Collaborative teaching in a linguistically and culturally diverse higher education setting: a case study of a postgraduate accounting program
| Autor: | Dawn Cable, Elaine Evans, Jen Tindale, Suzanne Mead |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Higher education
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Accounting Professional communication Education Linguistic competence Cultural diversity ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Curriculum development Sociology business Curriculum Diversity (politics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Higher Education Research & Development. 28:597-613 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8366 0729-4360 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07294360903226403 |
| Popis: | The Language for Professional Communication in Accounting project has changed teaching practice in a linguistically and culturally diverse postgraduate accounting program at Macquarie University in Australia. This paper reflects on the project’s interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to diversity in the classroom by tracing its growth and development and describing the way in which it is supporting the integration of professional communication skills and discipline‐specific content within the Master of Accounting program. In particular, the paper demonstrates that discipline specialists working in a continuous and collaborative relationship with English language specialists, to integrate and assess communication skills and enrich the curriculum, leads to better outcomes for students and staff. The paper contributes to a growing literature on approaches that integrate particular graduate attributes into programs with diverse student populations, rather than bolt‐on interventions by language specialis... |
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