Bridging Transcultural Divides

Author : Xianlin Song,Kate Cadman
Publisher : University of Adelaide Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781922064318

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"The impressive and stimulating essays in Bridging Transcultural Divides deal with the cultural and educational issues in the Australian context. (...) The books central message is that education for Asian students in Australia, and more broadly in the West, can no longer been seen as a one-way transfer of knowledge, but must be understood as a process of reciprocal learning in which both teachers and students are changed by the experience." - Prof. Tim Wright, University of Sheffield.

Author : Xianlin Song,Youzhong Sun
Publisher : Springer
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811049200

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Transcultural Encounters in Knowledge Production and Consumption by Xianlin Song,Youzhong Sun Pdf

This book is a distinctive collection on transcultural encounters in knowledge production and consumption, which are situated at the heart of pursuit for cognitive justice. It uniquely represents transcultural dialogues between academics of Australia, China and Malaysia, located on the borders of different knowledge systems. The uniqueness of this volume lies in the convergence of transcultural perspectives, which bring together diverse disciplines as cultural studies, education, media, translation theory and practice, arts, musicology, political science and literature. Each chapter explores the possibility of decolonising the knowledge production space as well as research methodologies. The chapters engage with ‘Chinese’ and ‘western’ thought on transcultural subjects and collectively articulate a new politics of difference, de-centring the dominant epistemologies and research paradigms in the global academia. Refracted through transcultural theories and practices, adapted to diverse traditions, histories and regional affiliations, and directed toward an international transcultural audience, the volume demonstrates expansive possibilities in knowledge production and contributes to the understanding of and between research scholarship which deals with collective societal and cultural challenges within the globalised world we live in. It would be of interest to researchers engaged with current critical debates in general and global scholars in transcultural and intercultural studies in specific.

Author : Greg McCarthy,Youzhong Sun,Xianlin Song
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811650284

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Transcultural Connections: Australia and China by Greg McCarthy,Youzhong Sun,Xianlin Song Pdf

This book is a unique and original contribution to the knowledge of transcultural engagement between the ‘East’ and the ‘West’; notably between China and Australia.The collection explores how the global system universally interrelates East and West, showing how this interrelatedness offers the promise of progress but can evoke the counteracting trend of tribal nationalism. The book addresses the connectedness of human progress by exploring how globalization creates new dynamic interfaces between East and West and how rather than clashes of culture there are growing forms of reciprocity between civilizations and a shared awareness of how humanity is connected through knowledge and international mobility.

Author : Newtona (Tina) Johnson,Shawn Simpson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848883680

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Bridging Differences: Understanding Cultural Interaction in Our Globalized World by Newtona (Tina) Johnson,Shawn Simpson Pdf

Written with passion, the stories told in this book are those of the search, loss and recreation of identities. From the Fiji-born women living in Canada looking for themselves to the Japanese of Korean origin having lost touch with their original culture, from the Catalonian demand for recognition to the quest for a common European heritage, we can read of the endless need of peoples to find their rightful place in our multicultural societies.

Author : Rahat Zaidi,Umit Boz,Eve Moreau
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800414426

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Transcultural Pedagogies for Multilingual Classrooms by Rahat Zaidi,Umit Boz,Eve Moreau Pdf

This book explores the ways in which transcultural pedagogies can support learning and literacies in critical, creative and socially just ways, highlighting research initiatives from across the globe. Each chapter provides a different and innovative perspective with respect to reimagining language and literacy pedagogies in conjunction with students’ diverse literacies and resources. Presenting a collection of classroom and community-based research, the book addresses the intersections of plurilingualism, identity and transcultural awareness in various contexts, including schools, universities, as well as local and Indigenous communities. These settings have been deliberately chosen to profile the range of research in the field, showcasing transcultural, plurilingual, translanguaging and community-engaged pedagogies, among others.

Author : Nick Harvey,Jean Fornasiero,Greg McCarthy,Clem Macintyre,Carl Crossin
Publisher : University of Adelaide Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781922064363

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A History of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Adelaide 1876-2012 by Nick Harvey,Jean Fornasiero,Greg McCarthy,Clem Macintyre,Carl Crossin Pdf

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) was the first recognised degree at the University of Adelaide. Although informal classes for some subjects were held at the University between 1873 and 1875, the first official University lecture was a Latin lecture at 10 am on Monday 28 March 1876. This was followed by lectures in Greek, English and Mental Philosophy. By 1878, the first BA student, Thomas Ainslie Caterer, completed his studies for the BA degree and in 1879 became the first graduate of the University of Adelaide. Even though the BA was the first degree it was not until eight years later in 1887 that the Faculty of Arts was inaugurated (after the Faculty of Law in 1884, a Board of Studies in Music in 1885 and the Faculty of Medicine in 1885). Following the creation of a separate science degree in 1882 many scientific subjects were removed from the BA. For the next five years the subjects were Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Logic, English, History, and Comparative Philology. Later other subjects such as French, German and Political Economy were added toward the end of the nineteenth century. In 1897 the Elder Conservatorium of Music was created as the first music school of its type in Australia, although at that time it was not part of the Faculty of Arts. In the first 50 years of the Universitys existence, less than ten BA students graduated each year. At the start of the 21st century this figure had climbed to over 300 BA graduates per year but what is interesting is that by 2010 the number of BA graduates was equalled by the number of graduates from separate named degrees within the Faculty plus 70 Music graduates. In addition, during the first decade of the twenty-first century, there were over 60 coursework postgraduates plus more than 40 research postgraduates graduating each year.

Author : Jessica Geraldo Schwengber
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031520150

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Organizational Learning as Relational Governance by Jessica Geraldo Schwengber Pdf

Author : Regis Machart,Fred Dervin,Minghui Gao
Publisher : Springer
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783662470565

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Intercultural Masquerade by Regis Machart,Fred Dervin,Minghui Gao Pdf

This volume revisits the notions of Orientalism, Occidentalism and, to a certain extent, Reverse Orientalism/Occidentalism in the 21st century, adopting post-modern, constructionist and potentially non-essentialising approaches. The representations of the ‘cultural Other’ in education, literature and the arts are examined by scholars working in Australia, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the USA. Vinyl compilations, TV series, novels, institutional discourses and surveys, amongst others, are examined so as to better understand how people construct their identity in relation to an imagined and idealised Other. This book will appeal to all researchers and students interested in cultural identity and stereotypes of the ‘East’ and the ‘West’, in particular in the fields of academic mobility, cultural studies, intercultural education, postcolonial literature and media studies.

Author : Robyn Moloney,Hui Ling Xu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789812877727

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Exploring Innovative Pedagogy in the Teaching and Learning of Chinese as a Foreign Language by Robyn Moloney,Hui Ling Xu Pdf

Teachers of Chinese as a foreign language in many international contexts are searching for pedagogic solutions to promote effective learning. Models of innovative and successful approaches are urgently needed. This volume presents a collection of compelling and empirically rich research studies that showcases innovative developments in the practice of teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The studies focus on three interrelated areas: learners, teachers, and applications of new technologies. Specifically, the studies explore methods for fostering learner-centred classrooms, autonomous learners, intercultural learning, the role of teacher views and identities, the nature of a ‘middle ground’ approach, and technologies that accommodate the unique aspects of the Chinese language, with new options for mobile and interactive learners. Providing both inspiration and practical models for language practitioners and researchers, it offers a vital resource for teachers’ professional development, and for pre-service teacher education.

Author : Lucia Thesen,Linda Cooper
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783091072

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Risk in Academic Writing by Lucia Thesen,Linda Cooper Pdf

This book brings together a variety of voices – students and teachers, journal editors and authors, writers from the global north and south – to interrogate the notion of risk as it applies to the production of academic writing. Risk-taking is viewed as a productive force in teaching, learning and writing, and one that can be used to challenge the silences and erasures inherent in academic tradition and convention. Widening participation and the internationalisation of higher education make questions of language, register, agency and identity in postgraduate writing all the more pressing, and this book offers a powerful argument against the further reinforcement of a ‘northern’ Anglophone understanding of knowledge and its production and dissemination. This volume will provide food-for-thought for postgraduate students and their supervisors everywhere.

Author : Margaret Cargill,Sally Burgess
Publisher : University of Adelaide Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781925261523

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Publishing Research in English as an Additional Language by Margaret Cargill,Sally Burgess Pdf

Many universities worldwide now require established and novice scholars, as well as PhD students, to publish in English in international journals. This growing trend gives rise to multiple interrelated questions, which this volume seeks to address through the perspectives of a group of researchers and practitioners who met in Coimbra, Portugal in 2015 for the PRISEAL and MET conferences. The volume offers truly global coverage, with chapters focusing on vastly different geo-social areas, and disciplines from the humanities to the hard sciences. It will be of interest to applied linguists, particularly those working in the area of English for Research Publication Purposes, and to language professionals working in research writing support, research supervision and academic publishing, as well as to journal editors and managers.

Author : Mikiko Nishimura,Toshiaki Sasao
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811328770

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Doing Liberal Arts Education by Mikiko Nishimura,Toshiaki Sasao Pdf

This book examines and shares concrete and specific strategies and policies for doing liberal arts education in a wide range of contexts. It deepens readers’ understanding of the processes of adopting interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approaches to the development and teaching of liberal arts courses, integrating diversity and inclusion in policies and practices of liberal arts education, and institutionalizing evidence-based policy making. Moreover, it provides educators and policymakers with practical guidelines on how to incorporate core values of liberal arts education.

Author : Michelle Kohler
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781783093069

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Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom by Michelle Kohler Pdf

This book uses examples of classroom interaction to reveal how teachers of languages act as intercultural mediators and the implications of this for practice. The book offers an account of what teachers are thinking, feeling and doing as they enact an intercultural perspective on language teaching and learning.

Author : Toprak, Elif,Kumtepe, Evrim Genc
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522530770

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Supporting Multiculturalism in Open and Distance Learning Spaces by Toprak, Elif,Kumtepe, Evrim Genc Pdf

The growing interest in transnational cooperation in education across borders has different implications for developed and developing countries. It is true that globalization affects all societies, but not at the same speed and magnitude. Supporting Multiculturalism in Open and Distance Learning Spaces is a critical scholarly resource that examines cultural issues and challenges in distance education arising from the convergence of theoretical, administrative, instructional, communicational, and technological dimensions of global education. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural diversity, interaction in distance education, and culturally sensitive intuitional design, this book is geared towards school administrators, universities and colleges, policy makers, organizations, and researchers.

Author : Giliberto Capano,Darryl S. L. Jarvis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781108483964

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Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education by Giliberto Capano,Darryl S. L. Jarvis Pdf

This volume explores convergence and divergence in the governance of higher education systems from a global and comparative perspective.