Internationalising the Student Experience: Preparing Instructors to Embed Intercultural Skills in the Curriculum

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-334

  Mak, Anita S ^a   Kennedy, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum; International students; Internationalisation; Student diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863557396     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-012-9213-4     Document Type: Article

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