CDAG 2023 Virtual Conference
CDAG: Refocus
7a -Customized Curriculum for International Students in Graduate Certificates
Dee Morrissey and Kristibeth Kelly, Fanshawe College
The exponential growth of international student enrolment in Ontario’s post-secondary institutions has created a changing landscape for teaching and learning (Wall, 2022). International students arrive in Canada ready to learn but often face barriers they did not anticipate, both in the classroom and in the community (El Masri, et al., 2022). Ontario’s colleges, in particular, have been challenged to meet the needs of their growing international student population (Colyar et al., 2023). Fanshawe College, through consultation with international students, international recruiters, and the staff and faculty who support international students, created curriculum designed to lower barriers for international students enrolled in post-graduate certificates. A series of meetings and focus groups generated a wish list of content for the 300 hours of “Canadian context” required by the Credential Validation Service (CVS) for four-semester Ontario College Graduate Certificates. The challenge was to fashion the wish list into graduate-level learning outcomes and curriculum that meets student needs and CVS requirements, and then determine how to measure success. Fanshawe’s Canadian Context Semester launched in May 2023, and research is now underway. In this presentation, we will outline our research study and share initial survey results and focus group feedback.
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