ABSTRACT

This article discusses the development of global competence through the integration of a series of international-intercultural in-class activities in a Latin American international business (IB) course. A pre- and post-survey were applied and analyzed using a non-parametric Wilcoxon test to identify changes in student perceptions of their global competence development. Results showed development of all competences included in the survey. Intercultural effectiveness was the factor that showed the most statistically significant improvement, while willingness to learn from and adapt to other cultures, openness to other cultures, and awareness of diversity developed to a lesser extent. In addition, the dimensions of attitude and knowledge showed improvement while skills demonstrated only slight change. Therefore, IB teaching can be improved by including well-planned international-intercultural classroom activities to promote not only discipline-related knowledge but also global competence development without relying on student mobility.

摘要

本文讨论了通过在拉丁美洲国际商务 (IB) 课程中整合一系列国际跨文化课堂活动来发展全球能力。使用非参数 Wilcoxon 检验应用和分析前后调查，以确定学生对其全球能力发展的看法的变化。结果显示了调查中包括的所有能力的发展。跨文化有效性是统计上最显着改善的因素，同时它愿意学习和适应其他文化，对其他文化的开放性以及对多样性的意识发展到了较小的程度。此外，态度和知识的维度显示出改善，而技能仅显示出轻微的变化。因此，IB教学可以通过包括精心策划的国际跨文化课堂活动来改进，不仅可以促进学科相关知识，而且可以在不依赖学生流动的情况下促进全球能力的发展。