Manifestation of cultural identity(s) in an Iranian English language Literacy classroom: a critical discourse analysis by Khadijeh Aghaei, Koo, Yew Lie, Noorizah Mohd Noor

“…More precisely, cultural identities are constructed by increasingly complexities of what construct literacy and multi literate practices in 21 century as a constantly changing socially and culturally diverse, globalized and technological era. This view can open a new horizon to English language literacy education in the new era which is supposed to go beyond merely 4 -skill dominant pedagogical orthodoxy. …”
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The influence of social categories on students’ self-selected group work formation in a private university in Malaysia by Ong, Sue Lyn

“…When students of multi-ethnic and multi-lingual Malaysians and international students from culturally diverse backgrounds work together in group assignments, negotiations on whom to include or exclude would take place during the formation of self-selected groups. …”
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Intercultural communication competence: Educating students for global networking by Harun, Minah, Dalib, Syarizan, Yusof, Norhafezah, Ahmad, Mohd Khairie

“…The advanced technology combined with students’ interest to engage in it as opposed to the traditional classroom, makes it more pertinent for all educators to find ways to prepare culturally diverse students for global competence. Drawing from the focus group data, this paper discusses the various approaches used by students when communicating with the others in Malaysian universities. …”
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"My Name Is..." by Carrie Anne Thomas, Blessy Samjose

“…We conclude that while both “damage and desire” episodes contribute to the narratives, too heavy a focus on damage could lead to the perpetuation of a “single story” (Adichie 2009) that normalizes pain and struggle as an inevitable experience for children with linguistically and culturally diverse names. …”
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CLIL for medical universities by Jennifer Valcke, Justyna Giezynska, Andras Nagy, Amani Eltayb

“… This article offers insights into the knowledge, skills and attitudes medical educators need to teach effectively to culturally diverse cohorts of medical students. “CLIL in Medical Education: Reaching for Tools to Teach Effectively in English in a Multicultural and Multilingual Learning Space” (CLILMED), an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership, designed a profile to assist medical educators in the process of intentional goal-setting and self-reflection around their pedagogy, language and culture. …”
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Managing the Ethnic Gaps in Kordestan of Iran by Yousof Torabi, Yousof Ali Majidi

“…In all political systems consisting of ethnic and cultural diversities, governments have an important role in managing the ethnic gaps. …”
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Cultural Pluralism and its Effects on Educational Systems by Tayyebeh Tavassoli

“…In the initial parts, the method of research is a description and analysis of the principal concepts like culture, diversity, Cultural Pluralism and cultural unity and in the later parts which is the study of the effects of Cultural Pluralism on educational systems is through analysis, exegesis and deduction. …”
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«Lei è ebreo?». Mondi a confronto nelle Lettere a Milena di Kafka by Claudia Sonino

“…Il contributo intende analizzare, attraverso il rapporto e l’intenso, seppur breve, scambio epistolare tra Franz Kafka e Milena Jesenská, il clima culturale nella Praga degli anni successivi al crollo dell’impero, segnato da un antisemitismo sempre più aggressivo e minaccioso che rende problematico l’incontro e il rapporto tra appartenenze e culture diverse, come quella ebraica, e ceca. Su questo sfondo si dipana il rapporto tra lo scrittore ebreo e tedesco e la sua traduttrice ceca, amica e confidente, un rapporto ricco e complesso tra mondi diversi eppur dialoganti.   …”
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Alcune riflessioni sul “Disegno con la fotografia digitale” by Pablo Rodriguez-Navarro

“…La fotografia ha cambiato per sempre il modo di vedere e rappresentare il mondo reale (dai paesaggi alle grandi architetture di culture diverse). Tuttavia, l’inclusione dell’immagine fotografica all’interno del processo di sviluppo grafico del progetto (sia nella fase ideativa, sia nella fase di documentazione architettonica) ha dovuto attendere fino all’ultimo quarto del secolo scorso. …”
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Geographies of Encounter, Public Space, and Social Cohesion: Reviewing Knowledge at the Intersection of Social Sciences and Built Environment Disciplines by Patricia Aelbrecht, Quentin Stevens

“…This article seeks to address long-standing questions in academia, practice, and policymaking regarding the role public spaces might have in promoting cross-cultural encounters and experiences of social cohesion in socially and culturally diverse urban contexts, and what theories and methods researchers and practitioners might use to objectively evaluate this. …”
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PENUMBUHAN BUDAYA LITERASI DENGAN PENERAPAN ILMU KETERAMPILAN BERBAHASA (MEMBACA DAN MENULIS) by Mursalim Mursalim

“…Indonesia has the wealth and diversity of the nation as the population of approximately 240 million, ethnic and regional languages, religions, diverse cultures, diverse customs and customs, and a wide variety of flora and fauna that all these things are very necessary to be understood and known by all layers community and built, disclosed, communicated both orally and in writing. …”
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Challenges to understanding and managing cultural ecosystem services in the global South by Pamela McElwee, Jun He, Minna Hsu

“…Overall, the articles in this Special Feature show that research focusing on the global South can make positive contributions to the growing CES literature by drawing attention to key challenges such as power and inequality in access to CES, pressures from social and environmental change on CES, and the importance of relational and other culturally diverse values elicited through appropriate methodologies.…”
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A sour taste in your mouth: consumer privileges and the socio-ecological imperatives of chocolate as pedagogy by Bob Manteaw

“…I use writing to demonstrate how my reflective processes on my work with chocolate as pedagogy in schools facilitate an exploration of the philosophical and pedagogical underpinnings of what it means and what it takes to educate for sustainability and global awareness and in culturally diverse settings. My desire here is to share insights by writing, describing, examining and theorising my experiences of using chocolate as a pedagogical resource for global education and socio-ecological learning to university students. …”
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The reconfiguration of publics and spaces through art: strategies of agitation and amelioration by Anne Ring Petersen, Sabine Dahl Nielsen

“…We also introduce the concept of postmigrant public spaces to more accurately describe the conflict-negotiating and coalition-building role that art is increasingly called upon to fulfil in the public spaces of today’s culturally diverse “societies of negotiation” (Foroutan).…”
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A FUZZY METHODOLOGY FOR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE EVALUATION: EVIDENCE FROM POST-SOVIET KYRGYZSTAN by Göleç, Adem, Maksudunov, Azamat

“…This paper assesses the local entrepreneurial culture based on the perceptions of local residents, by focusing on four distinctdimensions of the local entrepreneurial culture: ‘diversity andchange climate’, ‘business promotion climate’, ‘business discouragement climate’, and ‘focus on local’. …”
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Seeing through their eyes: the diversity and inclusion lessons learned from rural university students by Catherine S. Browers, Henry Wai Leong Ho

“…However, it is significant that some participants are limited in their perceptions of culturally diverse backgrounds, which has resulted in some anxiety. …”
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REVISITING THE GEOGRAPIDCAL INDICATION REGIME IN BANGLADESH: TRIPS COMPATIBILITY AND PROSPECTIVE CHALLENGES by Mohammad Aktarul Alam Chowdhury, Md. Hasnath Kabir Fahim

“…Bangladesh, being rich in cultural diversities and traditions, has a number of world famous foodstuffs, handicrafts, agricultural products and cultural heritage that could qualify as geographical indications. …”
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A Comparative Study Between Islamic and Public High Schools on Multicultural Self-Efficacy by Yosef Yosef

“…Having adequate multicultural self-efficacy enables students to get along, learn, and collaborate confidently and harmoniously with culturally diverse peers in any school setting. However, there is only a small number of research on this matter for the dual types of Indonesian secondary schools. …”
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Development of the awareness, skills, knowledge: General (ASK-G) scale for measuring cultural competence in the general population. by Melanie M Domenech Rodríguez, Alexandra K Reveles, Kaylee Litson, Christina A Patterson, Alejandro L Vázquez

“…We developed a measure for cultural competence that could be used in a general population to measure changes in awareness, knowledge, and skills in interacting with culturally diverse others. We built an 81-item scale with items conceptually categorized into awareness, knowledge, and skills and was presented to an expert panel for feedback. …”
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“This is Not My World”. Essential Support Strategies for Newly Arrived Adult Immigrants Learning Swedish by John Oliver St, Liubinienė Vilmantė

“…Through qualitative investigation of Sfi teacher work, this study aims to find out what pedagogical priorities guide the teachers’ classroom practices with linguistically and culturally diverse students. Furthermore, it aims to compare the contributions to Sfi learning environments of ethnically diverse teachers whose language experiences are different. …”
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