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Saturday, 20 February 2010 18:49 |
Planning for cultural diversity - C. Inglis - UNESCO, IIEP, Paris, 2008 Summary: This booklet, prepared by Chrsitine Inglis, is about how countries can manage education in an increasingly diverse cultural environment and yet foster nation building and integration. Full Text Report: PDF |
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UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity - UNESCO, 2 November 2001
The General Conference, ... Proclaims the following principles and adopts the present Declaration:
IDENTITY, DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
The Member States recommend that the Director- General take the objectives set forth in this Action Plan into account in the implementation of UNESCO’s programmes and communicate it to institutions of the United Nations system and to other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned with a view to enhancing the synergy of actions in favour of cultural diversity.
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Saturday, 20 February 2010 18:39 |
Questions of Culture in Distance Learning: A Research Review - Sedef Uzuner - International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Volume 10, Number 3, June 2009 Abstract: This paper reviews past research that focused on questions of culture in distance learning. Of specific interest are the studies that examined the influence of culture on students‟ learning and engagement in asynchronous learning networks (ALNs). The purpose of this review is three-fold: to present the state of knowledge concerning the questions of culture in distance learning, to highlight important methodological issues that past research has left unresolved, and to provide practical insights into teaching culturally and linguistically diverse online communities of learners. For these purposes, 27 studies are examined and the findings are reported under the following two categories: What do studies focusing on questions of culture in distance learning tell us? What implications do they suggest for practice and future research? Also, the paper provides methodological insights for researchers who wish to investigate the cultural dimensions of distance learning in future studies. Keywords: Asynchronous learning networks; culture; online learning; distance learning Full Text: PDF |
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