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| Semester | fall semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Valery Chirkov (valery.chirkov@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Culture and education: Understanding the role culture plays in organizing teaching and learning by using the theory of sociocultural models. 1. Statement of the problem. Education as the sociocultural institution that is shaped by values and norms of society. The fundamental role of education in the multicultural world. Education and immigration. 3. The problem of culture and education. What is culture? How can we understand it? How culture influences people's experience and behaviour? How culture can affect education? What are the mechanisms of these impacts? The theory of sociocultural models (TSCM) as one of the answers to these questions. Introduction to this theory. 4. Sociocultural models of teaching, learning, and learners. What are they and how to study them? An application of the TSCM to education. 5. Discussion of the covered topics, Q&A, future directions. Lecturer Prof. Dr. Valery Chirkov, University of Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Bibliography | Required Reading General introduction to the idea of sociocultural/cultural models Bruner, J. (1990). Acts of meaning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Chapter 2. Chirkov, V. (2016). Fundamentals of research on culture and psychology: Theory and methods. New York: Routledge. Chapter 2. Chirkov, V. (2020). An introduction to the theory of sociocultural models. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. doi:10.1111/ajsp.12381 Shore, B. (1996). Culture in mind: Cognition, culture, and the problem of meaning. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 2. Shore, B. (2002). Taking culture seriously. Human Development, 45, 226-228. Reading on sociocultural/cultural models of education Bruner, J. (1996). The culture of education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Ferrare, J. J., & Hora, M. T. (2014). Cultural models of teaching and learning in math and science: Exploring the intersections of culture cognition, and pedagogical situations. The Journal of Higher Education, 792-825. doi:10.1080/00221546.2014.11777348. Li, J. (2012). Cultural foundations of learning: East and West. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Li, J. (2002). A cultural model of learning: Chinese "heart and mind for wanting to learn". Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 33(3), 248-269. doi:10.1177/0022022102033003003 Li, J. (2003). U.S. and Chinese cultural beliefs about learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95(2), 258-267. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.95.2.258 Fryberg, S. A., & Markus, H. R. (2007). Cultural models of education in American Indian, Asian American and European American contexts. Social Psychology of Education, 10, 213-246. doi:10.1007/s11218-007-9017-z Curry, M. J. (2002). Cultural models in the U.S. writing classroom: Matches and mismatches. In M. Graal (Ed.), Writing Development in Higher Education: Changing Contexts for Teaching and Learning (pp. 45-61). UK: University of Leicester. Maynard, A. E., & Greenfield, P. M. (2005). An ethnomodel of teaching and learning: Apprenticeship of Zinacantec Maya women's tasks. In M. I. Martini & A. Maynard (Eds.), Learning in cultural context: Family, peers, and school (pp. 75-103). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publisher. |
| Comments | Die maximale Teilnehmer:innen-Anzahl ist erreicht, deshalb können keine weiteren Belegungen berücksichtigt werden. |
| Admission requirements | BA-Abschluss. Immatrikuliert im Masterstudiengang Educational Sciences oder Fachdidaktik. Studierende anderer Studiengänge wenden sich bei Interesse bitte zuerst an bildungswissenschaften@unibas.ch. keine Hörer/innen |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | See individual dates | ||
| Comments | Online-Seminar via Zoom. Freitag, 14.10.2022 von 14:15 – 17:45 Uhr Samstag, 15.10.2022 von 14:15 – 17.45 Uhr Samstag, 29.10.2022 von 14:15 – 17.45 Uhr |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 14.10.2022 | 14.15-17.45 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Saturday 15.10.2022 | 09.15-16.45 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Saturday 29.10.2022 | 14.15-17.45 | - Online Präsenz -, -- |
| Modules |
Modul: Pädagogische Institutionen im Wandel (Master's Studies: Educational Sciences) Modul: Pädagogische Institutionen im Wandel (Master's Studies: Subject-Specific Teaching and Learning) Modul: Theorie und Geschichte der Erziehung, Bildung und Schule (Master's Studies: Educational Sciences) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Presence (100%) - Active participation in the course - Written paper (3-5 pages) |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: teaching staff |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Institute for Educational Sciences, bildungswissenschaften@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Institute for Educational Sciences |