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Pramod Kumar Sah; Anu Upadhaya – Journal of English as an International Language, 2016
The rise of English as a global lingua franca and the increasing use of it into the multilingual and multicultural contexts appear to be further indexing a number of new issues. These issues include from the discussion of its ownership -- that it is no longer only the language of native speakers of it, as statistically non-native speakers make up…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Official Languages, Language Role, English (Second Language)
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Harvey, Arlene; Russell-Mundine, Gabrielle – Teaching in Higher Education, 2019
The context of this paper is a strategy at a large Australian university that involves embedding a new graduate quality 'cultural competence' and lifting the profile of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, experiences and histories. It has been argued that the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges is essential for the decolonisation of our…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations, Cultural Awareness, Pacific Islanders
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Edwards, Kirsten T. – Curriculum Inquiry, 2020
While university-based study abroad programs have become a core component of multicultural education, I argue that in many ways the dominant model of study abroad is rooted in a white masculinist episteme predicated on anthropological consumption of the "Other" without, and largely opposed to, meaningful examinations of the self. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, Study Abroad, Multicultural Education, Self Concept
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Joffe, Avril – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2019
This paper discusses the pedagogical responses of the Wits University Cultural Policy and Management Department to the needs of our students in the postcolonial context of South Africa. It reviews the challenges experienced by our postgraduate students and the resultant innovations in both curriculum design and learning and teaching practice.…
Descriptors: Management Development, Activism, Public Policy, Strategic Planning
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Gordon, Steven Lawrence; Harvey, Jaqueline – Language and Education, 2019
A key factor in providing quality education is the main language of instruction (M-LoI). This creates a challenging situation for education policymakers in post-colonial multilingual countries such as South Africa. Language-in-education policies must valorise indigenous languages and redress their exclusion in past education systems while ensuring…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries, Postcolonialism
Ferfolja, Tania, Ed.; Diaz, Criss Jones, Ed.; Ullman, Jacqueline, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2018
Description Contents Resources Courses About the Authors Understanding Sociological Theory for Educational Practices introduces readers to the contemporary classroom through the lens of sociological theory. By compelling readers to think critically and reflexively this book helps future teachers create a welcoming and equitable learning…
Descriptors: Sociology, Social Theories, Educational Practices, Critical Theory
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Filza Waseem – Journal of English as an International Language, 2015
This review article aims to sensitize educationists and stake holders about the hidden curriculum of English language teaching employed in the elitist schools of Pakistan. Due to its global importance, English is emphasized in all areas of school life, and local languages and culture are excluded. Research in the socio-cultural dimensions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Hidden Curriculum
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Espinosa, Edgar Oliver Cardoso, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The knowledge society arises from the combination of four interdependent elements: the production of knowledge through research, its transmission through education, its dissemination through information and communication technologies, and its exploitation through innovation. For this reason, higher education institutions (HEIs) are the main…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Knowledge Economy, Knowledge Management, Innovation
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Retna, Kala S.; Jones, Deborah – Learning Organization, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore practitioner and post-colonial perspectives on the implementation of learning organisation theory and practice in a non-Western setting. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative interpretive study, using in-depth interviews and participant observation, was conducted in two public organisations in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Learning, Cultural Context, Non Western Civilization
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Maseko, Patricia – Perspectives in Education, 2018
The possibility of individual (istic) identity formation is explored within a context of a synergistic and communal support system. Within this context, the intrinsic complexities of the African child who enters the academia with a multiplicity of epistemic identity contestations are simultaneously explored. The ensuing alienation resulting from…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Self Concept, Postcolonialism, Blacks
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Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Chiang, I-Tsun, Ed.; Ozturk, O. Tayfur, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES) which took place on April 1-4, 2021 in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Interests, Student Attitudes, STEM Education
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Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Chiang, I-Tsun, Ed.; Ozturk, O. Tayfur, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES) which took place on April 1-4, 2021 in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Interests, Student Attitudes, STEM Education
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Ndille, Roland – African Educational Research Journal, 2015
The British colonial policy of education in the Southern Cameroons was guided by the philosophy of adapting education to the mentality, aptitude and occupations of the local population. This policy was gradually abandoned in the 1950s when it was realized that it was serving the colonial exploitative agenda of keeping natives to a permanently…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational History, Postcolonialism
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Elizabeth Mackinlay; Peter Dunbar-Hall – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2003
Indigenous studies (also referred to as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies) has a double identity in the Australian education system, consisting of the education of Indigenous students and education of all students about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories. Through explanations of the history of the inclusion of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Indigenous Populations, Pacific Islanders, Music Education
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