Your Culture, My Classroom, Whose Pedagogy? Negotiating Effective Teaching and Learning in Brazil

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-132

  Crabtree, Robbin D ^a   Sapp, David Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural adjustment; intercultural communication; international education; pedagogy; teacher praxis; TESOL

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990342800     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315303260826     Document Type: Article

References (73)

1. Amir, Y. (1969). Contact hypothesis in ethnic relations. Psychological Bulletin, 71, 319-342.
2. Arliss, L. P. (1994). The role of touch in gender communication. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A reader (pp. 241-245). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
3. Barker, T. S., & Smith, H. W., Jr. (1996). A perspective of a new taxonomy for international education. International Education, 26, 40-55.
4. Birdsall, N., & Sabot, R. H. (1996). Opportunity foregone: Education in Brazil. Washington, DC: Johns Hopkins University Press.
5. Bodycott, P., & Walker, A. (2000). Teaching abroad: Lessons learned about inter-cultural understanding for teachers in higher education. Teaching in Higher Education, 5, 79-94.
6. Brookfield, S. D. (1990). The skillful teacher: On technique, trust, and the responsiveness in the classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
7. Burton, D., & Robinson, J. (1999). Cultural interference—Clashes of ideology and pedagogy in internationalizing education. International Education, 28(2), 5-30.
8. Carbaugh, D. (Ed.). (1990). Cultural communication and intercultural contact. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
9. Carr, W., & Kemmis, S. (1997). Teoría crítica de la enseñanza [Critical theory of education]. Educación y Derechos Humanos, 31, 17-23.
10. Coleman, S. (1997). International students in the classroom: A resource and an opportunity. International Education, 27, 52-61.
11. Crabtree, R. D. (1995, February). Political and ethical dilemmas in interviewing: Stories from three “enemy states.” Paper presented at the annual Western States Communication Association meeting, Portland, OR.
12. Crabtree, R. D., & Sapp, D. A. (2003). Theoretical, political, and pedagogical challenges in the feminist classroom: Our struggles to walk the walk. College Teaching, 51(4), 131-140.
13. Dewey, J. (1959). Dewey on education: Selections. New York: Teachers College Press.
14. Dolphin, C. Z. (1994). Variables in the use of personal space in intercultural transactions. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A reader (pp. 252-263). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
15. Ellis, C., & Bochner, A. P. (2000). Autoethnography, personal narrative, reflexivity: Researcher as subject. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research (2nd ed., pp. 733-768). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
16. Fox, T. (1999). Defending access: A critique of standards in higher education. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.
17. Fransman, J. (Ed.). (2003, April). Learning and teaching participation in higher education. Report on the international workshop, Learning Participation: A Global Dialogue on Learning and Teaching, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
18. Freire, P. (1994). Education for critical consciousness. New York: Continuum.
19. Freire, P. (1995). Professora sim tia não: Cartas a quem ousa ensinar [Teachers as cultural workers: Letters to those who dare teach]. São Paulo, Brazil: Olho dágua.
20. Freire, P. (1998). Pedagogy of freedom: Ethics, democracy, and civic courage. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
21. Freire, P. (2001). Pedagogy of the oppressed (M. B. Ramos, Trans.). New York: Continuum. (Original work published 1970)
22. Friday, R. A. (1994). Contrasts in discussion behaviors of Germans and American managers. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A reader (pp. 274-285). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
23. Friedrich, P. (2000). English in Brazil: Functions and attitudes. World Englishes, 19(2), 215-223.
24. Gallois, C., Franklyn-Stokes, A., Giles, H., & Coupland, N. (1988). Communication accommodation in intercultural encounters. In Y. Y. Kim & W. B. Gudykunst (Eds.), Theories in intercultural communication (pp. 157-185). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
25. Gallois, C., Giles, H., Jones, E., Cargile, A. C., & Ota, H. (1995). Accommodating intercultural encounters: Elaborations and extensions. In R. L. Wiseman (Ed.), Intercultural communication theory (pp. 115-147). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
26. Gudykunst, W. B. (1995). Anxiety/uncertainty management (AUM) theory: Current status. In R. L. Wiseman (Ed.), Intercultural communication theory (pp. 8-58). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
27. Gumperz, J. J. (1992). Interviewing in intercultural situations. In P. Drew & J. Heritage, Talk at work: Interaction in institutional settings (pp. 302-327).Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
28. Hall, E. (1994). Monochronic and polychronic time. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A reader (pp. 264-270). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
29. Hamel, J. (with Dufour, S., & Fortin, D.). (1993). Case study methods. Qualitative research methods series, 32. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
30. Hofstede, G. (1997). Cultures and organizations: Software of the mind (Rev. ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.
31. Holt, N. L. (2003). Representation, legitimation, and autoethnography: An autoethnographic writing story. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2(1), Article 2. Retrieved August 5, 2003, from http://www.ualberta.ca/~iiqm/backissues/2_1final/html.holt.html.
32. hooks, b. (1994). Teaching to transgress: Education and the practice of freedom. New York: Routledge.
33. Jarchow, E. (1993). A global perspective: The choice American education must make. National Forum, 73(4), 23-24.
34. Johnson, B. (1993). Teacher-as-researcher. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED355205)
35. Kim, Y. Y. (1995). Cross-cultural adaptation: An integrative theory. In R. L. Wiseman (Ed.), Intercultural communication theory (pp. 170-193). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
36. Kim, Y. Y., & Ruben, B. D. (1988). Intercultural transformation: A systems theory. In Y. Y. Kim & W. B. Gudykunst (Eds.), Theories in intercultural communication (pp. 299-321). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
37. Leitch, R., & Day, C. (2000). Action research and reflective practice: Towards a holistic view. Educational Action Research, 8, 179-193.
38. Lieberman, D. A. (1997). Culture, problem solving, and pedagogical style. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A reader (pp. 191-213). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
39. Lindlof, T. R. (1995). Qualitative communication research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
40. Lindsay, A., & Zakahi, W. (1996). Women who tell and men who ask: Perceptions of men and women departing from gender stereotypes during initial interaction. Sex Roles, 34, 767-786.
41. MacLennan, J. (2002). There’s a lizard in my living room and a pigeon in my classroom: A personal reflection on what it takes to teach in a different culture. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 31, 13-28.
42. Marcondes, M. I. (1999). Teacher education in Brazil. Journal of Education for Teaching, 25, 203-213.
43. Martin, J. N. (1989). Predeparture orientation: Preparing college sojourners for intercultural interaction. Communication Education, 38, 249-258.
44. Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2000). Intercultural communication in contexts (2nd ed.). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.
45. McCroskey, J. C., Fayer, J. M., Richmond, V. P., Sallinen, A., & Barraclough,R. A. (1996). A multi-cultural examination of the relationship between non-verbal immediacy and affective learning. Communication Quarterly, 44, 297-307.
46. Meloy, J. M. (1994). Writing the qualitative dissertation: Understanding by doing. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
47. Moraes, M. (1999). Revolutionary multiculturalism: Pedagogies of dissent for the new millennium. Educational Policy, 13, 726-729.
48. Neuliep, J. W. (1997). A cross-cultural comparison of teacher immediacy in American and Japanese college classrooms. Communication Research, 24, 431-452.
49. Pennycook, A. (1990). Critical pedagogy and second language education. System, 18, 303-314.
50. Plank, D. (1996). The means of our salvation: Public education in Brazil, 1930-1995. Boulder, CO: Westview.
51. Powell, R. G., & Andersen, J. F. (1994). Culture and classroom communication. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A reader (pp. 322-330). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
52. Powell, R. G., & Harville, B. (1990). The effects of teacher immediacy and clarity on instructional outcomes: An intercultural assessment. Communication Education, 39, 369-378.
53. Rainey, I. (2000). Action research and the English as a foreign language practitioner: Time to take stock. Educational Action Research, 8, 65-91.
54. Rubin, A. M. (1997). Universities seek new ways to finance international programs. Chronicle of Higher Education, 43(26), 44.
55. Sacristán, J. G. (1998). ¿Qué es una escuela para la democracia? [What is a school for democracy?] Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 275, 19-26.
56. Sapp, D. A. (2001). Globalization and “just” pedagogy: A description, interpretation, and critique of English composition pedagogy in China, Brazil, and Spain. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.
57. Sapp, D. A. (2002a). Problem-based learning in the first-year composition classroom: Two cases. PBL Insight: To Solve, To Learn, Together, 5, 6-7, 11.
58. Sapp, D. A. (2002b). Towards an international and intercultural understanding of plagiarism and academic dishonesty in composition: Reflections from the People’s Republic of China. Issues in Writing, 13(1), 58-79.
59. Sapp, D. A., & Crabtree, R. D. (2002). Alaboratory in citizenship: Service learning in the technical communication classroom. Technical Communication Quarterly, 11(4), 411-431.
60. Scollon, R., & Wong-Scollon, S. (1990). Athabaskan-English interethnic communication. In D. Carbaugh (Ed.), Cultural communication and intercultural contact (pp. 259-286). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
61. Shome, R., & Hegde, R. (2002). Culture, communication, and the challenge of globalization. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 19, 172-189.
62. Shor, I., & Freire, P. (1987). What is the “dialogical method” of teaching? Journal of Education, 169(3), 11-31.
63. Spitzberg, B. H. (1997). A model of intercultural communication competence. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A reader (pp. 379-391). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
64. Stefani, L. A. (1997). The influence of culture on classroom communication. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A reader (pp. 349-362). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
65. Stening, B. W. (1979). Problems in cross-cultural contact: A literature review. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 3, 269-314.
66. Stewart, C. J., & Cash, W. B., Jr. (1991). Interviewing: Principles and practices. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown.
67. Talbert-Johnson, C., & Beran, D. (1999). Higher education and teacher immediacy: Creating dialogue for effective intercultural communication. Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 5, 430-441.
68. Teven, J. (2001). The relationship among teacher characteristics and perceived caring. Communication Education, 50(2), 159-169.
69. Torres, C. A. (1998). Education, power, and personal biography: Dialogues with critical educators. New York: Routledge.
70. Vereza, S. (1999). The role of ideology and identity in the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language in Brazil. Belo Horizonte, Brazil: UFMG.
71. Wilkinson, S. (2000). Emerging questions about study abroad. Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) Bulletin, 32, 36-41.
72. Yin, R. (1984). Case study research. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
73. Zoreda, M. L. (1997). Cross-cultural relations and pedagogy. American Behavioral Scientist, 40, 923-935.