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Internationalizing Curriculum And Pedagogy In Higher Education, Krishna Bista, Charlotte Foster Aug 2014

Internationalizing Curriculum And Pedagogy In Higher Education, Krishna Bista, Charlotte Foster

Krishna Bista

As educators who are interested in international education, particularly cross-cultural teaching and international student learning, we read this book with great interest. In higher education, we have previously seen less than a dozen published books related to cross-cultural teaching in which the authors acknowledge the presence of international students and the need for cultural diversity in teaching and learning in colleges and universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. Although the presence of international students in the Anglophone classroom is considered an asset for diversity and inclusiveness, campus internationalization, and encouraging global thinking via cross-cultural exchanges …

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Book Review Of "Culture, Curriculum, And Identity In Education" By H. Richard Milner (Ed.) (2010), New York, Palgrave Mcmilla., Edward Shizha Jan 2011

Book Review Of "Culture, Curriculum, And Identity In Education" By H. Richard Milner (Ed.) (2010), New York, Palgrave Mcmilla., Edward Shizha

Edward Shizha

Identity involves different facets of human self-definition and is unequivocally a vital element of individuals’ lives, especially in diverse societies. Culture and identity are intertwined. In education, culture in the curriculum plays a vital component in students’ identity formations. Supportive school environments provide socially, culturally and linguistically appropriate curricula that legitimize identity formations. Teachers and the curricula they teach are sources of identity formation. Every classroom encounter is largely dictated by the teacher’s role and the perception the teacher has of the students.

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