Prof. Abdeljalil Akkari
Pas de questions actuellement.
Prof. Bernard Wentzel
Pas de questions actuellement.
Dr Kevin House
Question 1:
Thank you, you raised many good and essential questions, and there is much to be extrapolated from the Chinese model to other cultures as well, including poorer Central American countries where I have worked. At the risk of falling into the stereotype of the Western educated educator living in the Asian world, the question that jumps up immediately is; are the tuition paying parents even aware of the dichotomy, or are they just aiming for the economic gain that Stables proposed? In my career we've had plenty of parents openly say they don't care about the values of the school, they just want the US or Canadian or UK university entry our transcript buys them. And while we should be absolutely mindful of the cultural forces at play, we hire mostly white Western (not asian, not black, not latinx) educators who reinforce that visual stereotype because subconsciously it is what parents pay for. So my question is do we play the wrong card by suggesting we are in the game to understand the culture we live in versus understanding the culture we represent is what the parents want? Can we do both?
Answer:
I agree, the tension between stereotypical parent/educator perceptions of purpose have not been acknowledged let alone resolved. The values attached to a pluricultural education differ greatly depending on a number of factors: maturity of the private education market; language profile of the demographics; hiring practices of the school; etc. All of these impact on the discourses that both parents and educators empower and assume. For me, this is why it is an area we need to explore more deeply so we might begin to understand how commonplace the anecdotal generalisms (like that you shared) are and perhaps anticipate what more we might do in the parent-educator space to address these differing values and bring both groups into closer alignment. No easy answers really but nonetheless an intriguing area for research. I really appreciate you taking the time to engage and thank you very much for your question.
Dr Catherine Montgomery
Question 1:
Thank you very much for giving the new perspective which suggests the marginalized voice in the academics. By listening/reading your presentation/article, I was wondering if there is any "Eastern" knowledge that are missing in the Western academics. As Bakhtin suggested in the recommended article, in order to get people involved for dialogues, co-creating situations should be emerged from participants' positioning themselves. So I wonder if "Easterners" themselves should be aware of their positions in the Western academic context.... This may not be a question but a comment on your presentation.
I am also very thankful for your coordinating our roundtable. Other presentations are stimulating and inspiring to me, which make me strongly think that I need more international collaboration for my future research. Thank you very much.
Answer:
Coming soon.