração.Palavras-chave: Formação inicial de professores; Formadores de professores; Ensino Superior.What trainers of future teachers think about being teacher and training teachersAbstractThis discussion is part of a longitudinal study, ongoing since 2011, with the overall objective to follow up the processes of initial training for teaching in different public institutions of higher education, aiming to understanding how it is the development of professional learning. The participants were students and teachers of pedagogy courses within universities located in two distinct Brazilian areas. Thus, considering the limits of this paper, with the intention of discussing the representation of what teachers of initial training courses have about what means to be a teacher and what represents to be a teacher trainer for them, data obtained in 2012 are presented, along with 33 subjects, teachers from two public universities. The findings made us to conclude that the process of teacher training is self-training, and knowledge built on experience field, in a situation of self-learning potential and accelerated.Keywords: Initial teacher training; Teacher trainers; Higher Education.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1480-1488
Author(s):  
Yaqdhan ALASSAF

This review is concerned with the cultural and scientific cooperation between Iraq and France. Through this cooperation the French government provided joint fellowship program in master and doctorate in various subjects. With regard to teaching French as a second foreign language the support included training courses (2-4 weeks) offered to French language teachers to help keep them abreast of the development of the language education sector. In addition, free curricula taught in the French language departments in five Iraqi universities has also been provided through this cooperation. Recently, in October 2017 the French government affirmed their continued willingness and commitment to participate in the rehabilitation of higher education in general and specifically revitalization of linguistic centers by signing a Goodwill Memorandum. This review, explores possible benefits to a country like Iraq, which has suffered for years from being away from development and advancement as well as the destruction of infrastructure.


2011 ◽  
pp. 151-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Varshavsky

The article considers current problems of Russia´s science. Special attention is paid to external factors that negatively influence its effectiveness including considerable lag in public management sector. The issues of opposing higher education sector to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) are also discussed. A number of indicators of the Russian science and its academic sector effectiveness are presented. The expediency of comparing scientific results with R&D expenditures is shown. The problems connected with using bibliometric methods are discussed. Special attention is paid to the necessity of preserving and further developing Russian science including RAS.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4(12)) ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliia Valeriivna Tkalenko ◽  
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Natalia Ivanivna Kholіavko ◽  
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Hnedina ◽  
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