Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Developing a deeper understanding of factors that influence learning and teaching in widening culturally diverse learning environments is necessary in proactively planning supports and pedagogical approaches that encourage integration, intercultural understanding and respect for cultural difference. This qualitative descriptive study reports on the experiences and perceptions of teaching faculty and students (domestic and international) of learning and teaching in postgraduate culturally diverse environments. Three themes were generated from the data: ‘early apprehension’, ‘cautious engagement’ and ‘shared acceptance’, highlighting the multifaceted responses to cultural diversity in the learning environment. These findings illuminate how learning and teaching in widening culturally diverse education settings require careful, sensitive and proactive planning and supports. The individuality of learning experiences, self-preservation of identities, narrow perceptions of cultural difference and unconscious ‘othering’, influenced learning behaviours, integration and cohesive learning. The findings also highlight the necessity of adopting culturally responsive pedagogies.
Source: Higher Education Pedagogies
Authors: Kathleen Markey, Margaret M. Graham, Dympna Tuohy, Jane McCarthy, Claire O’Donnell, Therese Hennessy, Anne Fahy, Brid O’ Brien
Institution: University of Limerick
Language: English
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $1,165
OpenAlex ID: W4319836682