Teaching, Learning, and Working with International Students [microform] : A Case Study / D. Randall Parker
- Bib ID:
- 5667548
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Parker, D. Randall
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1999
- 16 p.
- Summary:
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This case study of a program for Taiwanese students at Louisiana Tech University examined the challenges and rewards of working with international students. Data for the study come from the literature on international education, interviews with Taiwanese graduate students in the program, observations of classes, personal reflections of the researcher, and interviews with participating faculty. Challenges included coping with students' culture shock and language limitations, determining students' experiential base, and helping students adjust to the academic environment and requirements of a U.S. university. The Taiwanese students had to cope with concepts of individualism versus competition (students tended to be competitive and have difficulty engaging in collaborative learning activities), equality and informality (many found the informal academic setting unsettling and were uncomfortable asking repeated questions), different reasoning styles (students tended to be task oriented, an approach not conducive to development of critical thinking), time versus process orientation (students found techniques such as discovery learning inappropriate), and plagiarism. Rewards and advantages of the experience included the building of cross-cultural awareness and the development of greater cultural and global understanding among faculty and students. Another advantage was the improvement of communication and socialization skills of faculty and students through discourse and informal conversations. (Contains 11 references.) (SM)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association (28th, Point Clear, AL, November 17-19, 1999).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Case Studies
- College Students
- Communication Skills
- Consciousness Raising
- Cultural Awareness
- Cultural Differences
- Culture Conflict
- Educational Environment
- Foreign Countries
- Foreign Students
- Graduate Students
- Higher Education
- International Educational Exchange
- Student Adjustment
- Student Exchange Programs
- Teaching Methods
- Taiwan
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- ERIC
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- Publication date:
- 1999
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