Facilitated by Yunyi Chen, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Intercultural engagement such as group work has become more of a challenge in Queen’s classrooms with the continuous diversification of student populations on campus. On the contrary to the prevalent assumption that students interact automatically in the classroom despite of their diverse cultural, linguistic, and educational backgrounds, educators need to intentionally plan and support intercultural group work to enact meaningful and effective collaboration.
In this workshop, participants will explore the ‘intercultural collaboration for learning framework’ designed to promote engagement and collaborations in culturally diverse classrooms. They will work together to explore various instructional strategies and resources that help better navigate intercultural group work in their own practice.  

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to identify some (new) strategies and resources to enact meaningful collaborations amongst diverse student groups.