High context culture

Introduction Best practice within the context of Indigenous education comprises many actions both within the classroom and the wider community. This report will discuss the role of literacy and language as it relates to Indigenous education, as well as Indigenous education strategies. Also, best practices observed in the documentary Message Stick: Strong and Smart (Newman, 2002), as well as some examples from the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership [AITSL], professional…

differing to Annie John’s ambiguous portrayal of Annie through the unreliable first person narration. Moreover, Tambudzai’s young admiration of her cousin Nyasha assures her to treat life’s inconsistencies as a means of personal growth. Nyasha’s use of high modality in her advice, stating “You can't go on all the time being whatever’s necessary…I’m convinced I don't want to be anyone’s underdog,” such as “can’t” and “convinced” demonstrates her perpetuating reluctance to conform to others’…

distinctions that people use. In addition, the degree of individual and group identity is reinforced by the discourse and prosodic features adopted by different groups. However, language is not static and its usage may be adjusted to suit the given context of the exchange. Language, does subconsciously reveal our individual,…

the field of psychology. In order to do so, we need to explore concepts of culture, identity, belonging, cultural positioning, and social and emotional wellbeing. The majority of work in this course will be examining self and developing an understanding of one’s own learning needs. Individual Learning Outcomes Setting your own Learning Outcomes: Consider your knowledge of “culture” in general (that being your own culture and others), and your knowledge and perception of Indigenous…

The aim of embedding indigenous perspectives in education is to embrace Australia’s First Nation, their culture, identity, and their dreamtime stories into Australian mainstream schooling. Aunty Tina Quitadamo (cited in Beresford et al. 2003, p. 149) comments ” similar to our dreaming, I see quality education as an evolving, holistic, spiritual and educative process providing meaningful opportunities for personal growth”. For the past 200 years Australian education formulated post-colonial…

with others well across different cultures. It is defined as “the leadership capability to manage effectively in culturally diverse settings [and] is a critical leadership competency for those with cross-border responsibilities” (Rockstuhl, Seiler, Ang, Van Dyne & Annen, 2011, p. 825). Many large corporations operate globally, with the overall number of multinational corporations only to grow as technology bridges the gap between different countries and cultures. This is true for the American…

adopting post-structuralist conceptual framework from prestigious scholars in the field of language and identity studies such as Blommaert, Pennycook, Bourdieu, as well as many others, Schneider also applies the method of rich discourse analyses in the context of salsa enclaves to analyze the (de)construction of transnational identities, cosmopolitanism, and language ideologies. In doing so, the author tries to subvert the monolingual/monoculture ideology and shows the complex…

the destructive nature and presence of Western culture. As many of these texts were crafted by those whom this has effected within the Aboriginal culture, the vast majority of the songs and poems give a sense of clarity and premise. By analysing how the Aboriginal culture connects, operates, contributes and accommodates with the land as well as with each other, within their community, it will be easier to understand key errors in the Western culture and what they can learn to do to improve their…

Australian culture, landscape and people. Many Australian composers seek to have in his music a synthesis of ideas from the many cultures present in Australia. They also have in common in his music is a search for what it means to be Australian. Even among of those composers, Peter Sculthorpe particularly tends to have strong cross cultural music quotation and musical gestures made in an attempt to capture Australia’s geographical qualities. By borrowing music from indigenous culture, he…

government involved itself in residential schools to further exert their power over the Indigenous population. As government-funded “institutionalized instruments of control” (Steckley 310, 2017), residential schools can be understood within the context of Erving Goffman’s definition of a total institution. This definition is applicable as Indigenous children were heavily “regulated, controlled, [and] manipulated by those in charge” (Steckley 24, 2017). Operative onwards from 1831, with the last…