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Transforming Lives and Systems Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Interface

Publication year: 2020

ISBN: 978-981-15-5351-6

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This book explores the transformative experiences of participants in the University of Sydney’s National Centre for Cultural Competence (NCCC) programs. The establishment of the NCCC was viewed as a critical point of departure for developing an institution-wide agenda of cultural competence.


Subject: Education, Higher Education, Sociology of Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Education Policy, Cultural competence in the higher education sector, Transformative leadership in professional development programs, Intercultural capabilities for academic and professional staff, cultural competence for academic and professional staff, Cultural competence embedded in professional lives, transformative nature of professional development programs, building communities of practice, policy implementation in the higher education sector, critical reflection and transformative leadership, learning cultural competence, best practices for professional development programs, culturally competent organisational wide