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Matthew Buttacavoli – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
How well do we know how non-humans experience environmental stressors and how do we communicate that knowledge as educators? This paper addresses these questions by way of an auto-ethnographic account of the author's experience of attempting to listen to the Great Barrier Reef, off the Queensland coast. Through a series of methodological failures…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Educational Anthropology, Teaching Methods
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Kelly, Stephen; Rigney, Lester-Irabinna – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2022
Colonial settler societies' differing concepts and experiences of time entangle in enactments of curriculum knowledge and the governing of human subjects. This article examines how an Anglo-Eurocentric historical representation of time is used as a principle of reason to establish the conditions of epistemic progress through the curriculum and…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Land Settlement
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Weuffen, Sara; Cahir, Fred; Zeegers, Margaret – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2016
The aim of this article is to provide teachers with knowledge of ways in which Eurocentric (re)naming practices inform contemporary pedagogical approaches, while providing understandings pertinent to the mandatory inclusion of the cross-curriculum priority area: "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures" (Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Ethnocentrism
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Abayadeera, Nadana; Mihret, Dessalegn Getie; Hewa Dulige, Jayasinghe – Accounting Education, 2018
Teaching effectiveness of non-native English-speaking teachers (NNEST) in accounting, economics and finance has become a significant issue due to the increasing trend of hiring NNEST in business schools. However, the literature has focused on the English language competence of NNEST, which is only one element of the factors that influence teaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Levitt, Steven R. – Industry and Higher Education, 2016
This study explores cultural factors affecting international team dynamics and the implications for industry practice and higher education. Despite decades of studying and experience with cultural diversity, international work groups continue to be challenged by ethnocentrism and prejudices. Central to the context is that cultural differences in…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Barriers, Intercultural Communication, Higher Education
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Ogden-Barnes, Stephen; Menzies, Jane L. – Higher Education Review, 2016
We focus on cross-cultural team effectiveness for MBA students involved in an immersion program, examining the development of knowledge about cultural traits, the challenges associated with teamwork, and factors that promote or hinder team performance, based on qualitative results of a survey of 20 students who participated in the program. Key…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Ethnocentrism, Immersion Programs, Graduate Students