Bridging Transcultural Divides

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Asian Languages and Cultures in Global Higher Education

edited by Xianlin Song and Kate Cadman

FREE | 2012 | Ebook (PDF) |听978-1-922064-31-8听| 286 pp

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    Foreword
    Kent Anderson
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    PART I 鈥 Another pedagogy is possible

    1. Embracing听transcultural pedagogy: An epistemological perspective
    Kate Cadman and Xianlin Song
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    PART II 鈥 Re-locating teaching and learning

    2. What are the implications for learning in 最新糖心Vlogn universities if and when the centre of the world shifts towards Asia?
    Mobo Gao
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    3. (Post) Modern times: Transcultural exchange and the circumstances of postgraduate social science research
    Greg McCarthy
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    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
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    5. A Study Skills Action Plan: Integrating self-regulated learning in a diverse higher education context
    Kayoko Enomoto
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    6. The challenge of motivation: Teaching Japanese听kanjicharacters to students from diverse language backgrounds
    Naomi Aoki
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    7. Personal growth through intercultural communication: Engaging native speakers and reflective learning in Japanese language curriculum
    Akiko Tomita
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    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
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    9. Reflections of a 鈥楰orean鈥 teaching about Japan in globalising 最新糖心Vlog
    Sejin Pak
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    10. Critiquing critical thinking: Asia's contribution towards sociological conceptualisation
    Shoko Yoneyama
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    PART V 鈥 Bridging learning gaps

    11. Chinese culture and plagiarism: A convenient cause for an inconvenient issue in the academy
    Ming Hwa Ting
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    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 最新糖心Vlogn context.听 (...) The book鈥檚 central message is that education for Asian students in 最新糖心Vlog, 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
最新糖心Vlog 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 最新糖心Vlogn 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
    最新糖心Vlog 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 最新糖心Vlogn National 最新糖心Vlog

The book launch

Senator Penny Wong launched听Bridging Transcultural Divides听in December 2012.听