Edited by Ibrahima Diallo and Shirley O'Neill

Published: Dec 2012
ISBN 978-1-921980-41-1
Pages: 112 (PDF version)

Overview

This issue focuses on cross-cultural pedagogies and the interface between Islamic and Western pedagogies and epistemologies.

Over the past decades, the field of cross-cultural studies has expanded considerably. The most recent research in cross-cultural studies draws on a wide range of disciplines such as education, linguistics, language teaching, intercultural studies, discourse analysis, politeness, and pragmatics among others. Despite this abundant literature, not much has been dedicated to cross-cultural pedagogies focusing on Islamic pedagogies and epistemologies in non-Islamic setting.

To fill this gap, this issue will provide a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary platform for cutting-edge research in cross-cultural pedagogies and teaching focusing on Islamic pedagogies and epistemologies in western context and the transfer of western pedagogies and epistemologies within Islamic setting. We welcome articles on a wide range of topics on cross-cultural pedagogies addressing the interface/ relationship between Islamic pedagogies and epistemologies and western pedagogies and epistemologies.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The interface between Islamic and western pedagogies and epistemologies: Features and divergences
- Ibrahima Diallo

Twists and turns of Islamic education across the Islamic world
- Zaniah Marshallsay

The impact of secular western education on Albanians in primary schools in southern Serbia
- Zivorad Milenovic

Is self-assessment a pedagogical challenge in an Islamic context? A case study of Iranian students learning French
- Nadine Normand-Marconnet

Intercultural teaching in the Arab Gulf region: Making a case for pedagogy that takes into account the epistemic context and the scholastic traditions of Muslim students
- Ibrahima Diallo

Teaching in higher education institutions in Algeria: A clash of pedagogies?
- Mohammed Miliani

'Every little tree has its own bit of shade': Qur'an-based literacy of the Peul Fuuta community
- Ibrahima Diallo

Changing traditional reading pedagogy: The importance of classroom interactive talk for year one Malay readers
- Hajah Suraya Haji Tarasat, Shirley O'Neill

Non-themed section

The core tenets of education in ancient India, inspirations for modern times
- Chantal Crozet

Refugee Action Support: Crossing borders in preparing pre-service teachers for literacy teaching in secondary schools in Greater Western Sydney
- Loshini Naidoo

On the relationship between Iranian EFL learners' learning style preference and their gender, proficiency level and achievement score
- Mohammad Aliakbari

Book Review

Start where you are, but don't stay there: Understanding diversity, opportunity gaps, and teaching in today's classrooms - H Richard Milner
- Reviewed by Josh DeSantis