Intercultural learning: Embedding intercultural learning opportunities in teaching.
(opens in a new window)Dr Aideen Quilty, University College Dublin
Dr Aideen Quilty is Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Social Justice UCD. She is currently the Associate Dean of Social Sciences and was recently appointed to the Royal Irish Academy’s interdisciplinary committee of social sciences. She is Director of the nationally recognized Gender Studies Community University Outreach Programme and was both Head of Subject and Director of
the MA Gender Studies from 2019-21.
She views her undergraduate, community outreach and graduate teaching and PhD supervision as a form of critical civic practice reflecting her understanding of education as a deeply political act, interconnected with our complex social lifeworlds. She is a UCD Fellow in Teaching and Academic Development and has been nominated for and received multiple awards for teaching excellence at
College and University level.
Aideen’s research is interdisciplinary drawing on intersecting queer, feminist, and spatial theories alongside qualitative research methodologies. She has been Principal Investigator (PI) on a number of transnational European research initiatives in the area of LGBTQI+ diversity and inclusion and has been recognized at College and University levels for her career-long commitment to widening participation within Higher Education. She is the academic lead on UCD’s ambitions and highly successful Active Bystander Programme designed as part of a suite of initiatives to combat sexual violence, assault and harassment across our university campus.
(opens in a new window)Dr Cliona O'Sullivan University College Dublin
Dr Cliona O'Sullivan is a physiotherapist and Associate Professor at University College Dublin, (UCD). She graduated from Robert Gordon University, Scotland in 1997 and worked for 10 years in a variety of clinical areas in Ireland, Scotland and Burkina Faso, West Africa. She holds a MSc in Community Health from Trinity College Dublin (2004) and PhD from UCD (2010). In 2011, she led the design and development of the first Masters level graduate entry physiotherapy programme in Ireland and served as programme director until 2022.
She has a keen interest in global health and sustainable development and endeavours to foster an awareness of global challenges and solutions among students. She developed international interdisciplinary clinical placements in India and Uganda with UCD Volunteer Overseas (UCDVO) and a partnership with Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda. She has embedded the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Global Health into the BSc and Masters Physiotherapy curricula and coordinates a global health module on the online MSc Sustainable Development in UCD School of Politics and International Relations. She has a College award for teaching and learning, (2017), twice been the UCD nominee for Universitas 21 excellence in Health Science Teaching Award, (2017, 2018) and completed a UCD fellowship in Teaching and Academic Development (2018-2020) entitled: 'Teaching Across Cultures'.
Her research spans musculoskeletal health, health systems and global health and she collaborates with international universities and non-governmental organisations. Dr O'Sullivan chairs the Universitas 21 Health Sciences Group SDG Initiative, a global network with members from 18 universities worldwide, which aims to promote knowledge and understanding of the SDGs within health science curricula. She is currently Associate Dean for Global Engagement in the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science.
Webinar Details
This presentation is based on research undertaken by Aideen and Cliona between 2019 and 2021 with undergraduates, postgraduates and colleagues to explore the broad topic of teaching and learning across cultures in UCD. Based on this research we define Intercultural Learning as ‘the opportunities and experiences of working and learning with people across different cultures’. The aim of our presentation is to explore this concept of intercultural learning through a conceptual framework we developed called ORCA and to present concrete examples of how to embed intercultural learning in our learning environments. We will share an intercultural learning tool-kit along with our experiences of using artefacts (everyday objects and examples) as conduits of intercultural learning in higher education.
This webinar took place on Tuesday 25th April at 1pm.
A recording of the webinar is below and also available at this link - (opens in a new window)https://bit.ly/3KLYU7o.
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