Go Global, Build Networks, Create Nodes: Integrating the Humanities and the Professions

Autor/inn/en	Finger, Anke; Tracksdorf, Niko
Titel	Go Global, Build Networks, Create Nodes: Integrating the Humanities and the Professions
Quelle	In: Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 52 (2019) 2, S.203-212 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1756-1221
DOI	10.1111/tger.12105
Schlagwörter	German; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Interdisciplinary Approach; Teaching Methods; Humanities; Foreign Policy; Intercultural Communication; Critical Thinking; Cultural Awareness; Engineering Education; Business Administration Education; Universities; College Second Language Programs; Global Approach; Declining Enrollment; Undergraduate Students; Rhode Island; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Deutscher; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Außenpolitik; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Kritisches Denken; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Ingenieurausbildung; University; Universität; Globales Denken
Abstract	Changing public demands and decreasing enrollment numbers have challenged the traditional concept of teaching languages, cultures, and literatures in the U.S. Although nationwide enrollment numbers in German programs have been declining, "global" German Studies programs such as the ones at the University of Connecticut and the University of Rhode Island have seen an increase over the years. This article demonstrates how these programs do not only integrate world perspectives and all matters international but introduce a broader view of "global." They go "global" in content by integrating the Humanities and the Professions on the undergraduate (UConn and URI) and graduate (UConn) level. The authors share insights into dual degree programs in German and Business, German and Engineering, and German and Diplomacy; Intercultural Communication within language and culture teaching; and Digital Humanities and Media Studies. The key for offering students these opportunities is threefold: (1) learning about and discussing topics that are relevant to the students' future career and life, (2) fostering cross-disciplinary skills such as critical thinking and intercultural competence, and (3) establishing and nurturing relationships with other disciplines and public sectors that are reciprocal and cross-pollinating, not exclusionary or hierarchical. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01