As palavras do saber e do sabor: A gastronomia como objecto de descoberta no processo de ensino / aprendizagem do PLE e PL2

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ensino do Português como Língua Segunda e Estrangeira

Multicultural career counseling: Theoretical applications of the systems theory framework

Increasing recognition of cultural influences on career development requires expanded theoretical and practical perspectives. Theories of career development need to explicate views of culture and provide direction for career counseling with clients who are culturally diverse. The Systems Theory Framework (STF) is a theoretical foundation that accounts for systems of influence on people's career development, including individual, social, and environmental/societal contexts. The discussion provides a rationale for systemic approaches in multicultural career counseling and introduces the central theoretical tenets of the STF. Through applications of the STF, career counselors are challenged to expand their roles and levels of intervention in multicultural career counseling.

Educating speech-language pathologists for a multicultural world

This paper presents critical elements and current needs in educating speech-language pathologists for a multicultural world. A proposed paradigm shift in clinical teaching using the UK model is also introduced. In addition, a case study on the American Speech Language Hearing Association's efforts in implementing the Multicultural Action Agenda by networking with the Asian Pacific Islander caucus is described. A survey of multicultural elements in programs in Australia and New Zealand is included. finally, suggestions for collaboration with those in established professional bodies to meet the increasing needs of a multicultural world are provided. copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG. Basel.

When state silence becomes persecution: The case of domestic violence refugees in minister for immigration and multicultural affairs v Khawar

In Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Khawar, the Federal Court upheld a finding setting aside the refusal of the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) to grant a protection visa to a Pakistani woman - Tribunal's failure to consider the notion that state tolerance of violence for discriminatory reasons could amount to persecution under the definition of 'refugee' in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

'Homescapes' and identity reformations in Australian multicultural drama

A consideration of identity formation in contemporary Australian multicultural theatre is offered through a re-assessment of the unsettled (and unsettling) constructions of Australia as 'home' in the work of three playwrights. William Yang's Sadness disrupts a localized perception of home, space, and cultural communities to amalgamate two disparate communities (the queer/homosexual community in Sydney and the Asian-Australian, or 'Austasian' community) into a reconfigured Australian identity. Janis Balodis's The Ghosts Trilogy uses many actors who play across the unsettled lines of history, amid numerous voices, homes, and homelands that indicate the enormity of what 'Australia' comes to signify. Noelle Janaczewska's The History of Water constructs a way of locating the self by means of a metaphoric home as each character establishes herself on a psychic plane rather than choosing the strictly physical locations to which she has access. In their interrogations of home and homeland, these plays challenge assumptions regarding identity, disrupt notions of the ultimate ownership of land/culture by anyone, and problematize the idea of settlement as it is currently articulated in Australia.

Línguas estrangeiras no 1º ciclo

Legislação recente veio criar o contexto necessário para a implementação alargada do ensino obrigatório da língua inglesa aos mais novos no nosso país. Actualmente, uma educação sem as línguas é uma educação amputada e incompleta, já que o multilinguismo generalizado é o futuro da Europa. Para além dos pressupostos de ordem cultural, social e económica para a sua inclusão nos currículos, a aprendizagem das línguas enfatiza a promoção do desenvolvimento pessoal e social que o reconhecimento e a estima por outras formas particulares de interpretar o universal proporciona, não se limitando a dotar os alunos com um dispositivo de natureza profissional ou de utilidade turística. Dentro desta perspectiva, a aprendizagem da L.E. serve cabalmente as finalidades de um projecto educativo multicultural e multilingue, e à educação para a literacia intercultural baseada na aprendizagem de L.E. cabe o papel de reconciliar a escola com a vida social tal como ela é, complexa e plural, sem produzir ou reforçar fenómenos de marginalidade, de xenofobia ou de exclusão. Para tal são necessários professores com preparação adequada, isto é, com sólida formação linguístico-comunicativa e pedagógicodidáctica. As metodologias de ensino das L.E. no 1º Ciclo excedem a releitura trivial do legado da didáctica das línguas, para se lançarem na edificação de um paradigma e de uma linguagem admiravelmente multifacetados, onde o elevado nível de integração de uma infinidade de componentes e de estímulos redefine o alcance do processo de aprender uma L.E., abrindo-lhe perspectivas completamente novas e surpreendentes, na observância da necessidade absoluta da articulação vertical das aprendizagens entre os dois primeiros ciclos do Ensino Básico.

MUS-E Portugal fonte de equilíbrio e de tolerância: projecto pedagógico multicultural num meio escolar desfavorecido

Projecto pedagógico multicultural num meio escolar desfavorecido.

Contextualização e Intercompreensão na aula multicultural de PLNM

Dissertação apresentada para o cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ensino do Português como Língua Segunda e Estrangeira.

Cultural Intelligence Scale: Validation in a Multicultural Setting of Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni

Purpose: This work aims at further developing and testing the psychometric properties of the Cultural Intelligence Scale (Ang & Van Dyne, 2006) in an Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Population, including reliability. Design Methodology: The study included 626 participants from 109 different countries that emcompasses 6 continents. Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis procedures were carried out in order to test the scale in a multicultural scale of Erasmus Mundus Students. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach Alpha. Results: The scale presents excellent psychometric properties with alpha values that range from .84 to .90. Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses demonstrated that the original model of the scale presents an exceptionally good fit. Limitations: The present study was conducted using a convenience sample and online questionnaires that limit its conclusions when we consider the globality of the Erasmus Mundus Students. Research/Practical Implications: This study presents evidence that Ang and Van Dyne’s scale is an adequate measure instrument to assess intercultural intelligence in a multicultural setting of students and alumni. Originality/Value: Multicultural samples and studies are becoming more and more present and relevant; the study of intercultural competences and habilities is becoming increasingly important, and in this task, solid psychometric instruments are of paramount importance. This study presents evidence that Ang and Van Dyne’s (2006) scale is a fairly recent and parsimonious instrument with excellent psychometric properties properties.