NWUINTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP

Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Scott

21 May 2019 Potchefstroom Campus (Crista Galli)

22 May 2019 Vaal Triangle Campus (Stonehaven on Vaal)

24 May 2019 Mafikeng Campus (Protea Hotel Mahikeng)

PROGRAMME

The NWU DVC: Research & Innovation Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya cordially invites you to an Intercultural Communication Workshop that is being held by the Office of Global Engagement on the three campuses.

Please RSVP by 13 May 2019

Welcome

07:50 – 08:20

08:20 – 08:30

Session 1

08:30-10:30

10:30 – 11:00

Session 2

11:00 – 12:30

12:30 – 13:30

Session 3

13:30 – 15:30

15:30 – 16:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

Welcome: Professor Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya (NWU DVC: Research & Innovation)

Nature and Importance of Intercultural Communication (Definition and key components of ICC. Why focus on ICC in higher education? Links to internationalisation and global citizenship. Common ICC challenges in higher education. Understanding cross-cultural differences. Key Intercultural communication competencies and capabilities. Interdisciplinary study of ICC)

Coffee

Intercultural Communication and engaging students in productive learning (What is productive learning? An overall quality and standards framework for learning in higher education. Where ICC fits into this framework. Cultural differences and effective student engagement in learning. Effective designs for learning and ICC. Key academic and support roles. Addressing intercultural differences proactively. Effective approaches to assessing ICC)

Lunch

Embedding Intercultural Communication in the university, community engagement and curriculum (ICC and community engaged learning. University and its region as a living lab for learning ICC. ICC and the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Social entrepreneurship and ICC. The use of global citizenship sub-majors to foster ICC. Decolonising the university. Using first people’s culture as a source for the curriculum. Staff development and engagement with ICC. Where to next?)

Coffee and Informal Discussions