Moving Abroad Risks and Rewards Searching for an Academic Life Far Away /

Moving Abroad Risks and Rewards Searching for an Academic Life Far Away /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tomiak, Kerstin (Editor), Brown, Ruairidh J. (Editor)
Summary:XI, 231 p. 6 illus., 4 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Edition:1st ed. 2024.
Subjects:
Education and state.
Education, Higher.
International economic integration.
Globalization.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Higher Education.
Economic Aspects of Globalization.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2765-0
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Journeys to Going Abroad
  • Part 1: Let’s get moving
  • Chapter 2: Douglas Bell. Travels, Tribulations and Training: How Might Academics Be Better Prepared for Working Overseas?
  • Chapter 3: Mark Julien. A Canadian in Poland: Lessons Learned
  • Chapter 4: Paul Petzschmann. Globetrotting Outsiders. Faculty Labour and the Global University
  • Chapter 5: Kerstin Tomiak. Papers, Please! On Discovering Privilege
  • Part II: The Foreign Classroom
  • Chapter 6: Anthony F. Lang. Particulars and Universals: What I Learned from Teaching in Egypt
  • Chapter 7: Sara Katona & Charl Swart. Becoming in Baghdad – When Normative Meets Empirical in a Classroom
  • Chapter 8: Fabrizio Leto & Letizia Vallini. Teaching and Studying the Italian Language and Culture in China: Perceptions, Challenges, and Chances
  • Chapter 9: Melinda Gurr. Navigating Difference and Fostering Transformative Learning: Teaching to Transgress in Pakistan
  • Chapter 10: Michelle Betz. Learning, Teaching, Being: AWestern Journalism Instructor’s Experience in Post-Genocide Rwanda
  • Chapter 11: Part III: The Other Side
  • Chapter 12: Yuting (Alina) He & Spede Mizuri Foreign Simulations, Postcolonial Entanglement, and Identity: Reflections on Studying at an International(ised) University
  • Chapter 13: Giselle Garcia. Reflections on the Dramaturgy of a Foreigner
  • Chapter 14: Ruairidh J. Brown. When the Roof Comes Down: Encountering Danger when Living Away from Home
  • Chapter 15: Kristin M. Ferebee. Airspace, Expats, and Afghanistan: The Problem of Cosmopolitan Mobility in International Education
  • Chapter 16: Jessica Cira Rubin. Making the Best Decision: Considering a Move Abroad from Both Sides, Now
  • Chapter 17: Ruairidh J. Brown & Kerstin Tomiak. Concluding Thoughts on ‘Moving Abroad’: A Dialogue.

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