TY - JOUR
T1 - Navigating learning and teaching in expanding culturally diverse higher education settings
AU - Markey, Kathleen
AU - Graham, Margaret M.
AU - Tuohy, Dympna
AU - McCarthy, Jane
AU - O’Donnell, Claire
AU - Hennessy, Therese
AU - Fahy, Anne
AU - O’ Brien, Brid
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Developing a deeper understanding of factors that influence learning and teaching in widening culturally diverse learning environments is necessary in proactively planning supports and pedagogical approaches that encourage integration, intercultural understanding and respect for cultural difference. This qualitative descriptive study reports on the experiences and perceptions of teaching faculty and students (domestic and international) of learning and teaching in postgraduate culturally diverse environments. Three themes were generated from the data: ‘early apprehension’, ‘cautious engagement’ and ‘shared acceptance’, highlighting the multifaceted responses to cultural diversity in the learning environment. These findings illuminate how learning and teaching in widening culturally diverse education settings require careful, sensitive and proactive planning and supports. The individuality of learning experiences, self-preservation of identities, narrow perceptions of cultural difference and unconscious ‘othering’, influenced learning behaviours, integration and cohesive learning. The findings also highlight the necessity of adopting culturally responsive pedagogies.
AB - Developing a deeper understanding of factors that influence learning and teaching in widening culturally diverse learning environments is necessary in proactively planning supports and pedagogical approaches that encourage integration, intercultural understanding and respect for cultural difference. This qualitative descriptive study reports on the experiences and perceptions of teaching faculty and students (domestic and international) of learning and teaching in postgraduate culturally diverse environments. Three themes were generated from the data: ‘early apprehension’, ‘cautious engagement’ and ‘shared acceptance’, highlighting the multifaceted responses to cultural diversity in the learning environment. These findings illuminate how learning and teaching in widening culturally diverse education settings require careful, sensitive and proactive planning and supports. The individuality of learning experiences, self-preservation of identities, narrow perceptions of cultural difference and unconscious ‘othering’, influenced learning behaviours, integration and cohesive learning. The findings also highlight the necessity of adopting culturally responsive pedagogies.
KW - Cultural diversity
KW - culturally responsive pedagogies
KW - culturally responsive teaching
KW - higher education
KW - intercultural learning
KW - postgraduate nursing programmes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85147012004&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/23752696.2023.2165527
DO - 10.1080/23752696.2023.2165527
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85147012004
SN - 2375-2696
VL - 8
SP - 1
EP - 19
JO - Higher Education Pedagogies
JF - Higher Education Pedagogies
IS - 1
M1 - 2165527
ER -