Teaching International Students: Improving Learning for AllJude Carroll, Janette Ryan Teaching International Students explores the challenges presented to lecturer and student alike by increased cultural diversity within universities. Packed with practical advice from experienced practitioners and underpinned by reference to pedagogic theory throughout, topics covered include:
Teaching International Students is essential reading. It demonstrates how improved training for teachers and a better understanding of the international student can enhance the experience of both and, ultimately, provide more positive learning environments for international students in the higher education system. |
Contents
1 Canaries in the coalmine | 3 |
Cultural migration and learning | 11 |
2 Maximising international students cultural capital | 13 |
3 Gathering cultural knowledge | 17 |
4 Strategies for becoming more explicit | 26 |
5 Lightening the load | 35 |
Methodologies and pedagogies | 43 |
6 Building intercultural competencies | 45 |
10 Improving teaching and learning practices for international students | 92 |
11 Postgraduate supervision | 101 |
Internationalising the curriculum | 107 |
12 Internationalisation of curriculum | 109 |
13 Internationalisation of the curriculum | 119 |
14 Postgraduate research | 130 |
15 Collaborating and colearning | 136 |
16 The student experience | 147 |
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Teaching International Students: Improving Learning for All Judith Carroll,Janette Ryan Limited preview - 2007 |
Teaching International Students: Improving Learning for All Jude Carroll,Janette Ryan No preview available - 2005 |
Teaching International Students: Improving Learning for All Jude Carroll,Janette Ryan No preview available - 2005 |
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