Essays about: "Crossing borders"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words Crossing borders.

  1. 1. Crossing Borders Digitally : A Minor Field Study on Online Challenge Driven Education

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Edith Jacobson; Veronica Vilbern; [2023]
    Keywords : Challenge Driven Education CDE ; Collaborative Online International Learning COIL ; intercultural; interdisciplinary; core competencies; Utmaningsdriven utbildning CDE ; Internationella virtuella samarbeten inom lärande COIL ; interkulturell; interdisciplinär; mjuk kompetens;

    Abstract : With advancements in educational digitalisation, new opportunities for international collaboration on education have been created. Through the KTH Global Development Hub collaboration, students from universities in Botswana, Kenya, Sweden and Tanzania participate in modules with Challenge Driven Education (CDE). READ MORE

  3. 2. Cross-cultural training and cultural adjustment: Proposing an optimal CCT program.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Chrysiida Psarri; [2022-09-29]
    Keywords : cross-cultural training; cross-cultural adjustment; intercultural competence; intercultural communication; language training; acculturation; organizational support; immigration; migration; expatriation.;

    Abstract : Abstract Title: Cross-cultural training and cultural adjustment: Proposing an optimal CCT program. Author: Chrysiida Psarri Supervisor: Joseph Trotta Abstract: The increasing development of international business has had a direct impact on global mobility, making the relocation and cross-cultural adjustment of immigrants, migrants and expatriates, an urgent matter. READ MORE

  4. 3. Drones at the borders – Security for whom?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Malin Gustafsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Public International Law; Folkrätt; International Human Rights Law; Mänskliga rättigheter; Migration law; Migrationsrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Italy is using drones to monitor migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. This is partially done through a contract with Leonardo S.p.A – one of the largest arms traders in the world – under which the company undertakes to operate drones in the area on behalf of the state. READ MORE

  5. 4. Peruvian Trainee Teachers as Mestizas. Pedagogies of Tolerance and Respect Towards Gay and Lesbian People

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Magrith Mena Portocarrero; [2020]
    Keywords : Tolerance; Respect; Standpoint theory; Gay; Lesbian; Engaged pedagogy; Mestiza consciousness; Nos otras; Gender binary discourse; Border crossing; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Given the polarized political context in Peru that was provoked by the inclusion of LGTBIQ+ identities in the official school curriculum, this study analyzes the meanings that students of pedagogy in Lima ascribe to tolerance and respect towards gay and lesbian people, and how these meanings inform their pedagogical practices. Based on two focus groups and eight individual interviews grounded in standpoint theory, this study engages in a dialogue with the work of Wendy Brown regarding tolerance. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Ingredients of Culture : A Study on Cultural Identity and Cultural Belinging in Relation to Food in Hiromi Goto's Chorus of Mushrooms

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Ämnesforskning

    Author : Linus Calais; [2020]
    Keywords : cultural identity; cultural belonging; food; chorus of mushrooms; Hiromi Goto;

    Abstract : Food is something every human consumes in order to survive. However, cuisine and culinary practices hold more power than the basic biological need. Food can be used as a tool to express cultural identity and cultural belonging. Culinary practices and traditions make crossing cultural borders entirely possible on an everyday basis. READ MORE