Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry (Journal)
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The problem and promise of story
No full text This paper reflects upon taking up stories with high school students that are full of graphic images of war, genocide and ethnic cleansing. Young people today are bombarded with images of human suffering via the media; when teachers take up traumatic stories, they add to an already overwhelming tide. Narrative and critical analysis are woven together to explore students’ responses to such stories in Canadian schools in which productivity and performance are often used as indicators of student success. Instead, opportunities and possibilities to teach pedagogies of peace and possibility are imagined
Elementary School Global Partnership Projects: Are Good Intentions Good Enough?
No full text Many Alberta elementary students participate in school global partnerships and projects involving the human rights and well-being of people in economically developing countries. These projects are often undertaken in times of disaster, or as a component of developing global citizenship, or as action projects aimed at meeting specific curricular and school district outcomes. This paper summarizes some of the understandings and beliefs of ten Alberta grade six students from two urban schools who had participated in such projects. Generally, students felt they had developed an increased awareness of issues in the developing world, and believed that they were agents of positive change. Other possibly imperialistic perceptions - regardless of project context – also emerged. These include that: All developing countries are basically the same, are dependent on wealthier countries to progress towards a more “normal” western life, and that money holds the power to transformation
Tea, Gift-giving and Social Relationships’ Production of De’ang people in southwest China
No full text De’ang 德昂people are an ethnic minority officially-recognized in China who are tea planters and tea drinkers mainly living in the upland areas of southwest Yunnan on the border between China and Myanmar. This paper demonstrates that how De’ang use tea as a gift in gift giving with outsiders and insiders to produce their social relationships in their lives, and from the viewpoint of anthropology argues that tea giving among the De’ang not only can reflect the basic principle of reciprocity in gift exchange, but also can reveal their identity both inside and outside their own community through different social relationships
Flight of Transcendence: Exploring Flight as a Metaphor for Transcendent Teaching and Learning
No full textThis paper explores flight as a metaphor for transcendence in teaching and learning through an examination of Philip Phenix’s (1975) work, “Transcendence and the Curriculum,” combined with personal reflections, poetry, and an investigation of the scientific workings of flight. This journey of understanding begins with poetic reflections on the sensations of flight, including fear, boxed in limitations, and the motivation of our sense of wonder. The article then examines and interprets the four forces that act on an object in flight as metaphors for the elements of transcendent teaching and learning. The goal of this article is to understand the forces at work in our experiences of transcendence in the classroom and to remind us to run head first into the wind and soar
An Insider Viewpoint on Cultural Norms for Marriage and Mate Selection Relevant to Immigration Fraud Detection in South Asian International Arranged Marriages
No full textSouth Asian immigrant families residing in Canada often seek spouses for their children from their home countries, and file applications to enable the foreign spouses to immigrate. Marriages of convenience for immigration pose a major threat to genuine international unions, as immigration officers evaluating marriage-based immigration applications must rule out fraudulent relations. Through focus groups with 27 cultural insiders, including South Asian religious and community leaders, this study identified subculture norms for marriage and mate selection that can directly inform immigration fraud detection: (a) intra-familial marriage practices among Pakistani Muslims and South Indians, (b) extra-familial marriage traditions among Hindus and Sikhs, and (c) exceptions to norms for widows and intergroup marriages. Implications for cultural education for immigration officers are discussed.
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No full text‘Unlearning Privileges’: Interrupting Pre-Service Teachers Deficit Thinking of Immigrant Students with Origins in the South
No full textDrawing from critical and postcolonial theoretical perspectives, this paper demonstrates how a teacher educator has implemented some experiential strategies in order to encourage pre-service teachers to challenge their largely unexamined, deficit thinking regarding their English as an Additional Language (EAL) students. Teacher educators preparing teachers to work effectively and equitably in a linguistically, culturally and racially diverse context can employ teaching strategies described in this paper