Improving intercultural learning experiences in higher education : responding to cultural scripts for learning /: responding to cultural scripts for learning. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thushari Welikala and Chris Watkins.
• Other Names: Welikala, Thushari; Watkins, Chris; University of London., Institute of Education.
• Contents: Introduction Core concepts The concept of cultural script 1 Learning we bring from home In which evidence is presented on the variety of cultural interpretations that are placed on the everyday activities associated with learning in higher education Talk for learning Writing in learning Reading for learning The teacher's role Peer interactions So far... A theme: conceptions of learning 2 Homesick: learning sick? In which evidence is presented on the experiences of learners coming to the UK when they meet learning occasions that operate to a different cultural script Talking or shouting? Writing or conforming? Reading or labouring? No teaching no learning? Informal teachers, or is it a mask? Peer interaction or peer separation? So? A theme: conceptions of teaching 3 How about an intercultural home? In which consideration is given as to how practice in higher education could be changed and improved, and suggestions are made as to how intercultural learning could emerge Whose change? Pay attention to the learning experience Reshaping teaching to promote inclusive learning Promote intercultural learning The emergence of intercultural learning spaces Appendix: a draft statement by a teaching team.
• Publisher Details: London : Institute of Education
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (75 pages)
• Subjects: 378.1982691; Education; Students, Foreign -- Education (Higher) -- Great Britain -- Evaluation; Learning -- Cross-cultural studies; College teaching -- Cross-cultural studies; Intercultural communication; Student adjustment; Students, Foreign -- Education (Higher) -- Great Britain -- Case studies; Multicultural education; EDUCATION -- Multicultural Education
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780854739530
• Related ISBNs: 085473953X
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