Developing Social and Cultural Diversity as a Pedagogical Resource

This paper reports on a project, funded by the Higher Education Equity Program at La Trobe University in 2005, which sought to develop ways of transforming the cultural diversity that is often an obstacle to full participation in the intellectual dialogue of the social sciences into a pedagogical resource that could be used positively to enhance students’ ability to engage with the discipline. The paper situates the project in its socio-historical context, evaluates each of the strategies, draws some general conclusions and makes specific recommendations.

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