Full Description
This book focuses on intercultural communication in Qatar, exploring local epistemologies and ethical practices that influence pedagogical methods for school and university curricula.
This book provides an in-depth look at intercultural education in primary and secondary schools, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in various schools, departments, and colleges in Qatar. It suggests effective cross-cultural pedagogies for intercultural exchange in the Qatari context and details how to develop intercultural competencies and dialogical models. The book also explores how intercultural encounters are manifested in Qatari culture through verbal or nonverbal forms of communication, personal space, cultural identity, media, access perspectives, and language learning. The volume includes both insider and diaspora perspectives and addresses a wide range of contentious issues such as communication with minority groups, the possibilities of global citizenship, intercultural and interfaith dialogues, the internationalization of education, and the role of the intercultural translator. It aims to promote learning skills that enable and diversify effective participation in social reform, knowledge dissemination, conviviality, and citizenship.
The title will serve as a valuable reference for international education and intercultural communication and teaching, especially in the context of Qatar.
Contents
Part One: Navigating Cultural and Educational Ethics in Qatar 1. Negotiating Intercultural Education in Qatar: Cultural Identity, Education City and the National Vision 2. Beyond Education City: Exploring the Impact of Branch Campuses on the Qatari Culture Part Two: Approaching Culture and Religion in Higher Education 3. Interreligious Teaching and "The Problem of God": Religious Implications of a Liberal Arts Education in Qatar 4. Honing Intercultural Competence at Lusail University: Teaching Culture in a Teacher Education Program in Qatar Part Three: Fostering Cultural Identity in Qatar's International Schools 5. Designing a Curriculum that Promotes National Identity and Cultural Heritage in Qatar's International Schools 6. International Schools in Qatar: Balancing Global Education and Preserving Cultural Identities Part Four: Engaging Intercultural Communication in Diverse Contexts 7. Translanguaging for High Stakes Intercultural Clinical Communication in Multilingual Qatar: Health Professions Education and Patient Safety Where English is a Medical Lingua Franca 8. Communicating Al-Andalus Discourse Interculturally in the Semiotic Landscape of Qatar Part Five: Promoting Intercultural Competencies in School Settings 9. An Intercultural Rihla in Canadian Education: Teaching English Literature in an International High School in Qatar 10. Integrating Intercultural Adaptability and Citizenship Education into the Qatari Primary School Curriculum: The Mondial as Extra-Curricular Activity Part Six: Exploring Media and Access Perspectives in Education 11. McArabism in Al Jazeera's 2022 World Cup Coverage: A Pedagogical Model for History Education in Qatar 12. Interculturality and Access: Reflections from a Community-Based Project in a Higher Education Course in Qatar Part Seven: Intercultural Perspectives in Translation and Language Teaching 13. Integrating Qatari Arabic Nonverbal Communication and Gestures into FL Curriculum 14. Exploring the Challenges of Teaching Translation in Qatar: An Intercultural and Linguistic Perspective
