Hidden roads : non-native English speaking international professors in the classroom / / Katherine Grace Hendrix, Aparna Hebbani, editors

• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Jossey-Bass, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.120973
• Soggetto topico: Multicultural education; Teaching; Teachers - Training of; Communicative competence
• Persona (resp. second.): HendrixKatherine Grace; HebbaniAparna
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; From the Series Editor; About This Publication; About This Volume; Editors' Notes; References; 1: "Are You an Immigrant?": Identity-Based Critical Reflections of Teaching Intercultural Communication; Introduction; Brief Review of Relevant Literature; Critical Reflections and Analysis; Conclusion; Note; References; 2: College Is Not a Restaurant: Challenging Cultural Hegemony in the US Classroom; Introduction; Historical European Attitudes toward the US Education System?; Personal Experience with the Aversion to Abstract Forms of Knowledge ; A Nonnative Teacher Challenging US HegemonyPitting Children against Their Own Parents?; Conclusion; Note; References; 3: Rapport and Knowledge: Enhancing Foreign Instructor Credibility in the Classroom; Introduction; Establishing Rapport; Demonstrating Knowledge; Reflections; Conclusion; References; 4: Open and Positive Attitudes toward Teaching; Introduction; My Teaching Experiences; Confirmation Model of Teaching; Interviews with Students; Implications from Students' Interviews; Recommendations for Nonnative-Speaking Teachers; Conclusion; Notes; References ; 5: Opposite Worlds, Singular Mission: Teaching as an ITAIntroduction; Theoretical Foundations Guiding the Exploration of Life as an ITA in the US Classroom; Linguistic Competence; My Experience in the Classroom; Being Foreign, and from Africa!; Am I Such a Horrible Teacher or Are These Students Just Mean and Prejudiced?; Implications for My Fellow ITAs and US Academia; Note; References; 6: Capturing the Experiences of International Teaching Assistants in the US American Classroom; Introduction; Qualitative Research and Methods; Results ; Discussion, Autoethnographic Reflections, and ImplicationsConclusion; Notes; References; Appendix; 7: International Instructor Preparing Teachers for Multicultural Classrooms in the United States: Teaching Intercultural Communication Competence Online; Introduction; The Multicultural Learning Environment; Teaching Intercultural Communication to Teachers: A Pilot Study; Reflections of an International Instructor and Researcher; References; 8: Talking Back: Shifting the Discourse of Deficit to a Pedagogy of Cultural Wealth of International Instructors in US Classrooms; Introduction ; Mapping: Common Themes in "Talking Back"Remapping: Toward a Pedagogy of Cultural Wealth; Walking: Directions for Future Research; Note; References; Advert; Index; End User License Agreement
• Sommario/riassunto: This issue uses the powerful narrative of autoethnography to make visible the existence of international professors and teaching assistants who speak English as a Second Language. These important, but often invisible, individuals contribute daily to the education of students within the US postsecondary educational system. This volume covers a variety of experiences, such as:Faculty of color teaching intercultural communicationInternational teaching assistants' attitudes toward their US studentsThe challenges to existing cultural assumptions in the US classroom.These experiences-in the form of
• Titolo autorizzato: Hidden roads
• ISBN: 1-118-92319-7; 1-118-92320-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809232803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New directions for teaching and learning ; ; no. 138.