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How International Trips Innovate Careers in Education
The digital transformation in today’s education continues to encourage teachers to innovate their classrooms, and those virtual skills will need to eventually be mastered in person. As teachers build more online experiences for students, they also have an opportunity to take the right steps in a new direction will prepare students for the future of a globalizing world.
Travel Prep and Planning Now: Benefits For Students and Teachers
At EdOdyssey, we believe that travel changes people, and people change the world. Visiting a foreign country invites people to pursue new experiences and adopt different viewpoints of the world. Like students, travelers are always learning new things and pondering how their new knowledge fits into their lives.
Understanding the Importance of Indigenous Rights and Legal Pluralism: A Virtual Study Abroad Experience
People of drastically different cultures are connected globally in numerous ways. In a world so globalized, it is important to possess knowledge about human rights, interculturality, and history in order to understand their impacts on the present. This exciting virtual course is offered by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) in Lima, Peru. It will provide a global perspective, with a specific focus on Peru, about indigenous rights and how cultural diversity and ethnic identity play a crucial role in construction of government policies.
Peruvian History and Culture: Millennia of Civilization and A Changing Future Ahead
Peruvian History and Culture may sound like a class you could enroll in at your home institution, but taking the course through a program in the actual country brings a deeper perspective and relevancy to the topic. Furthermore, the instructors from PUCP are experts in their fields who live and breathe the Peruvian experiences themselves. They teach from what they study and observe in Peru firsthand.
Understanding Why Medical Spanish and Hispanic Cultural Knowledge Matters in Healthcare
The need for Spanish speaking professionals continues to rise, and students and professionals who want to prepare for the future of healthcare will require training that combines language, culture and best practices.
How to Define the Study Abroad "Immersion" Experience
Immersion during study abroad involves a deep involvement and understanding of the culture of a different country. It is not just an overview or a checklist of that country’s features, but a thorough encounter into the sublayers of social, political, ideological, and economic factors that define it as a culture.
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