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March 29, 2017
Teaching Across Cultures: Building Pedagogical Relationships in Diverse Contexts
- Author
- Ikpeze, Chinwe H.
- Publisher
- Sense Publishers, The Netherlands
- ISBN
- 9789462099814
- Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
ch. 1 Teaching as a Cultural Artifact
Introduction
Understanding Culture
Culture and Teaching
Perspectives on Culture
Cultural Assumptions and Practices
Cultural Politics and Education
Toward (Inter) Cultural Competence in Teacher Education
Concluding Thoughts
ch. 2 Self-Study: Studying Self and Others
Introduction
Self-Study: Understanding Self and Others
Uncovering My Assumptions
Identifying Differences
Research Questions
Beliefs and Visions about Literacy Teacher Education
Why Teacher Educators Engage in Self-Study
Theoretical Framework
Minding the Gaps in Teaching and Learning
Concluding Thoughts
ch. 3 Data Collection and Analysis
Introduction
Context of the Study
Characteristics of Self-Study Research Methods and Its Application to Current Study
Data Analysis
Conclusion
ch. 4 Tensions in Teaching across Cultures
Introduction
Understanding Tensions
Institutional Culture
The Entitlement Culture
The Digital Culture
Invisible Cultures
Classroom Cultures
Tensions across Situations & Differences
Relational Tensions
Concluding Thoughts
ch. 5 Toward Responsive Pedagogy
Introduction
Understanding Culturally Responsive Teaching
Characteristics of Culturally Responsive Teachers
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Teacher Education
Approaches to Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Teacher Education
Rethinking Culturally Responsive Teaching
Toward Responsive Pedagogy in Teacher Education
Identifying the Gaps in Teaching and Learning
Closing the Gaps in Teaching and Learning
Responding to the Digital Culture through Technology Integration
Concluding Thoughts
ch. 6 Building Relationships in Physical and Virtual Spaces
Introduction
Teaching as a Relational Process: Dimensions of Relationships
Building Relationship with Prospective Teachers
Utilizing Student Reflections
Making My Personal Life Visible
Students’ Perceptions and Relationships
Individual Conferencing
Modeling Best Practice
Maintaining Academic Rigor
Negotiating Authority
The Student and Peer Context of Relationship Building
Unfriendly, Difficult, or Disruptive Students
Strategies for Dealing with Hard-to-Relate to and Difficult Students
Small Group Collaboration
Building Relationship in Virtual Spaces
Blogging as a Pedagogical Tool
Meet the Academic Blogger: A Case of Jackie
Other Individualized Blog Conversations
E-mails, Gratitude, and Teacher-Student Relationship
Concluding Thoughts
ch. 7 Teaching in the Third Space
Introduction
Theoretical Perspectives on Third Space
Social and Spatial Production of Space
Third Space, Globalization, and Teacher Education
Third Space and Teacher Education Practices
Facilitating Prospective Teachers’ Learning in the Third Space
Concluding Thoughts
ch. 8 Social and Professional Networks
Introduction
Professional Socialization
Professional Organizations and Teacher Educator Development
A Day at the Literacy Research Association Conference
Special Interest Groups and the Professional Development of Educators
The Impact of Other Professional Associations
Concluding Thoughts
ch. 9 Teaching across Cultures: Perspectives and Implications
Lessons Learned from the Cumulative Self-Studies
Teaching across Cultures: Implications
Concluding Thoughts
References
Index
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Abstract: Teaching across Cultures: Building Pedagogical Relationships in Diverse Contexts captures the tensions and complexities, as well as the transformational potentials, of teaching across multiple cultural contexts. The book evolved from cumulative self-studies that examined one teacher educator’s teaching practice, the cultural impact on that practice, and how she facilitated transformative teaching and learning. While every act of teaching occurs across cultures, such as institutional culture, invisible cultures, and classroom cultures, among others, educators who teach as cultural outsiders have to navigate the tensions, complexities, and contradictory realities of cross-cultural teaching. The tensions can be reduced or managed through responsive pedagogy, relationship building, and teaching in the third space. These transformational approaches not only help to identify and close the perpetual gaps in teaching and learning, but they also position effective teaching within a pedagogical common ground that values student voices, facilitates pedagogical flexibility, and uses diversity as a teaching tool. In a world of ubiquitous and interactive learning environments, both the physical and virtual spaces play a vital role in teaching and teacher-student relationships. The book points to the necessity of teacher educators’ learning through diverse, professional networks and, more importantly, through self-study. It is only through this introspective examination of one’s teaching and students’ learning, as well as taking an ontological attitude toward teaching, can educators achieve success in diverse contexts. (From the Publisher)
Abstract: Teaching across Cultures: Building Pedagogical Relationships in Diverse Contexts captures the tensions and complexities, as well as the transformational potentials, of teaching across multiple cultural contexts. The book evolved from cumulative self-studies that examined one teacher educator’s teaching practice, the cultural impact on that practice, and how she facilitated transformative teaching and learning. While every act of teaching occurs across cultures, such as institutional culture, invisible cultures, and classroom cultures, among others, educators who teach as cultural outsiders have to navigate the tensions, complexities, and contradictory realities of cross-cultural teaching. The tensions can be reduced or managed through responsive pedagogy, relationship building, and teaching in the third space. These transformational approaches not only help to identify and close the perpetual gaps in teaching and learning, but they also position effective teaching within a pedagogical common ground that values student voices, facilitates pedagogical flexibility, and uses diversity as a teaching tool. In a world of ubiquitous and interactive learning environments, both the physical and virtual spaces play a vital role in teaching and teacher-student relationships. The book points to the necessity of teacher educators’ learning through diverse, professional networks and, more importantly, through self-study. It is only through this introspective examination of one’s teaching and students’ learning, as well as taking an ontological attitude toward teaching, can educators achieve success in diverse contexts. (From the Publisher)