Workshop: Culturally Sensitive Collaboration and Cooperation for Lecturers and Academic Staff

International Office

Workshop

Exciting insights into culturally sensitive methods for an enriching, intercultural teaching practice.

As part of the DAAD-funded project IFMB2 (Internationale Fachkräfte für die Metropolregion Berlin-Brandenburg), the International Office cordially invites you to a workshop on culturally sensitive collaboration and cooperation, which is aimed specifically at lecturers and early career researchers.

This workshop offers exciting insights into the diversity of intercultural teaching and learning situations and focusses on the use of culturally sensitive methods that help to build bridges to international students.

Topics such as different learning motivations, dealing with culturally influenced hierarchies and the expectations of independent learning offer valuable starting points for enriching teaching across cultural boundaries.

With new impulses and a deeper understanding of the individual needs of students, we create an environment in which cultural diversity can be experienced as a genuine enrichment. Join us and create an inclusive teaching practice together!

Schedule

9.30 am	Introduction, welcome, orientation
9.45 am	What is culture and how does it influence teaching and learning? Cultural values and their influence in the context of teaching and learning (e.g. dealing with hierarchy, rules and time, expectations of teachers and students and shaping perceptions)
11.00 am	Break
11.15 am	Cultural and personal differences in communication styles
12.15 pm	Strategies for dealing with heterogeneous student groups Developing your own options for diversity-orientated and interculturally sensitive cooperation in the university context
1.30 pm	Conclusion

Profile of the trainer

Prof. Annette Gisevius is Head of Training & Concepts at InterCultur. She designs and leads intercultural training courses for numerous target and age groups (e.g. for specialists and managers as well as trainers and multipliers), including on the topics of intercultural communication, cultural sensitisation, conflict styles and experience-based learning. She is also an honorary professor at Karlshochschule International University and teaches on topics such as "competence development".

Annette Gisevius has worked in intercultural contexts in Germany, the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Malaysia. She has trained as a coach for international youth work and is an administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). She is also a qualified trainer for Betzavta and ToP (Technology of Participation).

Her academic background is in cultural studies. She graduated from Leuphana University (Lüneburg) and Angelo State University in Texas. She obtained the Intercultural Professional Certificate at the Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland.

Target audience: Lecturers