Teaching University Students Cultural Diversity by Means of Multi-Cultural Picture Books in Taiwan

Autor/in	Wu, Jia-Fen
Titel	Teaching University Students Cultural Diversity by Means of Multi-Cultural Picture Books in Taiwan
Quelle	In: Multicultural Education Review, 9 (2017) 4, S.249-269 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2005-615X
DOI	10.1080/2005615X.2017.1383812
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; College Students; Picture Books; Mixed Methods Research; Program Effectiveness; Cultural Awareness; Student Attitudes; Second Languages; Second Language Instruction; Student Journals; Questionnaires; Reports; Group Discussion; Likert Scales; English (Second Language); Multicultural Education; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Collegestudent; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Schülerverhalten; Second language; Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Studentenzeitung; Fragebogen; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Gruppendiskussion; Likert-Skala; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Multikulturelle Erziehung
Abstract	In a pluralistic society, learning about foreign cultures is an important goal in the kind of multi-cultural education that will lead to cultural competency. This study adopted a qualitative dominant mixed-method approach to examine the effectiveness of the multi-cultural picture books on: (1) students' achieving awareness towards cultural diversity; (2) students' perceptions of both the foreign language culture and their own; and, (3) students' attitudes towards the course that uses multi-cultural picture books during language instruction. Data were collected from 32 university students' end-of-semester journals, questionnaire responses, students' oral reports and the researcher's reflective notes. Results indicate that through reading the multi-cultural picture books available, students will engage in critical discussion in class, will gain insight into diversity within the foreign cultures observed, will perceive uniqueness of different cultures and will possibly change their preconceived notions in order to accept, to respect and even to appreciate different cultures. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01