Seeking common ground: making connections big and small

PSU Research Review

David Lee Keiser¹ 

关键词: Education;    Culture in education;    Diversity and social justice policies in education;   

DOI  :  10.1108/PRR-09-2017-0041

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Emerald Publishing

【 摘 要 】

Purpose This essay furthers cross-cultural exchange, and understanding. Written for a general audience by a teacher educator, it argues for accepting all others into the academic conversation. Using varied examples, the purpose of this paper is to illustrate both lifelong learning and the power of connecting across difference. Design/methodology/approach The author draws upon experience as a teacher and professor and his engagement with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for examples of edification and engagement. Findings The author cites both the current period and a mid-twentieth-century American major event, the civil rights March on Washington to illustrate possibilities for connection, clarity and symbiosis. Originality/value Written for this journal, this essay uses an original and skeletal theoretical and empirical frame as well as field examples to argue for inclusiveness, exchange and acceptance of all learners.

【 授权许可】

CC BY