Dr Peter Jones (PhD, MEd (Adult Learning), BSW(Hons), FHERDSA) is a Senior Lecturer at James Cook University (JCU) and has facilitated exchange programs for JCU students visiting India and Thailand as well as arranging for Thai and Indian students to visit JCU on exchange since 2011. Peter is a multi-award winning educator with a particular interest in international student exchange.
Associate Professor Debra Miles (PhD, MSW, BSW) of JCU has coordinated a number of student exchanges to India and Thailand and has been an invited speaker on the nature of international collaboration at a number of conferences in India and Thailand. She is the project leader of a major research project exploring Best Practice in International Student Exchange funded by the Australian Government Office of Learning and Teaching.
Dr Narayan Gopalkrishnan (PhD, MBA, B.Com) is a Senior Lecturer at James Cook University. Narayan has worked in Australia and overseas, in universities, NGOs and the private sector and researches extensively on intercultural learning and was formerly the Director for the Centre for Multicultural and Community Development at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
The ability to recognise and understand your own cultural context is a prerequisite to understanding and interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds. An intercultural learning approach encourages us to develop an understanding of culture and cultural difference, through reflecting on our own context and experience.
