global competence

Global Learning in a Time of Increased Xenophobia and Extreme Nationalism

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This is the title of an upcoming webinar that is the first in NAFSA's Academic Programs six-part Architecture for Global Learning - Series II.  Here is a brief description: Many institutions integrate global learning into curricula and co-curricular programming with the goal of producing graduates capable of contributing solutions to global problems. However, institutional leaders, … Continue reading Global Learning in a Time of Increased Xenophobia and Extreme Nationalism

Happy 5th Anniversary, An International Educator in Vietnam!

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Over 500 posts and five (5) years of relative online freedom of speech after four (4) years of working for an employer that had a pre-approval policy for its employees' outside writing and speaking activities. Coincidentally (?), my first post on 16 November 2009 was about a book chapter I co-authored entitled “Developing Globally Competent … Continue reading Happy 5th Anniversary, An International Educator in Vietnam!

Keynote Address: “Intercultural Competence as a Cornerstone of Innovation”

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I was honored to be invited to give the keynote address at the recent annual Conference of Business Innovation, organized by the FPT Leadership Institute. First, a word about the parent company.  FPT, Vietnam's leading technology company, was founded in 1988 as The Food Processing Technology Company.  Its first contract was  to provide computers for … Continue reading Keynote Address: “Intercultural Competence as a Cornerstone of Innovation”

Americans and the Other

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No, this is not a Vietnam-related post, at least not directly.  Indirectly, however, there is a Vietnam connection.  I was invited to speak to a group of US higher education colleagues about Vietnam in early February 2010 at a seminar in Washington, D.C.  During my presentation, the snow began falling right on schedule, and kept falling throughout that day and … Continue reading Americans and the Other

“Policies for Teachers and Educational Leaders in the Innovative Education Process”

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I spoke at an  international workshop today for teachers and educational leaders, sponsored by Vietnam National University's University of Education.   Topic:  Creating Globally Competent Citizens in Cross-Cultural Perspective.  It was a variation on one of the themes of my co-authored book chapter (see previous posting) with a focus on global citizenship education - obstacles and opportunities.  A Vietnamese translation of the … Continue reading “Policies for Teachers and Educational Leaders in the Innovative Education Process”