International Teaching and Learning at Universities

Chenguang Chang, Sun Yat-sen University, ChinaTricia Coverdale-Jones, University of Portsmouth, UKMeng Fan, Newcastle University, UKHans J. Ladegaard, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong KongDavid Leat, Newcastle University, UKSue Robson, Newcastle University, UKJanette Ryan, University of Birmingham, UK

• 1. Introduction; Gordon E. Slethaug 2. Examining Liberal Education, its Place and Importance in Transnational Education: How to Develop and Maintain Teacher and Learner Autonomy; Jane Vinther 3. Introducing English-language Liberal Education in China; Chang Chenguang 4. Transcultural Teaching and Learning: Possibilities for the Generation of New Ideas and Knowledge across Western and Chinese Knowledge Systems; Janette Ryan 5. The Experiences of International Students in the Classroom and in the University; Tricia Coverdale-Jones 6. Building Community through International Students' Holistic Assessments of Their Teaching and Learning Environment; Gordon E. Slethaug 7. Personal Experience and Cultural Awareness as Resources in Teaching Intercultural Communication: A Hong Kong Case Study; Hans J. Ladegaard 8. International Postgraduate Students' Perceptions and Experiences of Peer Assessment in a UK University: A Case Study; Meng Fan, Sue Robson, and David Leat 9. Conclusion: International Teaching and Learning at Universities Achieving Equilibrium with Local Culture and Pedagogy; Gordon E. Slethaug ?

"This edited collection provides a balanced and authoritative account of teaching and learning in internationalized higher education contexts. It offers a critical analysis and a truly international and cross-cultural set of perspectives on current practice and on some of the stereotypes in operation. The agenda it sets out for the internationalization of pedagogy at universities will be of great value to all who are concerned with making teaching and learning more inclusive and creative in supporting mobility and global citizenship. Everyone who works in higher education should share these concerns." - Michele Schweisfurth, Professor of Comparative and International Education and Co-Director of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, University of Glasgow, UK"The lucid and informative essays in this book are written by some of the best scholars researching the teaching and learning of international students, in both the East and West. The book provides nuanced discussions on the theories connected with international education as well as its practical manifestations in schools and universities. Educators involved in this rapidly growing field will find the collection highly readable and instructive." - Kam Louie, Honorary Professor, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, and Adjunct Professor, The University of New South Wales, Australia