SOe101 Adapation and integration

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. David Košatka (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SOe101/PrezSem01: Mon 2. 10. 9:00–16:50 kancelář vyučujícího, Z. Janík, D. Košatka, M. Košatková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course helps students in adaptation to the new host culture and culturally prepare them to function interculturally in multicultural environment. The activities include self-experience and self-knowledge activities, outdoor activities, individual work and intercultural group work with the emphasis on purposeful engagement of students’ diversity. Building on their different academic, linguistic, and cultural strengths and learning needs, students reflect on their first experience with the academic culture and share their perceptions of academic culture and their cultural expectations and motivations. Further, students are closely acquainted with the programme curriculum and with the programme's milestones: project writing, practice, international internship and their reflection.
Learning outcomes
Students demonstrate their knowledge of international perspectives on assessment, learning and teaching. Students are familiar with the cultural differences in academic cultures, assessment methods, expectations about accepted behaviour, receiving feedback, peer-review and interacting with other students, differences in communication behaviour between staff and students, what constitutes plagiarism and its different cultural implications. Students are able to reflect on their preconceptions of academic cultures and their perception of the host culture. The course includes an outdoor trip and activities for students' successful adaptation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Perspectives on academic culture, learning and teaching 2. Introduction to the programme's content and milestones 3. Adaptation activities and ice breakers 4. Community building
Literature
    required literature
  • Neuman, J. (2004). Education and learning through outdoor activities: games and problem solving activities, outdoor exercises and rope courses for youth programmes. IYNF
  • CARROLL, Jude. Tools for teaching in an educationally mobile world. First published. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015, xi, 203. ISBN 9780415728010. info
  • Teaching international students : improving learning for all. Edited by Jude Carroll - Janette Ryan. First published. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005, xii, 155. ISBN 9780415350662. info
    recommended literature
  • Williams, Rhiannon D. and Amy Lee (eds.) (2015) Internationalizing Higher Education: Critical Collaborations across the curriculum, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers
  • Jones, Elspeth and Sally Brown (eds.) (2007) Internationalising Higher Education, London and New York: Routledge
Teaching methods
group discussion; e-learning based guidance on e-portfolio creation and content; outdoor learning and activities; self-reflective techniques;
Assessment methods
1. Students will create electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) and present collected evidence (videos, reflective papers, vlogs, etc.) including reflections on their perceptions and preconceptions of academic cultures and how to behave and to be successful in different learning contexts. 2. Active part in the outdoor activities.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
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