Ethno-Maieutics: Adapting Curricula for Cross-Cultural Teaching

Authors

  • Henry G. Burger

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v5i2.43604

Abstract

Maieutics is the questioning technique used by Socrates. It gradually led a student from his or original idea to the greater complexity in the mind of the teacher. The author argues that such a sequence shotld, in the case of the ethnic-minority student, lead from his (minority) cultural reference to those of the majority culture, for such context is in itself ethnic-specific, and that the nationalization of curricular terms is crucial to cross-national teaching.

Published

2018-05-10

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