Bridging Transcultural Divides
Asian Languages and Cultures in Global Higher Education
edited by Xianlin Song and Kate Cadman
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FREE | 2012 | Ebook (PDF) |听978-1-922064-31-8听| 286 pp
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Foreword
Kent Anderson
DOI:听PART I 鈥 Another pedagogy is possible
1. Embracing听transcultural pedagogy: An epistemological perspective
Kate Cadman and Xianlin Song
DOI:PART II 鈥 Re-locating teaching and learning
2. What are the implications for learning in Australian universities if and when the centre of the world shifts towards Asia?
Mobo Gao
DOI:3. (Post) Modern times: Transcultural exchange and the circumstances of postgraduate social science research
Greg McCarthy
DOI:PART III 鈥 Transforming curriculum in Asian language teaching
4. Teaching Asian languages from an intercultural perspective: Building bridges for and with students of Indonesian
Anthony J Liddicoat and Michelle Kohler
DOI:5. A Study Skills Action Plan: Integrating self-regulated learning in a diverse higher education context
Kayoko Enomoto
DOI:6. The challenge of motivation: Teaching Japanese听kanjicharacters to students from diverse language backgrounds
Naomi Aoki
DOI:7. Personal growth through intercultural communication: Engaging native speakers and reflective learning in Japanese language curriculum
Akiko Tomita
DOI:PART IV 鈥 Capitalising on Asian social and cultural studies in contexts of diversity
8. Increasing cultural flexibility: A psychological perspective on the purpose of intercultural education
Delia Lin
DOI:9. Reflections of a 鈥楰orean鈥 teaching about Japan in globalising Australia
Sejin Pak
DOI:10. Critiquing critical thinking: Asia's contribution towards sociological conceptualisation
Shoko Yoneyama
DOI:PART V 鈥 Bridging learning gaps
11. Chinese culture and plagiarism: A convenient cause for an inconvenient issue in the academy
Ming Hwa Ting
DOI:12. Education with(out) distinction: Beyond graduate attributes for Chinese international students
Xianlin Song and Kate Cadman
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鈥淭he impressive and stimulating essays in听Bridging Transcultural Divides听deal with the cultural and educational issues in the Australian context.听 (...) The book鈥檚 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.鈥
Prof. Tim Wright
University of Sheffield
UK
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鈥淭he contributors of this remarkable book explore a wide range of topics relating to the discipline of Asian Studies in Australian higher education. From perspectives ranging from that of senior academics to postgraduate students and area expertise from Indonesia to Japan, they give concrete and often personal accounts of their teaching and/or learning of Asian languages and cultures. However, they all have one aim in common: to bridge the divide at the many interfaces of this endeavour, whether they are cultural, pedagogical or political. All those who are interested in creating a more culturally diverse and sensitive world should read this book.鈥
Professor Kam Louie
University of Hong Kong"This volume presents the diverse approaches and achievements of scholars of Asian cultures and languages in today鈥檚 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 scholarly analyses demonstrates the centrality and significance of Asian Studies and languages for these globalising academic communities. Significantly, it demands a rethinking of traditional 鈥榠ntercultural鈥 education. In so doing, it brings empirical knowledge as well as multicultural interpretation and multilingual expertise to throw new light on the challenges in higher education today, and to open up new understandings of the demands of the future."
Professor John Makeham
Head, Department of Chinese Studies,听The Australian National University
The book launch
Senator Penny Wong launched听Bridging Transcultural Divides听in December 2012.听
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