This gave me some lessons learned as well since I asked several people how they liked it and was told that I didn't make it that clear so I elaborated it a bit and hope it will work ka.
For many people, unfortunately, IZN like cross-culture, could be mistaken to think that they could happen automatically from mixing people of different nationalities together while some could think that IZN was similar to if not the same as, westernization.
Prof. Dr. Supachai Yawaprabhas put it nicely ka. He said IZN for the west was like an orchestra while ours was like a marching band or the so-called, วงโย lae ka. For me, I think we've come so far to stand quite visibly in the global arena that the marching band has become วงฟองน้ำ Orchestra with the smoother blend of both Thai and western musical tunes and selected instruments.
To get started, one/each institution must ask the question 'Why IZN?' to make sure we know the pro and con issues plus the real purpose to move it forward. I referred the question 'Why' to Simon Sinek who said sales people tended to start their sale talking about the products instead of pointing out of the need. I really like it and in fact, I also linked it to 'purpose'.....didn't say it in the podcast ka 5555!
The 'Why' question comes with the consideration for 'definition' and I cited the one crafted by the Bureau of International Cooperation Strategy, MHESI, as an example. The keywords were 'process', 'global citizenship', and 'preferable soft skills...with 'respect' as the one I highlighted. We could also table out activities universities around the world carried out to promote IZN and then look backward to see why they chose to do that...could be because of the visibility, need for intellectual development, etc.
Then it would go on to answer what and how, which again could be drawn from the process of forming a definition. I do think that not every institution needs to have a definition if they think they can make the community understand and that they know how to measure the success. My 'how well' by indicators came last ka.
Cheers to all who have been trying hard to make IZN achieve our goal of nurturing quality global citizens ka.
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