Résumés
Abstract
In today’s global community, internationalization offers students a crucial advantage by developing their intercultural competence and global citizenship skills. Recent research on Internationalization at Home (IaH) has shown that students can benefit from this approach even without travelling. There has been minimal research conducted on how internationalization affects students’ attitudes towards environmental sustainability, which is another critical theme in our interconnected world. This study evaluates an IaH initiative’s impact on students’ environmental beliefs and values from Alberta, Canada, and Kerala, India.
As an IaH initiative, this project engaged students in online collaboration with students from a different world region. Participants worked collaboratively on four tasks and completed an individual reflection assignment. Student and faculty feedback shows that participants improved their knowledge of environmental issues and their commitment to environmental sustainability. Additionally, students also demonstrated stronger intercultural communication and global citizenship skills.
Keywords:
- upper-division,
- undergraduate,
- environmental chemistry,
- collaborative/cooperative learning,
- intercultural competence,
- Canada-India,
- environmental sustainability,
- sustainable development,
- science
Résumé
Dans la communauté mondiale d’aujourd’hui, l’internationalisation offre aux étudiants un avantage crucial en développant leurs compétences interculturelles et leurs aptitudes à la citoyenneté mondiale. Des recherches récentes sur l’Internationalisation à domicile (IàD) ont démontré que les étudiants peuvent bénéficier de cette approche même s’ils ne voyagent pas. Peu de recherches ont été menées sur la manière dont l’internationalisation affecte les attitudes des étudiants au sujet de la durabilité environnementale – un autre thème clé dans notre monde interconnecté. La présente étude évalue l’impact d’une initiative d’IàD sur les opinions et les valeurs environnementales des étudiants de l’Alberta, au Canada et du Kérala, en Inde.
En tant qu’initiative de l’IàD, ce projet a amené des étudiants à collaborer en ligne avec des étudiants d’une autre région du monde. Les participants ont travaillé de manière collaborative sur quatre tâches et ont réalisé un travail de réflexion individuelle. Les commentaires des étudiants et des professeurs démontrent que les participants ont amélioré leur connaissance des questions environnementales et leur engagement en faveur de la durabilité environnementale. En outre, les étudiants ont également fait preuve d’une meilleure communication interculturelle et de compétences en matière de citoyenneté mondiale.
Mots-clés :
- division supérieure,
- étudiants de premier cycle,
- chimie environnementale,
- apprentissage collaboratif/coopératif,
- compétence interculturelle,
- Canada-Inde,
- durabilité environnementale,
- développement durable,
- science
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