Transcultural Improvisations: An Investigation of Hybridity through a Local Australian Samba de Gafieira Dance Community

Mathews, Rachel A.

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“…This is in response to an occupational need for graduates to have multi-arts and sophisticated collaborative skills. The curriculum has also responded to vast changes in our understanding of cultural engagement in the context of 21 st century globalization (Mathews, 2019).…”

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Cultural stories: Curriculum design learnings from an arts-based Australian university project in Timor-Leste

Mathews

Stevens

Meijer

2023

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

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This paper investigates the preparation of Australian undergraduate university arts students for a life challenging arts-teaching and creative experience in Timor-Leste. It explores university teaching practice and how we may achieve better student experiences in preparation for their futures as teaching artists. This narrative inquiry research hears the voices of the students through their individual, personal stories. The emerging teaching artists articulate challenges, identify shifts in beliefs and values, and confirm skills that are transferable to cultural arts teaching contexts in the future. In all, the research has resulted in 46 recommendations, some minor, and some requiring more significant structural changes that affect course delivery. For the purposes of this paper, we reflect on and discuss three of the major findings and recommendations in the pedagogical, cultural, and artistic areas of the project implementation. As such, this paper represents a reflective analysis of some of the findings regarding curriculum design within this project.

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confidence: 99%