LibGuides: Teaching and Learning Resources: Global Learning Resources

Global learning at Castleton

The college's initiatives to help students "develop the skills and confidence to engage with members of diverse groups by finding commonalities, embracing diversity, and challenging discrimination based on difference."

Inclusive Excellence at Castleton
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee
Study Abroad
On CU's website
Study, Work, and Volunteer Abroad
On the library's Careers and Post-Graduation Planning guide

Outside resources

Professional Association

National Association of International Educators (NAFSA)
(Formerly National Association of Foreign Student Advisers)

Resources

U.S. Classroom Culture
Booklet from NAFSA and the U.S. Dept. of State about the American higher education system to help international students know what to expect when studying in the U.S.
Global Learning Resources
From the Association of American Colleges & Universities

At the CU Library

Cross-Cultural Teaching and Learning for Home and International Students: Internationalisation, Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Education by Janette Ryan (Editor)
Call Number: Stacks 378.0162 R955c
Publication Date: 2012-10-09
This books maps and discusses the increasing internationalisation of teaching and learning at universities around the world, which introduces what can be radically different teaching, learning and assessment contexts for both students and staff. This book moves beyond the rhetoric of internationalisation to examine some of the more complex issues for practitioners, researchers, students and those working in transnational or non-Anglophone contexts. Information is organized around four main themes: new ways of teaching, learning and assessing, new ways of designing and delivering curriculum, new ways of thinking and acting, and new ways of listening.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Intercultural Competence by Janet M. Bennett (Editor)
Call Number: REF 305.8 Sa18 (2 volumes)
Publication Date: 2015-05-08
This book highlights cultural competence, which refers to the set of attitudes, practices, and policies that enables a person or agency to work well with people from differing cultural groups.