Visions for Intercultural Music Teacher Education

This open access book highlights the importance of visions of alternative futures in music teacher education in a time of increasing societal complexity due to increased diversity. There are policies at every level to counter prejudice, increase opportunities, reduce inequalities, stimulate change in educational systems, and prevent and counter polarization. Foregrounding the intimate connectio…

Bridging transcultural divides :Asian languages and cultures in global highte…

This volume presents the diverse approaches and achievements of scholars of Asian cultures and languages in today’s global academy. Recent vast increases in student numbers and ethnic diversity have created pressing challenges for a higher education which engages with contemporary concerns for Asian societies as well as for Asian students involved in Western education. This collection of scho…

Cultural spaces of design :prospects of design education

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9783906897318

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330 p.; 22 cm.

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750 CUL c

Cultural competence and the higher education sector :Australian perspectives,…

This open access book explores cultural competence in the higher education sector from multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives. It addresses cultural competence in terms of leadership and the role of the higher education sector in cultural competence policy and practice. Drawing on lessons learned, current research and emerging evidence, the book examines various innovative appro…

Social work in Africa:exploring culturally relevant education and practice in…

ocial Work in Africa offers professors, students, and practitioners insight concerning social work in the African context. Its purpose is to encourage examination of the social work curriculum and to demonstrate practical ways to make it more culturally relevant. Drawing on her experience as a social work instructor in Ghana with field research conducted for her doctoral thesis, author Linda Kr…

Futures of the study of culture :interdisciplinary perspectives, global chall…

How can we approach possible but unknown futures of the study of culture? This volume explores this question in the context of a changing global world. The contributions in this volume discuss the necessity of significant shifts in our conceptual and epistemological frameworks. Taking into account changing institutional research settings, the authors develop pathways to future cultural resea…

Sastra Kelong menyibak literasi pendidikan karakter budaya lokal

Salah satu warisan budaya yang perlu dipelihara dan dilestarikan adalah sastra Kelong dan Pappasang. Karena di dalamnya sarat dengan nilai-nilai agama, pendidikan, dan kearifan lokal.Hal ini juga seiring dengan salah satu program unggulan Kemendikbud tentang Geralkan Nasional Pendidikan Karakter. Salah satu wujudnya adalah pengintegrasian nilai-nilai karakter dalam kurikulum di setia jenjang pe…

Learning cultural literacy through creative practices in schools :cultural an…

This open access book discusses how cultural literacy can be taught and learned through creative practices. It approaches cultural literacy as a dialogic social process based on learning and gaining knowledge through emphatic, tolerant, and inclusive interaction. The book focuses on meaning-making in children and young people’s visual and multimodal artefacts created by students aged 5–15 a…

Becoming a Scholar :Cross-cultural reflections on identity and agency in an e…

Becoming a Scholar provides a window into the lives of nine non-traditional doctoral students. As mature, part-time, international students enrolled in a professional doctorate programme, they reflect on the transformation process of becoming scholars, and their narratives provide breadth and depth to themes that represent a diverse cross-section of cultures, identities and communities. Recogni…

Cultural policy for arts education :African-European practises and perspectives

Arts Education institutions and programs create an excellent framework for personality development: learning knowledge, learning skills and learning life. Their attainment requires education to be a holistic concept of advancement that includes aesthetic practice and involvement with the arts. It challenges them to use their actions to think about the meaning of life, in as much as everyone can…

Cultural policy for arts education :African-European practises and perspectives

Arts Education institutions and programs create an excellent framework for personality development: learning knowledge, learning skills and learning life. Their attainment requires education to be a holistic concept of advancement that includes aesthetic practice and involvement with the arts. It challenges them to use their actions to think about the meaning of life, in as much as everyone can…

Thou shalt forget :indigenous sovereignty, resistance and the production of c…

The first chapter contains some theoretical reflections on cultural oblivion as well as background information (mostly from documentary sources) about the Essipiunnuat and the Salmon War. Chapter 2 identifies the central elements that have contributed to the occurrence of the Salmon War, according to those taking part. These went beyond their own subjectivity. Th…