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C. (2019) . University educators’ experiences of teaching abroad: The promotion of cross-cultural competence. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(3). [https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2019.3.9476](https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2019.3.9476)  \nUniversity Educators’ Experiences of Teaching Abroad: The Promotion of Cross-cultural Competence  \nAbstract  \nAs university classrooms become increasingly culturally diverse, how can educators learn to meet the needs of all of their students? Teaching abroad is an immersion activity that creates spaces which promote growth-producing experiences for faculty. The participants in this qualitative study reflected on their experiences of teaching abroad and discussed how it can help foster the development of cultural competency. Within this meta-theme, four subthemes emerged. The participants in this study discussed the personal dispositions and skills they think promote becoming culturally competent—the capacity to (a) adapt, (b) be interested in students and treat them as individuals, (c) embrace challenges, and (d) be comfortable with feeling uncomfortable. Teaching abroad is an effective professional development activity, one that should be supported by universities.  \nAlors que les salles de classe universitaires deviennent de plus en plus diverses culturellement, comment les éducateurs peuvent-ils apprendre à répondre aux besoins de tous leurs étudiants? L’enseignement à l’étranger est une activité d’immersion où sont créés des espaces qui offrent aux enseignants des expériences de croissance. Les participants à cette étude qualitative réfléchissent sur leurs expériences d’enseignement à l’étranger et discutent de la manière dont ces expériences peuvent favoriser le développement de compétences culturelles. Au sein de cette thématique, quatre sousthèmes ont vu le jour. Les participants à cette étude ont discuté des dispositions et des compétences personnelles qui, selon eux, favorisent le fait de devenir culturellement compétent : la capacité 1) des’adapter, 2) de s’intéresser aux étudiants et de les traiter comme des individus, 3) de relever les défiset 4) de se sentir à l’aise avec le fait de ne pas se sentir à l’aise. L’enseignement à l’étranger est une activité efficace de développement professionnel qui devrait être soutenue par les universités.  \nKeywords  \nuniversity educators, experiential learning, teaching abroad, faculty; éducateurs universitaires, apprentissage par l’expérience, enseignement à l’étranger, corps professoral  \nThis research paper/rapport de recherche is available in The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:  \n[https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2019.3.9476](https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2019.3.9476)  \nCanadian university classrooms are becoming increasingly culturally diverse, particularly as many institutions try to recruit international students (Guo & Jamal, 2007) . Many Canadian universities have created international student centres, student services offices, and centres for teaching and learning to enhance students’ education. However, an opportunity that appears to receive much less attention, and from which students and educators can benefit, is teaching abroad experiences for faculty.  \nThere are many terms used to describe teaching abroad, including cross-cultural, multi-cultural, in","cbCairgdo4SCvIac","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairgdo4SCvIac","pdf",250289,15,"English","# Abstract\n## Teaching abroad as immersion and growth\n## Cultural competency development: four subthemes\n## Professional development implications","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study examines university educators’ experiences teaching abroad and how such experiences promote development of cultural competency.\"},{\"question\":\"What four personal dispositions and skills emerged as supporting cultural competency?\",\"answer\":\"The participants identified the capacity to adapt, to be interested in students and treat them as individuals, to embrace challenges, and to feel comfortable with discomfort.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is teaching abroad considered important according to the research?\",\"answer\":\"Teaching abroad is presented as an effective professional development activity that creates growth-producing experiences and should be supported by universities.\"}]","The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Issue 3 - University Educators’ Experiences of Teaching Abroad: The Promotion of Cross-cultural Competence | PDF",1792082296,38]