Teaching and learning on a transnational education programme: opportunities and challenges for flying faculty in Geography and related disciplines
Teaching and learning on a transnational education programme: opportunities and challenges for flying faculty in Geography and related disciplines
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跨国教育项目的教学：地理及相关学科飞行教师的机遇和挑战
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10.1080/03098265.2017.1337735
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2017
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Katie Szkornik
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作者：
Katie Szkornik
摘要在英国高等教育国际化的背景下，越来越多的英国院校正在与海外院校合作开发学位课程，其中与中国院校的合作最为常见。本文采用批判性反思的方法，从不同的角度（自我反思，学生反馈，我们的同事的经验），通过批判性反思作者自己的飞行教师在中国提供介绍性自然地理模块的经验，探索一些存在的机会和挑战。然而，在一个陌生的环境中教学带来了大量的挑战;对于地理和相关学科的工作人员来说，通过实地学习积极参与外部世界可能是任何海外教学经验中最具挑战性的方面。因此，本文的一个特别重点是在国际课堂上结合实地学习和教学的挑战和潜在的解决方案。最终，具有国际教学经验的教师最适合发展和加强自己机构课程的国际化。
Abstract Within the context of the internationalization of UK higher education, an increasing number of UK-based institutions are developing collaborative degree programmes with overseas institutions, of which partnerships with institutions in China are the most common. This paper employs a critical reflective approach to explore, from different perspectives (self-reflection, student feedback, our colleagues’ experiences), some of the opportunities and challenges that exist for flying faculty through critical reflection on the author’s own flying faculty experiences delivering an introductory Physical Geography module in China. Teaching in an unfamiliar environment brings with it a plethora of challenges, however; for staff in Geography and related disciplines, active engagement with the external world through field-based learning is perhaps the most challenging aspect of any overseas teaching experience. As such, a particular focus of this paper is on the challenges, and potential solutions, of incorporating field-based learning and teaching in the international classroom. Ultimately, faculty with international teaching experience are best placed to develop and enhance the internationalization of their own institution’s curricula.