Bowser, Don and Danaher, Patrick A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2289-7774 and Somasundaram, Jay
(2007)
Indigenous, pre-undergraduate and international students at Central Queensland University, Australia: three cases of the dynamic tension between diversity and commonality.
Teaching in Higher Education, 12 (5-6).
pp. 669-681.
ISSN 1356-2517
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Abstract
While diversity and commonality are not necessarily contradictory aspirations in relation to contemporary teaching in higher education, they exist potentially in a state of dynamic tension, fostered by market-based and government-induced policies that strive to have the largest and widest possible client or customer base while reducing costs by standardising delivery and assessment.
This paper explores this dynamic tension between diversity and commonality through three empirical cases of different types of students at Central Queensland University in Australia: Indigenous, pre-undergraduate and international students. The paper presents an analytical synthesis of the particular teaching strategies developed by academic staff working with students in each case: experiential learning, transformative learning and culturally situated pedagogy. The authors argue that these strategies constitute a potentially effective means of helping to resolve the dynamic tension between, and of unravelling the Gordian knot linking, diversity and commonality in Australian contemporary higher education.
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Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Item Status: | Live Archive |
Additional Information: | Author version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Education (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Education (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2008 04:47 |
Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2013 22:52 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Australia; Central Queensland University; commonality; diversity; indigneous students; international students; pre-undergraduate students |
Fields of Research (2008): | 16 Studies in Human Society > 1608 Sociology > 160809 Sociology of Education 13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130103 Higher Education 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130302 Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education |
Fields of Research (2020): | 39 EDUCATION > 3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy > 390203 Sociology of education 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390303 Higher education 39 EDUCATION > 3904 Specialist studies in education > 390401 Comparative and cross-cultural education |
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9301 Learner and Learning > 930102 Learner and Learning Processes |
Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13562510701596224 |
URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/3420 |
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