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Effects of mobile-assisted funds-of-knowledge writing practice in developing Latinx English learners’ intercultural sensitivity 移动辅助知识基金写作实践对培养拉丁裔英语学习者跨文化敏感性的影响
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Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-01-25 DOI: 10.1108/jme-10-2023-0105
Yan Chen, Kendall Hartley, P.G. Schrader, Chenghui Zhang
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Language and home-culture integrated online learning curriculum for developing intercultural communicative competence 培养跨文化交际能力的语言和家庭文化综合在线学习课程
IF 1.1
Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.1108/jme-09-2023-0097
Anh-Hang Trinh, Hanh Dinh
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Technology-enhanced language and culture teaching in Chile: the perceptions and practices of in-service EFL teachers 智利的技术强化语言和文化教学:在职 EFL 教师的看法和做法
IF 1.1
Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-01-23 DOI: 10.1108/jme-08-2023-0073
Tiare Gonzalez-Vidal, Paul Moore
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“Do you think I ever learn English?”: experiences of limited technology access among Middle Eastern refugee mothers in regional Australia "你认为我还能学会英语吗?":澳大利亚地区中东难民母亲对有限技术使用的体验
IF 1.1
Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1108/jme-10-2023-0104
Azadeh Motevali Zadeh Ardakani, Maura Sellars, Scott Imig
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Transnational higher education cultures and generative AI: a nominal group study for policy development in English medium instruction 跨国高等教育文化与生成性人工智能:以英语为教学语言的政策制定名义小组研究
IF 1.1
Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-12-29 DOI: 10.1108/jme-10-2023-0102
Peter Bannister, Elena Alcalde Peñalver, Alexandra Santamaría Urbieta
{"title":"Transnational higher education cultures and generative AI: a nominal group study for policy development in English medium instruction","authors":"Peter Bannister, Elena Alcalde Peñalver, Alexandra Santamaría Urbieta","doi":"10.1108/jme-10-2023-0102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jme-10-2023-0102","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This purpose of this paper is to report on the development of an evidence-informed framework created to facilitate the formulation of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) academic integrity policy responses for English medium instruction (EMI) higher education, responding to both the bespoke challenges for the sector and longstanding calls to define and disseminate quality implementation good practice.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>A virtual nominal group technique engaged experts (<em>n</em> = 14) in idea generation, refinement and consensus building across asynchronous and synchronous stages. The resulting qualitative and quantitative data were analysed using thematic analysis and descriptive statistics, respectively.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The GenAI Academic Integrity Policy Development Blueprint for EMI Tertiary Education is not a definitive mandate but represents a roadmap of inquiry for reflective deliberation as institutions chart their own courses in this complex terrain.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>If repeated with varying expert panellists, findings may vary to a certain extent; thus, further research with a wider range of stakeholders may be necessary for additional validation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>While grounded within the theoretical underpinnings of the field, the tool holds practical utility for stakeholders to develop bespoke policies and critically re-examine existing frameworks.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Social implications</h3>\u0000<p>As texts produced by students using English as an additional language are at risk of being wrongly accused of GenAI-assisted plagiarism, owing to the limited efficacy of text classifiers such as Turnitin, the policy recommendations encapsulated in the blueprint aim to reduce potential bias and unfair treatment of students.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The novel blueprint represents a step towards bridging concerning gaps in policy responses worldwide and aims to spark discussion and further much-needed scholarly exploration to this end.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":43323,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Multicultural Education","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139056720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Teacher candidates’ intercultural communication in telecollaboration: locating acts of positioning in translingual negotiations 教师候选人在远程协作中的跨文化交流:在跨语言谈判中确定定位行为
IF 1.1
Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-12-26 DOI: 10.1108/jme-09-2023-0096
Baburhan Uzum, Bedrettin Yazan, Sedat Akayoglu, Ufuk Keles
{"title":"Teacher candidates’ intercultural communication in telecollaboration: locating acts of positioning in translingual negotiations","authors":"Baburhan Uzum, Bedrettin Yazan, Sedat Akayoglu, Ufuk Keles","doi":"10.1108/jme-09-2023-0096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jme-09-2023-0096","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;h3&gt;Purpose&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt;This study aims to examine how teacher candidates (TCs) in Türkiye and the USA navigate their intercultural communication skills in a telecollaboration project.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--/ Abstract__block --&gt;\u0000&lt;h3&gt;Design/methodology/approach&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt;Forty-eight TCs participated (26 in Türkiye and 22 in the USA) in the study. TCs discussed critical issues in multicultural education on an online learning platform for six weeks. Their discussions were analyzed using content and discourse analysis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--/ Abstract__block --&gt;\u0000&lt;h3&gt;Findings&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt;The findings indicated that TCs approached the telecollaborative space as a translingual contact zone and positioned themselves and their interlocutors in the discourse by using the personal pronouns; I, we, you and they. When they positioned themselves using we (people in Türkiye/USA), they spoke on behalf of everyone included in the scope of we. Their interlocutors responded to these positionings either by accepting this positioning and responding with a parallel positioning or by engaging in translingual negotiation strategies to revise the scope of we and sharing some differences/nuances in beliefs and practices in their community.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--/ Abstract__block --&gt;\u0000&lt;h3&gt;Research limitations/implications&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt;When TCs talk about their culture and community in a singular manner using we, they frame them as the same across every member in that community. When they ask questions to each other using you, the framing of the questions prime the respondents to sometimes relay their own specific experiences as the norm or consider experiences from different points of view through translingual negotiation strategies. A singular approach to culture(s) may affect the marginalized communities the most because they are lost in this representation, and their experiences and voices are not integrated in the narratives or integrated with stereotypical representation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--/ Abstract__block --&gt;\u0000&lt;h3&gt;Practical implications&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt;Teachers and teacher educators should first pay attention to their language choices, especially use of pronouns, which may communicate inclusion or exclusion in intercultural conversations. Next, they should prepare their students to adopt and practice language choices that communicate respect for cultural diversity and are inclusive of marginalized populations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--/ Abstract__block --&gt;\u0000&lt;h3&gt;Social implications&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt;Speakers’ pronoun use includes identity construction in discourse by drawing borders around and between communities and cultures with generalization and particularity, and by patrolling those borders to decide who is included and excluded. As a response, interlocutors use pronouns either to acknowledge those borders and respond with corresponding ones from their own context or negotiate alternative representations or further investigate for particularity or complexity. In short, pronouns could lead the direction of intercultural conversations toward criticality and complexity or ","PeriodicalId":43323,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Multicultural Education","volume":"205 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139027658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Collaborative international online learning for the development of intercultural awareness: an experience with pre-service language teachers 培养跨文化意识的协作式国际在线学习:职前语言教师的经验
IF 1.1
Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1108/jme-09-2023-0093
Cristina A. Huertas-Abril, Francisco Javier Palacios-Hidalgo
{"title":"Collaborative international online learning for the development of intercultural awareness: an experience with pre-service language teachers","authors":"Cristina A. Huertas-Abril, Francisco Javier Palacios-Hidalgo","doi":"10.1108/jme-09-2023-0093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jme-09-2023-0093","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Considering the potential of Collaborative International Online Learning (COIL) for cross-boundaries interacting and collaborating effectively, this study aims to explore the intercultural awareness of pre-service language teachers after participating in a COIL project.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Following a quantitative research approach and an exploratory cross-sectional method, the authors administered a 13-item questionnaire to unveil the perceptions of 64 future language teachers from Spain after their online experience with counterparts from the USA.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Participants consider that COIL may have enhanced their intercultural and global awareness and equipped them with valuable skills and knowledge for the future, being women more positive than men. Moreover, the results also suggest that those participants who have not traveled abroad consider COIL to be a good opportunity to compensate for the lack of knowledge or experience with other cultures resulting from not having had the opportunity to visit other countries.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>COIL needs to be seen as a powerful tool to promote global learning, intercultural understanding and the development of skills among students that will be vital for success in today’s interconnected world. Nevertheless, universities and teacher training centers need to rethink the preparation of future teachers for the increasing demands to prepare students for the requirements of the global world, and to do so, they need to consider that COIL may offer them significant benefits.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This work offers an interesting exploration of teachers’ attitudes toward COIL, providing insights into the potential of online collaboration for developing intercultural awareness.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":43323,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Multicultural Education","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138560510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Left behind but not left alone: testimonies of Black preservice experiences with white cooperating teachers 被遗忘但不孤独:黑人与白人合作教师的职前经历见证
Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-10-24 DOI: 10.1108/jme-11-2022-0147
Robert P. Robinson, Stephanie Patrice Jones
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Hosting an international conference on multiculturalism in an Arab Israeli teachers’ college: a reflection on personal and organizational learning 在一所阿拉伯裔以色列教师学院举办多元文化主义国际会议:对个人和组织学习的反思
Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI: 10.1108/jme-03-2023-0019
Randa Khair Abbas
{"title":"Hosting an international conference on multiculturalism in an Arab Israeli teachers’ college: a reflection on personal and organizational learning","authors":"Randa Khair Abbas","doi":"10.1108/jme-03-2023-0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jme-03-2023-0019","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose Conferences, while central to academic endeavors, are an understudied research site. This purpose of this study is to describe the experience of an Arab Israeli teachers’ college in hosting a large international academic conference on multiculturalism, conducted entirely in English. Most of the academic staff and all of the students are Arabic speakers. This added a layer of challenge for all our faculty and students. Design/methodology/approach This reflective, retroactive and descriptive case study builds on the above points. It is a reflective “case story” told by the college head. Findings This paper describes the benefits and growth experienced by each of the involved parties, which resulted in a changing academic culture and new academic self-confidence and vision for all concerned. This paper also details weaknesses and opportunities missed. Envisioning, planning and bringing to fruition this conference was a crucible experience for the college, enhancing our multicultural understanding, learning and commitment. Originality/value This reflective description offers an original perspective on multiculturalism through the lens of an international conference hosted by an academic institution where the native language is not English.","PeriodicalId":43323,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Multicultural Education","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135110761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Dreaming beyond education policy: a BlackCrit analysis of ESEA and ESSA 超越教育政策的梦想:对ESEA和ESSA的BlackCrit分析
IF 1.1
Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.1108/jme-11-2022-0146
Robert P. Robinson, Jordan Bell
{"title":"Dreaming beyond education policy: a BlackCrit analysis of ESEA and ESSA","authors":"Robert P. Robinson, Jordan Bell","doi":"10.1108/jme-11-2022-0146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jme-11-2022-0146","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this study is to analyze the first major federal education policy, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the most recent federal policy, the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, through a Black critical theory (BlackCrit) lens to understand better how these educational policies have served as antiblack projects. Furthermore, this study locates examples of educational Freedom Dreams in the past and present to imagine new possibilities in Black education.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000By analyzing education policy documents and history through BlackCrit methods, the authors expose how education policy is inherently an antiblack project. Freedom Dreams catalyze possibilities for future education.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The data confirms that while these policies purport equity and accountability in education, they, in practice, exacerbate antiblackness through inequitably mandated standardized testing, distributed funding and policed schooling.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This paper applies BlackCrit analysis of education policy to reimagine Black educational possibilities.\u0000","PeriodicalId":43323,"journal":{"name":"Journal for Multicultural Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49296657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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