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Internationalisation of the Curriculum

Professor Glynis Cousin (University of Wolverhampton, UK)

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Abstract

A growing number of theorists are calling for a paradigm shift in how we understand social diversity or multiculturalism. Many such theorists are associated with a cosmopolitan vision (e.g. Appiah, Beck, Fine) which seeks to rehabilitate and revise humanism for the twenty first century. This session explores the potential of this vision to inform our efforts to internationalise the university curriculum. In drawing on the relevant literature in this growing field and on an evaluation of a UK project relating to 'reconciliation pedagogy', it will be suggested that an internationalised curriculum is best conceptualised as a cosmopolitan space in which diversity and commonality are dynamically linked.

Appiah K T (2005) The Ethics of Identity: a rooted cosmopolitan, Friedman
Beck, U (2006 ) The Cosmopolitan Vision, Polity, Cambridge
Fine R (2007) Cosmopolitanism, Routledge, London

Background

Glynis Cousin is Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Institute for Learning Enhancement at the University of Wolverhampton. http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=17722

Professor Cousin has an interest in the internationalisation of the curriculum particularly in relation to 'rethinking diversity'.
She also has a research interest in discipline-based, threshold concepts - the fundamental concepts needed to understand specific disciplines.
http://www.gees.ac.uk/planet/p17/gc.pdf

Her recent book entitled 'Researching Learning in Higher Education' explores learning and teaching scholarship.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Researching-Higher-Education-Introduction-Contemporary/dp/041599165X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233093904&sr=1-1

Date of Presentation

26 May 2009