Prospects of Cosmopolitan Classrooms within a Malaysian University
This paper examines lecturers’ practices in adult teaching and learning in University X. We use this analysis to think about better learning for adults in a cosmopolitan world. In our fi eldwork, teaching is viewed as “a complex set of relational exchanges between heterogeneous and differentially...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UiTM Publisher
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Asian Journal of University Education |
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| Online Access: | http://daisy.uitm.edu.my/webupload/AJUE%20Vol%209%20No%201.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper examines lecturers’ practices in adult teaching and learning in
University X. We use this analysis to think about better learning for adults
in a cosmopolitan world. In our fi eldwork, teaching is viewed as “a complex
set of relational exchanges between heterogeneous and differentially
positioned human subjects” (Luke, 2004, p. 1429), and how these can be
fruitfully accommodated in the classrooms by facilitation of understandings
of each others’ circumstances. We show aspects of universality and shared
values that Appiah (2006) advocates in his notion of Cosmopolitanism. We
claim that in teaching Malaysian adults, lecturers need to recognise and
can build upon the cosmopolitan nature of the pedagogical relationships
formed within their classrooms. |
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| ISSN: | 1823-7797 1823-7797 |