Case Studies

Tell us about what you are doing 

Internationalisation of the curriculum needs to be defined and developed within specific disciplinary contexts. Case studies provide useful instructional insight into how to others have approached the internationalisation of the curriculum.

If you  want to share what you have done, we welcome your case studies. To learn more about how you can contribute and be connected to others working in and on internationalisation of the curriculum click here or email us at: [email protected].

 

Four Australian case studies

These case studies document how it has been developed in different disciplines.  They illustrate the way in which different groups in Australian universities approached the internationalisation of their curriculum and are useful in understanding the way the process works in context.

Case Study 1 and case study 2 illustrate how the Questionnaire in Internationalisation of the Curriculum (QIC) highlighted gaps in current practice and informed the resultant actions taken.  Case Study 3 describes an approach to the process focussed on using graduate attributes as a tool to internationalise the curriculum.

The case studies can be used in different ways.  For example, they could be used to assist staff to understand the concept of internationalisation of the curriculum prior to commencing the first ‘Review and Reflect’ [hyperlink to page] stage of the process within their own disciplinary groups, or they could be used to illustrate the way in which the process has worked in different contexts at a  later stage of the process  In combination with the conceptual framework  [hyperlink to page] and the process of internationalisation of the curriculum  [hyperlink to page] they can be useful prompts for staff involved in the process to reflect on and discuss what internationalising the curriculum means in different contexts.

It is useful to get people to thinking about the following questions as they read through these case studies.

  1. What are the enabling factors within the institutional context?
  2. What does the case study tell you about the process of internationalising the curriculum?
  3. What does it tell you about the product, an internationalised curriculum?
  4. What questions does it raise for you?