ERIC Number: EJ1257254
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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ISSN: ISSN-1467-5986
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Facilitating Intercultural Education in Majority Student Groups in Higher Education
Brossard Børhaug, Frederique; Harnes, Helga B.
Intercultural Education, v31 n3 p286-299 2020
The present article critically analyses the pedagogical efforts of two teachers to promote values education and intercultural reflection in their own educational practice. They teach in higher education in Norway and most of their students have majority backgrounds. Based on their teaching experiences with VaKE ("Values and Knowledge education"), the article discusses opportunities and challenges when working with values education in majority student groups. It concludes that discussing values is difficult but can be eye opening. It also raises the question of which dilemmas can prevent stereotyping and foster more complex intercultural thinking and shows that intercultural education requires a discussion of one's own cultural position. The article highlights the teacher's crucial role in the VaKE-process regarding the aims of intercultural values education.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Student Characteristics, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Values Education, Stereotypes, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Social Justice, White Students, Resistance (Psychology)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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