Dr. Barbara Kappler and Dr. Yuliya Kartoshkina from the University of Minnesota, along with Annette Benson from Purdue, team up to:

1.Identify key findings from educational and cultural neuroscience that can provide insights into how the functions of our brains impact intercultural learning.

2.Discover the complexity of intercultural facilitation and explore how effective facilitation techniques can benefit students’ intercultural learning.

3.Review several examples and scenarios involving intercultural facilitation techniques and analyze how you might apply these in your own practice.

4.Become familiar with several models and teaching tools to enhance intercultural empathy.