Cultural Literacy and Empathy in Education Practice

Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: What Is Cultural Literacy?
	1.1 The Origins of “Cultural Literacy”
	1.2 Cultural Literacy Redefined
	1.3 Cultural Literacy as Literary Practice
	1.4 Cultural Literacy and Intercultural Competence
	1.5 Cultural Literacy, Experiential Learning and Reflection
	References
Chapter 2: Cultural Literacy and the Case for Empathy
	2.1 Reading and the Development of Empathy: An Uncertain Relationship
	2.2 Defining Empathy
	2.3 The Controversial Relationship Between Reading and Empathy
	2.4 Identification and Perspective-Taking: Mirrors and Windows
	2.5 Circle of Concern
	References
Chapter 3: Destabilisation and Reflection
	3.1 Destabilisation in Developing Cultural Literacy
	3.2 Experiential Learning and Reflection
	3.3 Developing Cultural Literacy: Cultural Readability in Action
	3.4 Destabilising the Educator
	References
Chapter 4: “Organic” Cultural Literacy—A Case Study
	4.1 The Australian Context
	4.2 Students from a Refugee Background in Australia
	4.3 Cranbourne and Cranbourne Secondary College
	4.4 The Story of Shabnam Safa: Destabilisation Through Difference
	4.5 Destabilising the Curriculum: The Introduction of The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif
		ESL Classes
		VCE English
	4.6 “Destabilising the Educator” in Practice
	4.7 Teaching Strategies: Contextualisation, Collaborative Reflection and Perspective-Taking
		Contextualisation
		Collaborative and Shared Reflection
		Perspective-Taking
	4.8 Impact: A Shift in Perspective
	References
Chapter 5: Embedding Cultural Literacy in Higher Education
	5.1 Open-Space Learning Techniques
		Warm-up: Clapping
		A Long Short Walk
		Theory Building
		A Gastronomic Tour of the World!
		Let’s Go Bananas!
		Still Image or Tableau
		Status Workshop
		Perspective-Taking
	5.2 Case Study: The Bachelor of Global Studies and Leadership for Social Change
		Leadership for Social Change
			Leadership for Social Change 1
			Leadership for Social Change 2
	5.3 Leadership for Social Change 3
		Leadership for Social Change 3 from a Student Perspective
		Activity Description
	References
Chapter 6: Embedding the Curriculum in Cultural Literacy: Reading Across Cultures
	6.1 Cultural Literacy at the Centre of the Curriculum
	6.2 Assessment 1: Perspective-Taking and Character Analysis, “Gimpel the Fool”
		Assessment Description
		Preparation
		Instructions
		Discussion
	6.3 Assessment 2: Film Analysis
		Description
		Preparation
		Instructions
		Presentation
		Reflection
		Discussion
	6.4 Assessment 3: Ethnographic Analysis
		Description
		Preparation
		Instructions
			Part 1
			Part 2
		Written Reflection
		Discussion
	References
Conclusion
Index