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EDPB5014: Intercultural Education
2024 unit information
In this unit students explore a range of themes that relate to concepts of culture, cultural diversity and inter-cultural communications. These include education and culture in the context of globalisation and homogenisation / heterogenisation debates. Students work with case studies of cultural diversity and inter-cultural education in the domains of policy, management, curriculum teaching and learning, and develop a special study of cultural diversity and intercultural education in a selected international education context.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. develop an established working definition of culture
- LO2. develop an understanding of the contradictory homogenizing and heterogeneity forces acting on culture globally
- LO3. understand the common culture thesis
- LO4. apply skills and insights of cultural diversity in education as developed in a special investigation
- LO5. developed independent study skills and high level writing skills
- LO6. develop an experience of having applied these skills to advanced academic research, bibliographic searches and writing tasks.
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