ERIC Number: EJ956562
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 15
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The Possibility of Cosmopolitan Learning: Reflecting on Future Directions for Diversity Teacher Education in Australia
Reid, Carol; Sriprakash, Arathi
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, v40 n1 p15-29 2012
This paper is situated in the re-visioning ethos that has been part of the genealogy of multicultural education. In the context of teacher education, the authors ask: where to now? In this paper, they reflect on their design and delivery of a new undergraduate unit offered by the School of Education, University of Western Sydney. The unit attempted to work through ideas of "cosmopolitanism" as a way of rethinking diversity education for the twenty-first century. The paper offers a critical review of multiculturalism in teacher education and examines theories associated with cosmopolitanism in the education context. The authors examine the ways in which a "cosmopolitan imagination" might have relevance in contemporary contexts of diversity in Australia, and particularly in the western and south-western Sydney region in which they teach. (Contains 8 notes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Theories, Teacher Education Curriculum, Units of Study, Imagination, Curriculum Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Policy, Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Curriculum Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Questionnaires
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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