October Event :: Assessing Intercultural Competence in Children

Update: In preparation for Wednesday’s virtual event with Gina Difino, you can download Gina’s narrated PowerPoint about her research on assessing intercultural competence in children. Make sure your speakers are unmuted.

We hope you’ll join us this Wednesday at 7pm for the live call with Gina. Here are the call-in details:

Dial the call-in #: 1-213-550-2200
Enter the conference ID: 362-1776 (and then #)

Questions? Email us at sietarnc [@] gmail [.] org.

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Our October event will be our very first virtual meeting! We’re currently working out the technical details and will post the event information as soon as we can.

When :: Wednesday, October 20 from 7-8pm-ish

Where :: Online! Details TBA

Topic :: Assessing Intercultural Competence in Children

As interculturalists seek to guide individuals in their development of intercultural competence, we are continually seeking ways to assess the effectiveness of our work.  This research asks international educators whether they are concerned with assessing the development of intercultural competence in the children with which they work.

About the Speaker ::

Gina Difino’s interest in international education has taken her to study and work in four continents.  As an anthropology major at Grinnell College (Iowa) she studied abroad in Senegal, and short-term in Eastern Europe.  After completing her teaching practicum in Social Studies and French in Iowa, she taught high school Geography and English Language and Literature in Lesotho, Southern Africa.  Upon her return she taught Middle School Social Studies in North Carolina, serving as a team lead and school contact for the Duke Curriculum Project to integrate global learning in K-12 classrooms.  As part of her work with VIF International Education, Gina has worked with teachers from all over the world advising, orienting, and supporting their cultural adjustments and teaching practices in the US, and interviewing and orienting teachers in Jamaica and the Philippines.  To complete her Master’s Degree in International Education, she studied in Panama and completed research on current assessment practices for intercultural education.