Experiences of immigrant professors : Cross-cultural differences, challenges, and lessons for success /: Cross-cultural differences, challenges, and lessons for success. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Charles B. Hutchinson.
• Editors: Hutchison, Charles B
• Contents: The Private and Professional Lives of Foreign-Born Professors : From Abstractions to the Practical / Charles B. Hutchison -- Foreign-Born Professors and Their Quests for Social and Psychological Home Integrating Social, Cultural, and Professional Dimensions of Life / Amy Carattini -- A Portrait of the Life and Work of Expatriate Educators in Cambodia / Alexander Jun, Rebecca Hong, Curtis Cline, and Faith Fitt -- The "Unusual" Professors : The Experiences and Impact of Foreign Professors in Post Franco Spain / Alice Gail Bier and Louis Lemkow -- Conversations on Ethnicity, Adaptation and Belonging : Auto-Ethnography at the Base of the Ivory Tower / Marcia D. Nichols, Aminul Huq, Bijaya Aryal, and Xavier Prat-Resina -- Voices From Behind the Scenes : How Foreign-Born English Teachers Find Their Place in the French Education System / Claire Griffin -- Challenges and Self-Efficacy of Female East Asian-Born Faculty in American Universities / Hyeyoung Bang -- The True Meaning of Integrity : Reflections on a Professional Life in Japan / Robin Sakamoto -- Moroccan Imams and the "Girl Professor" : Positionality and Epistemai in a Classroom-Based Cross-Cultural Exchange of Knowledge / Emilie Roy -- Not So Fast : Navigating the Complexities of Teaching in an American University as a Foreign-Born Teacher Educator / Eucabeth Odhiambo -- My Professional Teaching Experience in the USA, 1977-2014 : The Case of an African-Born Immigrant / Peter F. B. Nayenga -- Negotiating the Trilogy of Black-ness, "African-ness", and "Accent-ness" : A "Native-Alien" Professor's Tale / Obed Mfum-Mensah -- From Essential and Central to Constructivist Trenches : Navigating the Transnational Contexts of the Instructional Practice of a Foreign-Born Professor / Fonkem Achankeng -- Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of African-Born Professor's Identity in the U.S. Academe / Michael Takafor Ndemanu, -- Not an Easy Road : Journey of a Jamaican Academic / Leonie J. Brooks -- "Almost American" : The Challenges of a Canadian Professor Working in the United States / Scott Kissau -- Drained Brains : Canadian Professors in the United States / Dave Eaton -- Identity Construction of a Second Language Educator / Tanita Saenkhum -- My American Academia : At Home and Abroad / Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar -- "... come è duro calle / lo scendere e 'l salir per l'altrui scale" : Musings of a Foreign-Born Philosopher in the American Academy / Lucio Angelo Privitello -- The Unified Voices of Immigrant Professors and Their Cross-Cultural Teaching Live : Lessons Learned / Charles B. Hutchison.
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 270 pages)
• Subjects: 378.1/2; College teaching -- Cross-cultural studies; Immigrants; EDUCATION / Higher; College teaching; Immigrants; Electronic books; Cross-cultural studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317614876; 1317614879; 9781317614869; 1317614860; 9781315751344; 1315751348
• Related ISBNs: 9781138806962; 113880696X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.