Holocast Center The mission of the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center & Archives is to use the lessons of the Holocaust to educate current and future generations about the ramifications of unbridled prejudice, racism and stereotyping. Instructors have described how the Center has been an invaluable resource in their classes. Just click here and watch a few short videos.
QCC Art Gallery The Gallery's mission is to collect and preserve; present and interpret; educate and motivate; and stimulate new art production. QCC Art Gallery is a great educational resource that can easily be integrated into your curriculum to enhance learning outcomes for your students. If you want to know more about their experiences, just click here and watch a few short videos.
Queensborough Performing arts Center presents performances of the highest quality that reflect the diversity of our city and our school. QPAC is a vital cultural resource and tool for instruction. If you are curious regarding the experiences of instructors who have explored this cultural resource, just click one or more of the short testimonials posted here.
Salzburg Global Seminar- “Global Citizenship: Ethics and Engagement”
Faculty-led Study Abroad in Nevers, France
Study Aboard - The Study Abroad program offers students the opportunity for personal growth and global understanding. Students gain insights into other cultures, develop new perspectives, and learn to reflect on their own culture.
High Impact Educational Practices:
Academic Service Learning Common Intellectual Experiences Learning Communities Collaborative Assignments and Projects Undergraduate Research Writing Intensive Courses Diversity/Global Learning Projects
Making Cultural Connection Seminars
The seminar series includes four sessions
SESSION I: This session introduces key questions related to making cultural connections and designing teaching & learning modules based on the cultural and archival resources at QCC.
SESSION II: This session focuses on various models of integrating cultural resources via high impact educational practices that promote student engagement.
SESSION III: This session introduces intercultural competence assessment tools
SESSION IV: This session includes presentations by seminar participants. Faculty have the opportunity to showcase their projects, solicit feedback, and explore collaborative projects to infuse diversity and global learning in the curriculum.
Participants will have the opportunity to:
Examine the basic assumptions and issues of intercultural communication and various tracks of global learning
Review basic intercultural topics, styles of communication, cultural values, and issues related to cultural adaptation
Explore the ways in which an intercultural approach can help to diversify the course materials and represent a broader range of cultural and other perspectives, literacies, histories, etc.
Review resources available for further study of the subject
To build a cohort of faculty who are interested to work on an in-depth, intellectually rich, and focused exploration of diversity and global learning
To support faculty in identifying culturally sensitive intervention strategies for learning, team-building, and assessment in order to enable students to consider multiple perspectives in viewing the world.
To enhance the opportunities for integrating QCC’s cultural/ archival resources in the curriculum;
All participants will submit a one page statement of interest;
All participants must commit to attending four sessions
All participants will develop instructional materials for their projects
All participants will create multimedia presentations for workshops and mentoring of faculty
Participants will be informed of publication opportunities
Dr. Meg Tarafdar Associate Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Library Suite 314 QCC, CUNY (City University of New York)
Former participants have developed culturally inclusive pedagogy that reflects the multiple and diverse cultural realities of both minority and mainstream groups. Faculty members have collaborated in integrating cultural/archival resources such as the Holocaust Center, Art Gallery, and Performing Arts in preparing students to become globally competent citizens. The projects highlight multiple tracks of the global education framework: Intercultural Learning, Sustainable Development, Technology as a global tool, and Human Rights Education. Faculty members participated in reflection activities, identified tools to assess the impact of this project, and have learned about publication opportunities in this area.