Internationalisation at Home activities in different academic disciplines
Approaches to internationalisation of the curriculum are in part dependent on the academic discipline and the disciplinary culture in which they take place (Leask & Bridge 2013). Different studies have explored disciplinary approaches to internationalisation; many of these (Clifford 2009, Agnew 2012, Clifford 2012, Green & Whitsed 2012, Leask 2013, Leask & Bridge 2013, Leask & De Wit 2015) have focused on the process, understanding and approaches of the disciplines to internationalisation of the curriculum.
Using the Becher-Biglan typology of academic tribes, we are curious to see whether the different disciplinary approaches to internationalisation of the curriculum can also be found in the choices of internationalisation at home activities in different disciplinary fields. In this respect, Agnew (2012) claims that “the ways in which faculty members think about internationalisation may influence how faculty members engage in the process of internationalisation and, specifically, how to internationalise their curricular content” (p. 184). If this is true, we should be able to observe such differences in the types of internationalisation at home interventions different disciplines plan in curricula, which is the issue that this study seeks to explore within The Hague University of Applied sciences.
Using our own tool to map internationalisation at home called THIAH (The Hague Internationalisation at Home mapping instrument), we will interview 12 degree programmes as representatives of the four academic tribes. The study will result in a journal article and a visual tool plotting IaH interventions within the academic tribes.
Contact
Claudia Bulnes and Eveke de Louw
Team
Claudia Bùlnes
Lecturer, Spanish, Researcher
Eveke de Louw
Lecturer, Spanish, Researcher
Claudia Bùlnes
My name is Claudia Bùlnes and I teach Spanish at European Studies. I come from Spain and have been living in The Netherlands for some time. I enjoy helping my students to communicate in Spanish, which you will be able to do straight away once you start learning the language. In addition, I particularly enjoy sharing Spanish culture with my students and guiding them in discovering different aspects of the Spanish speaking world. Besides being a Spanish teacher, I also work in a university-wide team called Global Citizenship and Internationalisation as another passion of mine besides teaching Spanish is to make sure that our students have a truly international experience while they study at The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
I hope to see you in class if you study Spanish at European Studies!
Eveke de Louw
Eveke de Louw is a senior lecturer at European Studies and a policy advisor on internationalisation of the curriculum and co-curriculum at the unit Education, Knowledge and Communication. She develops and delivers tailor-made trajectories, trainings and workshops on internationalisation of the curriculum, formulating and assessing internationalised learning outcomes as well as effective pedagogies for the international classroom. Moreover, she is an active member of the Internationalisation at Home Expert Community with the European Association for International Education. Within the research group, Eveke will participate in a Jean Monnet research project on the effects of a guided trajectory for an Erasmus exchange programme on the formation of a European identity and employability skills of Business students. In this project THUAS partners with two British universities and one Polish institution of higher education. Her research interests focus on analysing the effectiveness of and further professionalising practices in internationalisation at home.
e.e.delouw@hhs.nl