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Educational institutions all over the world continue to attract the
services of foreign-born scholars. In addition to the culture shock
that immigrants experience in unfamiliar countries, these scholars
often undergo "pedagogical shock." Through autobiographical
accounts of foreign-born professors from Africa, Asia, Europe, and
the US, this volume examines the experiences of foreign-born
professors around the world to provide insight on the curricular,
school-systemic, and sociological differences and challenges that
are encountered, and how to help resolve them. It will help
administrators, institutions, and immigration and comparative
education scholars understand the cross-cultural challenges and
coping strategies that define the private and professional lives of
foreign-born professors across the globe.
Educational institutions all over the world continue to attract the
services of foreign-born scholars. In addition to the culture shock
that immigrants experience in unfamiliar countries, these scholars
often undergo "pedagogical shock." Through autobiographical
accounts of foreign-born professors from Africa, Asia, Europe, and
the US, this volume examines the experiences of foreign-born
professors around the world to provide insight on the curricular,
school-systemic, and sociological differences and challenges that
are encountered, and how to help resolve them. It will help
administrators, institutions, and immigration and comparative
education scholars understand the cross-cultural challenges and
coping strategies that define the private and professional lives of
foreign-born professors across the globe.
When people find themselves as the minorities in different
situations, they often feel as if they have been placed onstage
with a spotlight on them. Consequently, they become prisoners of
anxiety, and engage in certain predictable, negative behaviors.
Owing to sheer anxiety and mental overload, these situational
minorities often find themselves behaving unintelligently. This
book uses real-life experiences of diverse people to illustrate
that, if not understood and addressed, situational minorities at
school or work are unlikely to perform at their highest potentials.
This book is for anyone who wants to understand human behavior and
performance: why minorities struggle in majority schools, or why
the only male or female on the team has to overcome a mental
barrier in order to catch up.
Global Issues in Education bridges the discourse on globalization
and education with international studies on race, class, gender,
ethnicity, culture, and multiculturalism. The contributors to this
volume address educational challenges of post-colonial Ghana, the
United Arab Emirates, the Caribbean, China, and Germany juxtaposed
against Western education in the United Kingdom and the United
States. They synthesize macrosociology with educational research,
which provides readers with the background, core knowledge, and
global focus that is needed to understand international issues, as
well as deal with diversity in the classroom. Global Issues in
Education also addresses the need for additional research that
makes the connections between the geopolitical economy and
education, and it does this with a focus on the link to culture,
ethnicity, and education.
When people find themselves as the minorities in different
situations, they often feel as if they have been placed onstage
with a spotlight on them. Consequently, they become prisoners of
anxiety, and engage in certain predictable, negative behaviors.
Owing to sheer anxiety and mental overload, these situational
minorities often find themselves behaving unintelligently. This
book uses real-life experiences of diverse people to illustrate
that, if not understood and addressed, situational minorities at
school or work are unlikely to perform at their highest potentials.
This book is for anyone who wants to understand human behavior and
performance: why minorities struggle in majority schools, or why
the only male or female on the team has to overcome a mental
barrier in order to catch up.
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