International Academics and their Impact on Students' Expectations of Study Progress in Australian Universities.
In the last two decades the increasingly globalised tertiary education system has witnessed academic staff and postgraduate students from other countries working and studying in Australian institutions, a situation which is not without its problems (Guilfoyle, 2006; Symons, 2001; Ingelton & Cadman,...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of the Humanities Vol. 9; no. 12; pp. 93 - 109 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
2013
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=91797666&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 91797666 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15IH jtl: International Journal of the Humanities maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2013 vid: 9 iid: 12 pid: 22359 pub: Common Ground Research Networks artinfo: ui: 91797666 10.18848/1447-9508/cgp/v09i12/43411 ppf: 93 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 488KB tig: atl: International Academics and their Impact on Students' Expectations of Study Progress in Australian Universities. aug: au: Maadad, Nina affil: University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia su: Universities & colleges Globalization Postsecondary education Graduate students Curriculum Teaching methods Language & languages Australia sug: subj: Australia Universities & colleges Globalization Postsecondary education Graduate students Curriculum Teaching methods Language & languages keyword: Culture Language Learning Teaching ab: In the last two decades the increasingly globalised tertiary education system has witnessed academic staff and postgraduate students from other countries working and studying in Australian institutions, a situation which is not without its problems (Guilfoyle, 2006; Symons, 2001; Ingelton & Cadman, 2000). Language, isolation, teaching and learning, cultural shock and personal problems are being reported by international academics as factors affecting their work. This has necessitated a rethink of both curricula and assessment practices. Moreover, the diversity of academic staff in tertiary institutions evokes interesting patterns of interaction with other staff, students, learning material and context for learning. This mixed methodology research study explores how international academics from non-English speaking backgrounds at the University of Adelaide experience cultural change, language barriers, academic challenges and differing teaching styles and expectations. The experiences of respondents from diverse geographic, cultural, professional and educational backgrounds are documented. This research paper scrutinizes various types of international academic staff: lecturers, tutors, supervisors across a range of disciplines. Managing the workload and professional development of international academic staff has to take into account the wealth of experience, expertise as well as knowledge that these people bring to the university environment. Five academics were interviewed to document their experiences of cultural change, challenges regarding language and varying teaching methodologies and what they were expected to impart to students and how. A case study was conducted to analyse those factors influencing their employment and the impact these had. Twenty staff members (ten males and ten females from the University of Adelaide) participated. Data was collected and analysed quantitatively. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of International Journal of the Humanities is the property of Common Ground Research Networks and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: International Journal of the Humanities holder: Common Ground Research Networks dt: @attributes: year: 2013 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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