1st Edition
Teaching in Transnational Higher Education Enhancing Learning for Offshore International Students
Teaching in Transnational Higher Education examines current trends and challenges that face students, teachers and institutions of higher education around the globe. This book comes at a pivotal moment where many universities are offering their courses in offshore locations. Students who could once not access an international qualification can now do so without leaving their home country.
The book clearly defines and takes an in-depth look at the various types of transnational education, including: institutions that have campuses abroad, teach specific courses abroad, and form partnerships with diverse schools to teach jointly.
Teaching in Transnational Higher Education serves as a forum for debate on such insightful topics as:
- the modification of teaching to adapt to the needs of diverse students
- the use of technology in the classroom
- the view of higher education as a marketable service
- the importance of cultural awareness and understanding in a transnational classroom
- the complexities of assuring quality education across borders
The authors choose to highlight a broad sampling of transnational programs including those in: Zambia, China, and the United Arab Emirates among others. Interviews with students and teachers participating in these programs of study make this an enjoyable and unique portrait of higher education that is invaluable to those who teach and learn around the world.
Lee Dunn is a lecturer and academic developer in the Teaching and Learning Centre at Southern Cross University.
Michelle Wallace is an Associate Professor in the Graduate College of Management at Southern Cross University.
Part I: Current and emerging issues in transnational education 1. Transnational Education and Trade Grant McBurnie, Executive Officer International, Monash University Australia 2. The cultural politics of transnational education: imperialism, appropriateness and mobility Christopher Ziguras, Research Fellow at the Globalism Institute, RMIT, Australia 3. Buyer Beware Anne Jelfs, Open University UK 4. Growth of Transnational Education: the UK perspective Christine Bateman, British Council, United Kingdom 5. Dimming Down Difference... Sandra Egege, Student Learning Centre, Flinders University, Australia 6. ‘Communities of practice’ and the relationship between partner institutions in transnational higher education Michelle Wallace & Lee Dunn, Southern Cross University, Australia Part II: Implications for learners 1. The student voice: juggling competing demands Michelle Wallace & Lee Dunn, Southern Cross University, Australia 2. Student attitudes to studying in transnational higher education Maureen Bell, Senior Lecturer, Educational Development, University of Wollongong, Australia & Lejla Vrazalic, Assistant Professor, University of Wollongong, Dubai Campus 3. Norms of participation in transnational programs Shirley Earl, Director, Academic Staff Development Unit, Napier University, Scotland & Lesley Gourlay, Academic Skills Unit, Napier University, Scotland 4. Plagiarism and the transnational learner Jude Carroll, Educational Developer, Oxford Brookes University, UK Part III: Implications for Teachers 5. Teaching for Learning in Transnational Courses Betty Leask, Coordinator of International Programs, University of South Australia, Australia 6. Intercultural dialogue and understanding: implications for teachers Ting Wang, Lecturer in Educational Leadership in the School of Education and Community Studies at the University of Canberra, Australia 7. The Fusion model for the teaching and learning of English in a Chinese context Maria Bjorning Guide & Francis Doogan, Lecturers in the Unitec Certificate in Intensive English in Bejing. Both are lecturers in Linguistics at Unitec in Auckland, New Zealand 8. Outside issues – inside thinking: Reflective practice in Zambia Gill Whittaker, Learning and Teaching Fellow, University of Bolton, UK 9. Inclusive practices , teaching technology and identities Cathie Doherty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia 10. Training new transnational teachers: A Malaysian experience Michael Davidson, Higher Education Consultant, UK Part IV: Implications for institutions 11. Quality Assurance for Transnational Education: International, National and Institutional Approaches Grant McBurnie, Executive Officer International, Monash University Australia 12. Providing induction, orientation and professional development of all staff involved in transnational teaching Margaret Hicks, Coordinator Teaching & Learning Services, Access and Learning Support Portfolio, Flexible Learning Centre, University of South Australia 13. Pedagogic Work for Off-Shore Markets: A case study of designing and delivering vocational education and training for multinational clients in Indonesia Parlo Singh, School of Cultural and Language Studies in Education, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology 14. Opportunities and Challenges: Managing overseas delivery of New Zealand tertiary level English language programmes Chelsea Blickem, Academic Adviser, Unitec, Auckland New Zealand 15. Risky Business: Effective Planning and Management of Transnational Teaching Shelda Debowski, Director and Professorial Fellow, Organisation and Staff Development Services, University of Western Australia and President of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia 16. Online learning in transnational education: its potential and institutional challenges Paul Bacsich, Middlesex University, UK 17. Conclusion Michelle Wallace & Lee Dunn
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Michelle Wallace, Lee Dunn