Teaching abroad: Lessons learned about inter-cultural understanding for teachers in higher education

Teaching abroad: Lessons learned about inter-cultural understanding for teachers in higher education

• Bodycott, Peter Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Walker, Allan Hong Kong Institute of Education

Teaching in Higher Education, 5(1), 79-94, 2000

Routledge

2000

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AE Socioeconomic & Cultural Differences, Class & Family Background
• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QG Adult, Lifelong & Continuing Education

College Faculty Cultural Differences Foreign Countries Higher Education Intercultural Communication International Educational Exchange Study Abroad Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

The internationalisation of higher education in countries such as Australia and the UK has resulted in increased numbers of South-East Asia students in higher education classrooms. While considerable attention has been given to exploring the implications of internationalisation on students in 'Western' university contexts, there is a paucity of research concerning the effect on teachers of higher education and, in particular, those employed in to teach in countries culturally foreign to their own. This paper aims to initiate such discussion through an exploration of the experiences of two teaching academics working in Hong Kong. Discussion will focus on issues of language and communication, and social and cultural distance, and the effect of hierarchy and related teaching strategies developed to meet the inter-cultural learning needs of themselves and their students. It is argued that, the development of inter-cultural understandings must permeate the curricula, and be a shared goal and responsibility of both teachers and students.
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• English

Journal Articles

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• 10.1080/135625100114975

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2010-09-27