Naslov
Same Pedagogic Approach, Two Different Cultural Contexts: Student Perceptions

Autori
Dobrenov-Major, Maria

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), stručni

Izvornik
Informing practice ; improving research / Bryer, Fiona - : School of Cognition, Language and Special Education, Griffith University, 2006, 60-75

ISBN
1 920952 66 7

Skup
The 4rd Annual International Conference on Cognition, Language and Special Education Research

Mjesto i datum
Nashville (TN), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 06.07.2006. - 07.07.2006

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
cultural differences; tertiary education; learning; globalization of learning

Sažetak
This paper reports on a small scale project that aims at contributing to the debate on the question whether students of diverse cultural backgrounds learn in culturally distinct ways. The investigation is restricted only to student learning in classroom situations. Two culturally diverse groups of tertiary students who undertook their studies in two different European countries participated in the project. Both groups were exposed to the same content and the same teaching strategies. It was believed that differences in student perceptions about the teaching they received and reflection on their learning would reveal possible cultural differences. The student feedback was critically analysed, compared and contrasted. The research suggest that the students' academic work was highly globalized. Although both groups were required to function outside of their own cultural-semiotic spaces and produce academic work in English - which was not their native language -the student output was highly adjusted to the Anglo-Saxon academic conventions. The comparison of the student data revealed a high level of similarity in the participants' preferences and approaches to learning. It seems that the geographic location at which the students gained their education and their educational experiences played a more significant role in terms of the ways they constructed the conditions for their learning and their knowledge than their ethnic and cultural background.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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