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Implementing the ABCs of Cultural Understanding and Communication in Global Contexts
Wed, December 2, 8:45 to 10:15am, Costa Del Sol Ballroom, Salon FSession Submission Type: Symposium
Abstract
This symposium includes four research studies related to the two-year long TRANSABCs that investigated the implementation of the ABCs of cultural understanding and communication (Schmidt, 1998; Schmidt & Finkbeiner, 2006, Finkbeiner & Lazar, 2015) with preservice and inservice teachers as well as business majors in various contexts around the globe. The TRANSABCs was a study funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the European Union (DGEAC,EACEA) in the framework of a FIPSE/Atlantis grant.
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Individual Presentations
Promoting Cultural Awareness through the ABCs: Insights from an International Research Study - Claudia Hilde Finkbeiner, University of Kassel, Germany
Learning About Power and Inequality Through the ABCs Project - Althier M. Lazar, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia
The ABCs and Impact on Literacy Coache - Patricia Edwards, Michigan State University; Susan V. Piazza, Michigan State University
Increasing Teacher Understanding of Different Cultures Through the ABCs - Jiening Ruan, The University of Oklahoma