Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Australian Perspectives, Policies and Practice (Paperback)

Part I Introduction.- 1 Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: A journey in the academy.- Part II Perspectives.- 2 The "Culture" in Cultural Competence.- 3 Reflecting on a Way of Being: Anchor principles of cultural competence.- 4 Locating Human Rights in the Cultural Competence Context.- 5 On the Critical, Morally Driven, Self-Reflective Agents of Change and Transformation: A literature review on culturally competent leadership in higher education.- 6 Beliefs, Events and Values Inventory Assessment of Global Identity: Implications and applications for international, cross-cultural and transformative learning.- Part III Policy and Policy Issues.- 7 Evaluating Cultural Competence in Indigenous Higher Education Contexts in Australia: A challenge for change.- 8 Indigenist Leadership in Academia: Towards an aspirational model of mindful servant leadership.- 9 Racism a Social Determinant of Indigenous Health: Yarning about cultural safety and cultural competence strategies to improve indigenous health.- 10 Healing Mainstream Health: Building understanding and respect for indigenous knowledges.- 11 History in the Now: Asserting indigenous difference in "Top End" higher education using culturally responsive pedagogy.- Part IV Practice and Programs.- 12 The Sydney Language on our Campuses and in our Curriculum.- 13 Students and Academics Working in Partnership to Embed Cultural Competence as a Graduate Quality.- 14 Embedding Cultural Competence in Science Curricula.- 15 Embedding Cultural Competence in Faculty: A mixed-methods evaluation of an applied indigenous proficiency workshop.- 16 An Indigenous Australian Cultural Competence Course: Talking culture, race and power.- 17 "Learning Through Reflection" - Enhancing culturally proficient learning communities in midwifery practice and education: An experience-based learning journey in London, United Kingdom.- Part V Conclusion.- 19 Future Directions: Cultural competence and the higher education sector.