Culturally authentic literature is widely recognized for its efficacy in developing children's multicultural awareness and intercultural understanding. Through systematic examination and analysis of 53 Children's picture books featuring China and its culture published in North America, this study investigated the extent to which the selected books…

Although research shows that critical outcomes occur for Native students when culture-based education (CBE) centers self-determination, sovereignty, and Indigeneity, Kanaka 'Oiwi (Native Hawaiian) students rarely learn about these concepts. This review thus seeks to understand how scholars operationalize self-determination and Ea (sovereignty,…

The advent of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and text-to-image generation systems like DALL-E developed by OpenAI has raised critical questions in education and art communities, urging us not only to reconceptualize our understanding of creativity, authorship, and human--machine relations, but also to examine their social and ethical…

The objective is the scientific and theoretical basis of the pedagogical conditions of the ethnic component in the contents of a higher education institution and the identification of the effectiveness of its implementation. The article conducts a theoretical and methodological analysis of the theory under study, reveals the essence of the concept…

In his developmental writing courses, Keith Vyvial often encounters students from diverse cultural backgrounds. As an English instructor, he has witnessed the prevalent problem of weak self-efficacy among students enrolled in developmental writing. For support, he strives to empower students from all sociocultural backgrounds. His personal…

Informed by an integrated critical social semiotic approach, the present critical discourse study investigates the semiotic relations of image-text and the cultural meanings encapsulated in two German language textbooks: "Studio d A1" and "Netzwerk A1" widely used in Indonesia. Adopting Xiong and Peng's semiotic relation model,…

Many values and values that are founded on culture and culture play an essential role in understanding societies and transferring the existence of those societies to future generations. There are national heroes of each culture with valuable points, differences, and similarities from its history or its history to the present day. With these…

The purpose of this study is to analyse the content of primary school textbooks in Iran for their cultural values and characteristics, based on the individualism-collectivism dimension. Six primary school Let's Read Persian (LRP) textbooks were assessed using quantitative content analysis using two lists of individualistic and collectivistic…

Courses: Introduction to Communication (within a unit on culture), Intercultural Communication, Race and Communication, Gender and Communication, Media and Diversity, Dance Appreciation, and Introduction to Dance Studies (within a unit on culture). Objectives: This activity merges dance and communication to invite intercultural learning. Through…

Embracing Fa'a Pasifika within New Zealand schools helps students of Pacific heritage to feel that their culture is valued. If transformational change is to happen for Pacific students, then Fa'a Pasifika needs to be weaved through everything that the school does. This article looks at one school's journey to achieve that.

Cultural elements in teaching Turkish as a foreign language should be given as a whole, inseparable from basic language skills. What the cultural elements are is expressed in various frame texts. Culture is a reflection of an ancient accumulation that reflects a nation. In this respect, the sources to be addressed in the transfer of culture should…

The protests during the summer of 2020 were an awakening for many people to the realities of systemic racism. Music education had a full-blown reckoning with the insidious ways racism manifests in the profession. One way that systemic racism manifests in individual classrooms and programs, and one not always easily identified, is cultural…

Challenges from globalization, population growth, and climate change require science, technology, and engineering (STEM) professionals to have global competency. However, the impact of international experiences on STEM students' development of these abilities has not been well studied. We assessed the effects of international research experiences…

The research focused on analyzing Javanese arts conservation by employing inheritance strategies of "Wayang Wong Bocah." The research method comprised the following steps: data collection, data validation, and data analysis. The data were collected by observation, interview, and documentation. Moreover, the data were validated by source…

The World-Readiness Standards (The National Standards Collaborative Board, 2015) and the Can-Do Statements (ACTFL, 2017) promote intercultural competence and understanding through relating cultural products to perspectives and practices. In response, numerous world languages curriculum proposals have convincingly demonstrated these entanglements.…