Seeking common ground: making connections big and small

David Lee Keiser

PSU Research Review, 2017, vol. 1, issue 3, 194-199

Abstract: Purpose - This essay furthers cross-cultural exchange, and understanding. Written for a general audience by a teacher educator, it argues for accepting all others into the academic conversation. Using varied examples, the purpose of this paper is to illustrate both lifelong learning and the power of connecting across difference. Design/methodology/approach - The author draws upon experience as a teacher and professor and his engagement with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for examples of edification and engagement. Findings - The author cites both the current period and a mid-twentieth-century American major event, the civil rights March on Washington to illustrate possibilities for connection, clarity and symbiosis. Originality/value - Written for this journal, this essay uses an original and skeletal theoretical and empirical frame as well as field examples to argue for inclusiveness, exchange and acceptance of all learners.

Keywords: Education; Culture in education; Diversity and social justice policies in education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1108/PRR-09-2017-0041

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