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Publication Date: 2014
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Exporting Acting Curricula from the Midwest to the Mideast: Seriously?
Woodworth, Ann E.
Journal of General Education, v63 n2-3 p138-151 2014
Qatar can afford to purchase pretty much anything--including top-quality American university education. However, given the vast differences in culture, dress, religion, and social mores, along with youth's global unemployment rates and their hankering for all things technological, does it make sense for Qatar to import a course in acting? Many academics debate whether bringing Western liberal curricula to Middle Eastern classrooms is a good idea at all, but learning to see and experience the world from other people's perspectives can be a lesson worth learning.
Descriptors: International Schools, Multicampus Colleges, Cultural Differences, Institutional Characteristics, Adoption (Ideas), Technology Transfer, Undergraduate Study, Liberal Arts, Acting, Theater Arts, Teaching Methods, Cultural Influences, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Qatar
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