Using an Interdisciplinary Course to Teach Intercultural Communication: Helping Students and Faculty Bridge Disciplinary Divides
Madelyn Flammia, Houman Sadri
There is great value in helping students bridge both cultural and
disciplinary divides as we prepare them for the challenges of
citizenship in the twenty-first century. This paper describes,
Global Perspectives, an interdisciplinary course taught by a
faculty member in a technical communication program together
with a faculty member in a political science department. The
course focused on issues of power and communication as they
relate to global issues: world hunger, environmental concerns,
world health, and human rights. Through this course, the
faculty members addressed a major concern in higher education
today: the need to educate students to be global citizens capable
of meeting the serious challenges facing the world in the
twenty-first century. This concern is relevant for all college
students regardless of their majors. Full Text
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