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oapen-20.500.12657-331742022-04-26T11:15:04Z Bridging Transcultural Divides: Asian Languages and Cultures in Global Higher Education Xianlin, Song Kate, Cadman social studies cultural studies pedagogy language curriculum chinese transcultural exchange indonesian study skills plagiarism asian languages globalisation japanese australian universities China Critical thinking International student Kanji bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education This volume presents the diverse approaches and achievements of scholars of Asian cultures and languages in today’s global academy. Recent vast increases in student numbers and ethnic diversity have created pressing challenges for a higher education which engages with contemporary concerns for Asian societies as well as for Asian students involved in Western education. This collection of scholarly analyses demonstrates the centrality and significance of Asian Studies and languages for these globalising academic communities. Significantly, it demands a rethinking of traditional ‘intercultural’ education. In so doing, it brings empirical knowledge as well as multicultural interpretation and multilingual expertise to throw new light on the challenges in higher education today, and to open up new understandings of the demands of the future. - Professor John Makeham Head, Department of Chinese Studies, The Australian National University 2015-12-31 23:55:55 2018-06-27 14:41:01 2020-04-01T14:35:28Z 2020-04-01T14:35:28Z 2012 book 560110 OCN: 823375761 9781922064318 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33174 eng application/pdf n/a 560110.pdf https://shop.adelaide.edu.au/konakart/Subscriptions-%26-Publications/University-Press/University-Press/Bridging-Transcultural-Divides%3A-Asian-Languag University of Adelaide Press 10.1017/9781922064318 10.1017/9781922064318 e4a7b334-7ddc-46f4-ac3e-719733ac2ed4 9781922064318 286 open access
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This volume presents the diverse approaches and achievements of scholars of Asian cultures and languages in today’s global academy. Recent vast increases in student numbers and ethnic diversity have created pressing challenges for a higher education which engages with contemporary concerns for Asian societies as well as for Asian students involved in Western education. This collection of scholarly analyses demonstrates the centrality and significance of Asian Studies and languages for these globalising academic communities. Significantly, it demands a rethinking of traditional ‘intercultural’ education. In so doing, it brings empirical knowledge as well as multicultural interpretation and multilingual expertise to throw new light on the challenges in higher education today, and to open up new understandings of the demands of the future. - Professor John Makeham
Head, Department of Chinese Studies, The Australian National University
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