Overseas students in higher education : issues in teaching and learning
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Overseas students in higher education : issues in teaching and learning
Routledge, 1997
- : hard
- : pbk
Available at 20 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Prefectural University of Hiroshima Library and Academic Information Center
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-221) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Higher education institutions are increasingly concerned with the quality of their teaching and learning experiences they provide for students, including the increasing number from overseas. In this text, some of the leading authorities in the field bring together current research and sound practical advice on the provision of quality teaching and learning for overseas students. The text represents a wide range of overseas students' experiences from the Pacific Rim, China and the European Community.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction, David McNamara and Robert Harris Part One, Principles: Perspectives and Orientation 1. The Experience of Being an Overseas Student, Adrian Furnham 2. Overseas Students in the United Kingdom University System: A Perspective from Social Work, Robert Harris 3. Teaching and Learning for Overseas Students: The Hong Kong Connection, David Chan and Glenn Drover 4. Studying in Europe, John Brennan 5. Communication for Learning Across Cultures, Martin Cortazzi and Lixian Jin 6. Gender Matters: Access, Welfare, Teaching and Learning, Caroline Wright 7. The Purpose of Study, Attitudes to Study and Staff-Student Relationships, John Barker Part Two, Practice: Supporting Learning 8. The Induction of International Students to Academic Life in the United Kingdom, Murray Macrae 9. Through A Glass Darkly: Problems of Studying at Advanced Level Through the Medium of English, Nadine K Cammish 10. Counselling for Excellence: Adjustment Development of South-East Asian Students, Othman Mohamed 11. Supervising Overseas Students: Problem or Opportunity?, Liz Todd 12. Evaluating United Kingdom Courses: The Perspective of the Overseas Student, Jim Ackers Bibliography Index
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