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McCandless, Trevor; Fox, Brandi; Moss, Julianne; Chandir, Harsha – Educational Review, 2022
The aim of this paper is to present a schema that maps the terrain of intercultural assessment strategies. This schema is based upon Haraway's semiotic square and has two dimensions. The first considers how distant or near the cultural Other is understood to be -- whether they are perceived a "stranger" or a "neighbour." The…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Evaluation Methods, Intercultural Communication, Models
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Angelo, Denise; Hudson, Catherine – TESOL in Context, 2020
Indigenous learners of English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) have historically not been the central focus of TESOL expertise here in Australia, or overseas. Despite moves towards inclusion increasing over the last two decades, there is an ongoing tendency for Indigenous EAL/D learners to remain on the periphery of current TESOL…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Nonstandard Dialects
Hall, Virginia – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the representation of other cultures in award-winning picture books from the United States, Australia, and Great Britain between 1960 and 2009. Not only was the cultural content of children's literature over the past fifty years investigated, but the protocol created to evaluate the books was a newly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Awards, Educational History, Evaluation Methods
Noesjirwan, Jennifer – 1985
This document reports an evaluation of the orientation program in Australia for hosted Year Program students. Qualitative and quantitative data were used in the evaluation. The techniques included on-site observation of the orientation and interviews with 141 participants and 23 staff members from 12 countries. Although no written goals were…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
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Gerber, Simone – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1994
Examines issues related to assessing bilingual preschool children who are developing language skills in neither their mother tongue nor English. Explores the importance of culturally unbiased assessment. Presents a case study of a bilingual preschooler with a suspected language disorder to demonstrate the inadequacy of current assessment…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Awareness, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education