Professor Terri Seddon About CROSSLIFE Crosscultural collaboration in

Professor Terri Seddon About CROSSLIFE: Cross-cultural collaboration in lifelong learning and work www. education. monash. edu. au

Beginnings of CROSSLIFE • Grew out of an established research field in which researchers examined the relationship between education and work based in national working life and education traditions in a critical, historical, and gender-sensitive way. • This research field is challenged by globalisation, which is transforming everyday practices and research frameworks in education and work. • These changing circumstances prompt established researchers to rethink the idea and practices of ‘academic apprenticeship’ preparing researcher-professionals for globally connected times. www. education. monash. edu. au 2

First aim of CROSSLIFE • To develop a joint program between nationally-based universities to support Masters and Doctoral students develop cross-national knowledge, skills and networks to enhance their understanding and capacity to work in globally interconnected lifelong learning and work. • Curriculum: 5 -step pathway in cross-national learning that investigates transformations in lifelong learning and work • Pedagogy: 3 workshops (2007 -8) in different national contexts providing opportunities formal, informal and experiential learning • Outcomes: knowledge about transformations in lifelong learning and work, skills in research, capacities for cross-cultural communication and collaboration, and cross-national research-professional networks www. education. monash. edu. au 3

Second aim of CROSSLIFE • To build a partnership between universities active in research in lifelong learning and work to create the CROSSLIFE program and establish a cross-national network of supervisors able to support cross-national knowledge-sharing and supervisory relationships with students • Creating an academic network that revitalises the classic idea of an ‘academic apprenticeship’ for globally interconnected times. • Building student-supervisor relationships that can support crossnational learning and research. • Establishing an organisational and decision-making framework which can steer cross-national program development, supervision and learning and research outcomes. www. education. monash. edu. au 4

Third aim of CROSSLIFE To build on the developmental and implementation stage, so that CROSSLIFE is eligible as an Erasmus Mundus MA programme. • Designing, implementing and evaluating CROSSLIFE as a model to revitalise academic apprenticeship. • Clarifying the implications of travelling ideas for lifelong learning and work, with particular emphasis on national systems, occupations and educational work, and global pedagogies • Building knowledge about cross-cultural collaborations in lifelong learning and work in globally interconnected times in research, teaching and practical action. www. education. monash. edu. au 5

CROSSLIFE activities Copenhagen London EU interface Home-university interface Malta Tampere Melbourne Program Aims, Governance, Planning Team Tampere Zurich Materials development Workshop design & implementation London Book 1 Tampere Book 2 Malta Book 3 Evaluation ICT environment Research www. education. monash. edu. au 6

Crosslife theme: Travelling ideas ‘Travelling ideas’ is the instrument we use to investigate globally connected lifelong learning and work What travels and what does not travel? �� Ideas travel globally today through policy documents, the web, media, regulatory arrangements, global language practices, global-English, globally mobile bodies (people/agencies) What do travelling ideas-things tell us about globalisation? We can understand globalisation by examining how ideas-things travel and their effects in local spaces. What does travelling ideas mean for academic work and apprenticeship? How do we do research in globally connected times? What competences and capacities do we need to negotiate the ‘global higher education and research market’? How do we learn to work across boundaries ‘transnationally’? www. education. monash. edu. au 7

Workshop content Workshop 1: London - Introduced travelling ideas • Examined the way ideas-things are travelling globally and their effects in national school and training systems and organisations. Workshop 2: Tampere - Examines impact of travelling ideas in working life • Examines the way travelling ideas-things are changing occupations and workplaces. Workshop 3: Malta - Reflects on global pedagogies • Examines the way travelling ideas-things are changing ways of learning and teaching. www. education. monash. edu. au 8