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Direct linkCortina, Regina, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2014
This groundbreaking volume describes unprecedented changes in education across Latin America, resulting from the endorsement of Indigenous peoples' rights through the development of intercultural bilingual education. The chapters evaluate the ways in which cultural and language differences are being used to create national policies that affirm the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Educational Practices, Multicultural Education
Su, Feng, Ed. – Trentham Books Ltd, 2011
Eight students from mainland China chart their learning journeys across national and continental boundaries and socio-cultural contexts. The five women and three men structure their experiences of studying in China and the West around the turning points and life changing choices they made in chasing their dreams. They embody its emergent…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTownsend, Jane S.; Fu, Danling – College Teaching, 1998
A study investigated how 13 Chinese graduate students approach writing tasks, examining cultural assumptions and values underlying choices made in the process. Students were interviewed in Chinese by an interviewer of similar cultural background and asked to explain their understanding of writing and their frustration in learning to write English…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Communication Apprehension, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences
Download full textRiley, Doris – 1992
This paper gathers information on the values, cognition, and educational background of African students studying at universities in the United States. The section on values notes that Americans are task-oriented individualists, while Africans are primarily relationship-oriented collectivists. These values of sharing and relationship orientation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Cohen, Robby, Ed.; Robin, Ron, Ed. – 1985
A handbook for foreign teaching assistants (TAs) is presented by foreign graduate students with teaching experience and other educators who have worked closely with them. Language skills, teaching strategies, cultural issues, resources, and the environment at the University of California, Berkeley, are addressed in 16 articles. Article titles and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Grading
Gburek, Janice L., Ed.; Dunnett, Stephen C., Ed. – 1986
Articles on teaching effectiveness for foreign teaching assistants (TAs) are presented. Topics include: adapting to the U.S. academic environment, understanding the role of the TA and gaining confidence, anticipating undergraduates' expectations, improving communication skills, and teaching laboratory classes and recitation classes. Titles and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Instruction, College Science, Communication Skills
Sarkisian, Ellen – 1997
Based on materials used in a training program for international faculty and teaching assistants, this guide is intended to provide practical guidance for foreign nationals teaching in American college classrooms. Following an introduction, the first chapter quotes advice from faculty members and teaching assistants from various nations. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences
