Teaching international students : improving learning for all / edited by Jude Carroll and Janette Ryan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carroll, Jude.

Ryan, Janette, 1956-

Series:

Staff and educational development series.

Staff and educational development series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Students, Foreign--English-speaking countries.

Students, Foreign.

Multicultural education--English-speaking countries.

Multicultural education.

College teaching--English-speaking countries.

College teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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:the issues arising from international students studying alongside 'home' studentsthe nature of learning and teacher-student relationshipscurriculum and development of teaching skillsmulticultural group

Contents:

'Canaries in the coalmine' : international students in western universities / Janette Ryan and Jude Carroll

Maximising international students' 'cultural capital' / Janette Ryan and Susan Hellmundt

Gathering cultural knowledge: useful or use with care? / Kam Louie

Strategies for becoming more explicit / Jude Carroll

'Lightening the load' : teaching in English, learning in English / Jude Carroll

Building intercultural competencies : implications for academic skills development / Patricia McLean and Laurie Ransom

Writing in the international classroom / Diane Schmitt

Fostering intercultural learning through multicultural group work / Glauco deVita

Multicultural groups for discipline-specific tasks : can a new approach be more effective? / Jude Carroll

Improving teaching and learning practices for international students:

Implications for curriculum, pedagogy and assessment / Janette Ryan

Postgraduate supervision / Janette Ryan

Internationalisation of curriculum: an institutional approach / Graham Webb

Internationalisation of the curriculum : teaching and learning / Betty Leask

Postgraduate research : the benefits for institutions, supervisors, and students of working across and between cultures / James Sillitoe, Janis Webb and Christabel Ming Zhang

East meets West : an unfolding liminal relationship between an international postgraduate and an American faculty member / Anne-Marie Read, Mengying Li

Collaborating and co-learning : sharing the message on teaching

International students within institutions / Lee Dunn and Jude Carroll

The student experience : challenges and rewards / Janette Ryan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Teaching international students : improving learning for all.

ISBN:

1-134-26779-7

1-281-15782-1

9786611157821

0-203-69613-1

9780203696132

OCLC:

476090603