
Postmonolingual Critical Thinking
Internationalising Higher Education Through Students' Languages and Knowledge
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 13. December 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-032-23673-5 (ISBN)
Description
Maintaining English as the sole language of knowledge production and dissemination in universities that enrol students who speak multiple languages, and those students learning other languages, is questionable. This groundbreaking work calls into question the exclusive use of academic English in internationalising higher education teaching and research. By interrogating the dominant assumptions informing the monolingual mindset, Postmonolingual Critical Thinking indicates that academically literate students can capably use their repertoires of languages and knowledge for educational purposes. The case for students' languages and knowledge having a place in English-medium universities is made through evidence of the uses of Zhongwen, academic Chinese.
Proposing to broaden the scope of languages used for knowledge production and dissemination, this book highlights the educational potential of multilingualism. Postmonolingual Critical Thinking makes a unique proposal: that universities which recruit doctoral students from Asia create education policy practices that enable them to extend their multilingual capabilities. Arguing that by drawing on intellectual resources from their various languages, students construct knowledge of critical thinking in complex, interesting and potentially innovative ways, this book guides higher education institutions in putting this into practice. It outlines a pragmatic approach for universities to explore the potential of multipolar, multilingual education, while being attentive to the tensions posed by assertions of a monolingual mindset.
Postmonolingual Critical Thinking has the potential to create great change in a higher education sector which is mired by a monolingual approach to graduate training. This unique and thought-provoking book is essential reading for those in the fields of applied linguistics, comparative education, higher education, international studies, teacher education and translation studies.
Proposing to broaden the scope of languages used for knowledge production and dissemination, this book highlights the educational potential of multilingualism. Postmonolingual Critical Thinking makes a unique proposal: that universities which recruit doctoral students from Asia create education policy practices that enable them to extend their multilingual capabilities. Arguing that by drawing on intellectual resources from their various languages, students construct knowledge of critical thinking in complex, interesting and potentially innovative ways, this book guides higher education institutions in putting this into practice. It outlines a pragmatic approach for universities to explore the potential of multipolar, multilingual education, while being attentive to the tensions posed by assertions of a monolingual mindset.
Postmonolingual Critical Thinking has the potential to create great change in a higher education sector which is mired by a monolingual approach to graduate training. This unique and thought-provoking book is essential reading for those in the fields of applied linguistics, comparative education, higher education, international studies, teacher education and translation studies.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-23673-5 (9781032236735)
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Michael Singh | Si Yi Lu
Postmonolingual Critical Thinking
Internationalising Higher Education Through Students' Languages and Knowledge
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04/2020
1st Edition
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Michael Singh | Si Yi Lu
Postmonolingual Critical Thinking
Internationalising Higher Education Through Students' Languages and Knowledge
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04/2020
1st Edition
Routledge
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Michael Singh | Si Yi Lu
Postmonolingual Critical Thinking
Internationalising Higher Education Through Students' Languages and Knowledge
E-Book
04/2020
1st Edition
Routledge
€55.49
Available for download
Persons
Michael Singh is Professor at the Centre for Educational Research, Western Sydney University, Australia
Lu Si Yi (???) is a Lecturer in Language Education at the School of Applied Foreign Languages, Zhejiang International Students University, People's Republic of China.
Lu Si Yi (???) is a Lecturer in Language Education at the School of Applied Foreign Languages, Zhejiang International Students University, People's Republic of China.
Content
Chapter 1. Post Monolingual Critical Thinking: Multilingual/Monolingual Tensions. Chapter 2: Thinking Critically About Assumptions in the Literature. Chapter 3: Presuppositions about Postmonolingual Critical Thinking. Chapter 4: Pedagogically Engaging Students' Prior Critical Thinking. Chapter 5: Students' Rules for Postmonolingual Critical Thinking. Chapter 6: Reconstructing Postmonolingual Critical Thinking though Popular Culture. Chapter 7: Open-ended Postmonolingual Critical Thinking about the Business of Education. Chapter 8: Intercultural Self-Confidence through Postmonolingual Critical Thinking. Chapter 9: Lessons in Postmonolingual Critical Thinking.