Postgraduate University Students’ Experiences and Attitudes Toward Culturally Diverse Learning Environments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12393240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Orhan Şahin (0000-0001-9865-5248, Monash University, corresponding author), Louise Jenkins (0000-0003-2434-5823, Monash University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1052-0147 • E-ISSN: 2160-3715 |
| Publisher | Nova Southeastern University (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.46743/2160-3715/2021.4300 |
| OpenAlex | W3120596061 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
In this paper we investigate the attitudes that Australian domestic university students hold toward cultural diversity on a large, metropolitan university campus. We employed a qualitative approach incorporating five individual semistructured interviews, and a focus group in order to gather data on the participants’ attitudes toward cultural diversity, and the contributing influences on these attitudes. The findings of this study indicate that the participants’ attitudes were impacted significantly by past and present experiences of cultural diversity, and the immersion in a culturally diverse university campus. The research contextualizes how these life experiences are responsible for shaping attitudes toward cultural diversity on university campus and provides an insight into the influence of cultural diversity on Australian university campuses, including how such diversity policies have influenced attitudes. Importantly it discusses how more culturally inclusive learning environments can be created on university campus to accommodate this increasing diversity and how this translates into a more successful learning environment
Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Diversity (politics · Focus group · Higher education · Metropolitan area · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Higher Education Research Studies · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |