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Being a good neighbour : developing intercultural understanding through critical dialogue between an Australian and Finnish cross-case study

open access: yes, 2020
Language educators in Australia and Finland are expected to foster intercultural understanding within foreign language education. This paper presents findings from a qualitative case study focusing on theoretical and practical intercultural understanding
Lobytsyna, Maria   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Linking Green Transformational Leadership to Employee Voice: A Serial Mediation Model in Sustainable Tourism

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of green transformational leadership (GTL) on green employee voice (GEV) in the tourism sector. In addition, drawing on Social Learning Theory, it determines how leaders influence employees' proactive environmental behaviors and identifies the mediating roles of green psychological climate (GPC) and green work ...
Evrim Tartan Selçuk, Gökhan Kerse
wiley   +1 more source

Recognizing the Familiar in the Faraway through Children’s Literature

open access: yesWOW Stories, 2012
In this vignette, the Orono Literacy Community work to teach elementary school students about different cultures through global literature, using universals to help children forge a connection between their cultures and diverse cultures. The methods used
Jane Wellman-Little   +3 more
doaj  

Intercultural Competencies: Understanding Cultural Relativism

open access: yesEDIS
This third publication in the Intercultural Competencies series provides insights and recommendations to Extension agents for understanding and applying cultural relativism.
Sofia Chianella, Pablo Lamino
doaj   +1 more source

Intercultural encounters: PR China students in Singapore [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
There are more than a billion people learning English as a second language around the world, and the majority of those language learners are in China. However, so many go overseas to learn English that Chinese learners of English is probably the largest ...
Chung, Georgina
core  

Internationalising the teacher education curriculum: An analysis of syllabi and student experiences

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Internationalisation has increasingly become a key dimension of quality in initial teacher education (ITE) programmes. Although it is recognised as a means to strengthen future teachers' competencies and expand their professional knowledge, it remains underdeveloped in practice.
Nafsika Alexiadou, Mai Trang Vu
wiley   +1 more source

Future Foreign Language Teachers’ Intercultural Competence

open access: yes, 2013
There is a lack of research regarding the implications for foreign language study and intercultural competence. Scholars suggest that foreign language proficiency plays a role in cultivating intercultural competence, but agree that there is a lack of ...
Baalerud, Andrew
core  

Character education as curriculum‐making in the humanities: A scoping review

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This scoping review examines how character education is conceptualised and enacted within humanities curricula across international contexts. While character education is widely promoted as supporting the development of ethical, civic and relational dispositions, its place within curriculum design remains contested, particularly in subjects ...
Jonathon Sargeant, Kylie Trask‐Kerr
wiley   +1 more source

The role of emotional intelligence in enhancing intercultural sensitivity

open access: yes, 2012
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Emotions have been noted for their crucial role in survival behaviour relating to resistance to cross-cultural ambiguity.
Saberi, Maria Akbar
core  

‘Free to Be Me?’: Gender Role Norms Constrain Career Interests Less for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People Than for Heterosexual People

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Societal gender role norms play a crucial role in shaping men's and women's career aspirations. However, prior research documenting this key role of gendered norms has primarily focused on heterosexual women and men in the global North‐West. Previous studies documenting differences in career interests by sexual orientation suggest that gender ...
Katharina Block   +136 more
wiley   +1 more source

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