Academics’ International Teaching Journeys : Personal Narratives of Transitions in Higher Education

"Academics' International Teaching Journeys provides personal narratives of nine international social science academics in foreign countries as they adapt and develop their teaching. The team of international contributors provide an invaluable resource for other academics who may be exposed to similar situations and may find these narratives useful in negotiating the conflicts and challenges that they may encounter in being an international academic. The narratives provide a fascinating reference point and a wide range of perspectives of teaching experiences from across the world, including Europe, Australia, North America and the Caribbean. The book offers a timely spotlight on contemporary issues of globalisation that many higher education institutions around the world may encounter. It contributes to the originality of constructing new knowledge in the field of transnational higher education - a modern phenomenon which will be increasingly prominent in the current and next generation in the globalised higher education contexts."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Academics' International Teaching Journeys provides personal narratives of nine international social science academics in foreign countries as they adapt and develop their teaching. The team of international contributors provide an invaluable resource for other academics who may be exposed to similar situations and may find these narratives useful in negotiating their own conflicts and challenges that they may encounter in being an international academic. The narratives provide a fascinating reference point and a wide range of perspectives of teaching experiences from across the world, including Europe, Australia, North America and the Caribbean. The book offers a timely spotlight on contemporary issues of globalisation that many higher education institutions around the world may encounter. It contributes to the originality of constructing new knowledge in the field of transnational higher education - a modern phenomenon which will be increasingly prominent in the current and next generation in the globalised higher education contexts. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1. Academics’ International Teaching Journeys: An Introduction 2. Contextualizing the New Teaching Environment 3. Complexities and Cross- Cultural Challenges of Foreign Lecturers: Personal Narrative Histories in Cameroon and England 4. Cultural Shock of an International Academic: From a Liberal Arts Education in the United States to a Post-1992 University in the UK 5. Being Women and Being Migrant: Confronting Double Strangeness in UK Higher Education 6. Overcoming Doubts in an Intercultural Academic Journey: From the East to the West 7. Negotiating Transitions in Academic Identity: Teacher or Researcher? 8. Examining Pedagogical Autonomy in International Higher Education Systems 9. Pedagogy of Academic Mobility 10. Towards a ‘Pedagogy of Connection’: ‘Home’ Academic not at Home 11. Continuing the International Academics’ Teaching Journey Index