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Developing Intercultural Competence in the Classroom and Beyond
Proposal abstract :
CDSP is attracting an increasingly diverse student body, diverse in gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religious background, and nationality. Our graduates are preparing to lead in a church that has struggled to effectively embody the spirit of full inclusion to which we are called by our Christian faith. This situation presents us with the following question: How can we best teach and prepare our students for effective and inclusive ministries marked by mission, discipleship, and evangelism in an increasingly diverse society? Our effectiveness in preparing leaders for the church will be enhanced by incorporating intercultural development into all aspects of teaching and learning at CDSP. We seek funding to support (1) intercultural learning and development for faculty and top-level academic administrators and (2) planning and initial steps to incorporate intercultural development into our pedagogy, curriculum, advisory relationships, and all other campus contexts in which learning and formation take place.
Learning Abstract :
As a result of this project, the entire CDSP faculty and student body is now engaged in focused efforts to improve intercultural competence on our campus and in our ministry outside of the seminary environment. This work is one aspect of our larger efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of CDSP. Project funding supported the intercultural development of all members of the faculty as well as key administrators and provided us with resources to improve our classes and overall curriculum to be more effective in increasing the intercultural competence of our students. As a result of this project, we are able to understand and respond to issues of teaching and learning through a specifically intercultural lens, something of particular benefit to CDSP as a predominantly white institution.
CDSP is attracting an increasingly diverse student body, diverse in gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religious background, and nationality. Our graduates are preparing to lead in a church that has struggled to effectively embody the spirit of full inclusion to which we are called by our Christian faith. This situation presents us with the following question: How can we best teach and prepare our students for effective and inclusive ministries marked by mission, discipleship, and evangelism in an increasingly diverse society? Our effectiveness in preparing leaders for the church will be enhanced by incorporating intercultural development into all aspects of teaching and learning at CDSP. We seek funding to support (1) intercultural learning and development for faculty and top-level academic administrators and (2) planning and initial steps to incorporate intercultural development into our pedagogy, curriculum, advisory relationships, and all other campus contexts in which learning and formation take place.
Learning Abstract :
As a result of this project, the entire CDSP faculty and student body is now engaged in focused efforts to improve intercultural competence on our campus and in our ministry outside of the seminary environment. This work is one aspect of our larger efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of CDSP. Project funding supported the intercultural development of all members of the faculty as well as key administrators and provided us with resources to improve our classes and overall curriculum to be more effective in increasing the intercultural competence of our students. As a result of this project, we are able to understand and respond to issues of teaching and learning through a specifically intercultural lens, something of particular benefit to CDSP as a predominantly white institution.