Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Education

Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Educationcontains 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.

DAVID PALFREYMAN is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Zayed University, United Arab Emirates. Previously he worked with students and educators in Turkey and in the UK, and also taught in Italy and Spain. He is the editor, with Richard C. Smith, of Learner Autonomy Across Cultures, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).

DAWN LORRAINE McBRIDE is in private practice as a Psychologist, and also teaches as an Assistant Professor at the University of Lethbridge, Canada, specializing in cross-cultural issues relating to counselling and teaching. She formerly taught in the United Arab Emirates.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on the Editors and Contributors
A Note on Terminology
Transcription Conventions
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, S.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 US 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 Engagement in 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