In-depth Cultural Studies in Multicultural Group

• Authors: Gunta Siliņa-Jasjukeviča , Ilze Briška
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There is much research and educational practices at all levels of education on how to deal with promoting acceptance and understanding between different cultures. A cultural study forms an important part of shaping intercultural understanding. The aim of the research is to analyze an innovative way of incorporating cultural studies in teacher education program from the perspective of encouraging multinational students to reveal common values within diverse manifestations of different cultures. The present article describes a qualitative study of multinational students’ experiences in international project related to the learning about Nordic and Baltic cultural traditions. In the conclusion of the article, the efficiency of the structure of content and the process of in-depth cultural studies are analyzed. The discussion contains problems for further research of this topic.

Keywords

EN

in-depth studies; cultural studies; multicultural group; teacher training; celebration

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 139-148

Dates

published

2016-12-01

online

2016-06-08

Contributors

author

Gunta Siliņa-Jasjukeviča

• Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy, Latvia

author

Ilze Briška

• Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy, Latvia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/dcse-2016-0010