Learning and teaching across cultures in higher education

PART 1: ISSUES -- Preface to Part 1: Issues in Multicultural Tertiary Education -- Cross-Cultural Differences in Learning and Education: Stereotypes, Myths and Realities -- Teaching Business Studies to Far East Students in the UK -- Cultural Learning in the Absence of Culture? A Study of How Students Learn Foreign Language and Culture in a Tertiary Classroom -- Perception of 'Self' and 'Other': Social Boundaries That Influence Teaching and Learning in Increasingly Diverse U.S. Classrooms -- Intercultural Postgraduate Supervision: Ethnographic Journeys of Identity and Power -- Mobile Students, Flexible Identities and Liquid Modernity: Disrupting Western Teachers' Assumptions of 'The Asian Learner' --Cross-Cultural Engagement in Higher Education Classrooms: A Critical View of Dialogue -- PART 2: PRACTICE -- Preface to Part 2: Practice in the Multicultural Tertiary Classroom -- One Size Fits All? Faculty Professional Development Workshops in a Multicultural Context -- Intercultural Competence: Examples of Internationalising the Curriculum Through Students' Interactions -- Afrikaners and Arabs: Negotiating Course Delivery in a Blended Learning Context -- Assessing Intercultural Dialogue: The German 'Wald' and the Canadian 'Forest' -- Virtual Internships for International Cooperation: Experiences of Learning, Teaching and Networking -- Teaching Bioinformatics: Using Storytelling to Negotiate Cultural Divisions in the Sciences -- References -- Index.

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In today's world, contact with other cultures is an inevitable part of university and college life. Learning and Teaching across Cultures in Higher Education is intended for anyone who has an interest in intercultural aspects of higher education. The book contains theoretical rationale, resources and examples to help readers understand and deal with situations involving contact between learners or educators from different cultural backgrounds, as well as giving insights into the new global context of higher education.