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A Best Practice Approach To Cultural Competence Training, Bronwyn L. Lumby, Terri Farrelly
A Best Practice Approach To Cultural Competence Training, Bronwyn L. Lumby, Terri Farrelly
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
What has been commonly termed ‘Cultural Awareness Training’ has been a popular method utilised by organisations targeting employees, to improve the cultural appropriateness of their service delivery. Policy shifts and evaluation findings have seen the expectations and ideals of such training evolve from mere ‘Awareness’ to more of a ‘Cultural Competence’ focus, addressing not only knowledge, but also behaviour.
Computer-Mediated Communication And The Italian News: An Integrated Approach To Foreign Language Learning, Mariolina Pais Marden
Computer-Mediated Communication And The Italian News: An Integrated Approach To Foreign Language Learning, Mariolina Pais Marden
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
This paper describes a project which integrated email communication between native speakers (NS) and non-native speakers (NNS) and the Italian daily broadcast telegiornale (tg) in the context of foreign language learning. For one semester students of Italian at the University of Wollongong regularly watched the Italian telegiornale and met once a week to discuss it with the instructor and the rest of the class. As part of the project learners participated in one-to-one email interactions with selected NS of Italian and discussed a range of topics presented in the news. This paper discusses some of the key characteristics of the …
Intersections: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Media, Identity, And Place, Tanja Dreher
Intersections: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Media, Identity, And Place, Tanja Dreher
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
This paper explores ongoing projects and research focused on themes of media, community, identity, and place in Sydney's westem suburbs. Fairfield is promoted as Australia's most culturally diverse local-Govermment area. Many community organisations and the local Council are involved in cultural productions that aim to both challenge the misrepresentations of mainstream media and to provide positive self-representations. My research examines media representations as a cultural resource for identity construction and for negotiations of community and place. My approach draws on media studies, cultural studies, geography, and sociology to conceptualise Fairfield as the site of as ymbolic struggle to define the …
Intersections: A Transdisciplinary Approach To Media, Identity And Place, Tanja Dreher
Intersections: A Transdisciplinary Approach To Media, Identity And Place, Tanja Dreher
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
This paper examines Cabramatta as an intersection of many cultural flows and diverse experiences and argues for a transdisciplinary approach and a focus on place to adequately grasp and analyse the comlexity of media and social relations in culturally diverse contexts.