With a key focus on teaching, this book looks at the full experience of teaching students who are faced with massive task of coming to terms with a foreign environment This book explores the assumptions and beliefs that are embedded within teaching and learning practice and advocates an inclusive approach to integrating international students fully into the higher education system Full of practical suggestions and case study material drawn from around the world, this book should be required reading for all lecturers teaching in internationalized higher education institutions.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 'Canaries in the coalmine': International students in Western universities, Dr. Janette Ryan and Ms. Jude Carroll SECTION ONE: CULTURAL MIGRATION AND LEARNING Maximising international students' 'cultural capital', Dr. Janette Ryan and Dr. Susan Hellmundt, Gathering cultural knowledge: Useful or use with care?, Professor Kam Louie, Strategies for becoming more explicit, Ms. Jude Carroll, 'Lightening the load': teaching in English, learning in English, Ms. Jude Carroll SECTION TWO: METHODOLOGIES AND PEDAGOGIES Building intercultural competencies: Implications for academic skills development, Dr. Patricia McLean and Ms. Laurie Ransom, Writing in the International Classroom, Ms. Diane Schmitt, Fostering intercultural learning through multicultural group work, Mr. Glauco deVita, Multicultural groups for discipline-specific tasks: can a new approach be more effective?, Ms Jude Carroll, Improving teaching and learning practices for international students: Implications for curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, Dr. Janette Ryan, Postgraduate supervision,Dr. Janette Ryan SECTION THREE :INTERNATIONALISING THE CURRICULUM Internationalisation of curriculum: An institutional approach, Professor Graham Webb, Internationalisation of the curriculum: teaching and learning, Dr. Betty Leask, Postgraduate research: the benefits for institutions, supervisors and students of working across and between cultures, Associate Professor James Sillitoe, Ms. Janis Webb and Ms. Christabel Ming Zhang, Collaborating and co-learning: sharing the message on teaching international students within institutions, Ms Lee Dunn and Ms. Jude Carroll, The student experience: challenges and rewards, Dr. Janette Ryan

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'This a timely, welcome and effective publication, edited by two of the leading authorities on the subject...[The] collection of essays provides a valuable source of practical advice backed by theory from 14 different contributors of varying experiences and specialisms.' - Educational Developments