基本説明
Contains theoretical rationale, resources and examples to study intercultural aspects of learning and teaching in higher education.
Full Description
Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Education contains theoretical rationale, resources and examples to help readers understand and deal with situations involving contact between learners or educators from different cultural backgrounds, as well as giving insights into the new global context of higher education.
Contents
List of Contributors Introduction: Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Education; D.Palfreyman PART 1: ISSUES Preface to Part 1: Issues in Multicultural Tertiary Education; D.Palfreyman Cross-Cultural Differences in Learning and Education: Stereotypes, Myths and Realities; G.Apfelthaler, K.Hansen, S.Keuchel, C.Mueller, M.Neubauer, Siow Heng Ong & N.Tapachai Teaching Business Studies to Far East Students in the UK; I.C.L.Ng Cultural Learning in the Absence of Culture? A Study of How Students Learn Foreign Language and Culture in a Tertiary Classroom; N.Y.Collings Perception of 'Self' and 'Other': Social Boundaries That Influence Teaching and Learning in Increasingly Diverse U.S. Classrooms; S.Ituarte & G.Davies Intercultural Postgraduate Supervision: Ethnographic Journeys of Identity and Power; C.Manathunga Mobile Students, Flexible Identities and Liquid Modernity: Disrupting Western Teachers' Assumptions of 'The Asian Learner'; C.Doherty & P.Singh Cross-Cultural Engagementin Higher Education Classrooms: A Critical View of Dialogue; A.Jones & K.Jenkins PART 2: PRACTICE Preface to Part 2: Practice in the Multicultural Tertiary Classroom; D.L.Mcbride One Size Fits All? Faculty Professional Development Workshops in a Multicultural Context; L.Smith Intercultural Competence: Examples of Internationalising the Curriculum Through Students' Interactions; S.Eisenchlas & S.Trevaskes Afrikaners and Arabs: Negotiating Course Delivery in a Blended Learning Context; J.C.Cronjé Assessing Intercultural Dialogue: The German 'Wald' and the Canadian 'Forest'; U.Schuetze Virtual Internships for International Cooperation: Experiences of Learning, Teaching and Networking; R.Kristensen, E.Källström & J.A.Svenkerud Teaching Bioinformatics: Using Storytelling to Negotiate Cultural Divisions in the Sciences; N.Palfreyman References Index
