Cultivating Cultural Intelligence (CQ): Designing a pedagogy for the 21st century

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K13654
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09070:Educational technology-related
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Principal Investigator: Roux Petrus 立命館アジア太平洋大学, 教育開発・学修支援センター, 准教授 (20769088)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: cultural intelligence / learning design

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Globalization and technological advances are disrupting educational systems everywhere and higher education institutions (HEI) are under pressure. Specifically, Higher Education (HE) pedagogies that utilize technologies for intercultural learning remain underdeveloped. Combining instructional design (ID&T) and educational technologies in a hybrid format, it investigated online learning technologies and experience-based learning to develop the cultural intelligence (CQ) of participants. This investigation delivered an integrative hybrid pedagogy that successfully developed intercultural learning, or CQ, for learning at university.

Free Research Field

Educational Technology

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

The program was successful in developing CQ in participants. It highlighted the importance of needs analysis during program construction, building motivation and curiosity in participants through course design, and the results emphasized the need for critical thinking development in participants.