1st Edition

Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Programmes in Higher Education Exploring Challenges in Designing and Teaching

Edited By Judith L. Green, W. Douglas Baker Copyright 2017
118 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

At the centre of this book is the exploration of how logic-in-use both leads to a particular understanding of the phenomena of interest (such as opportunities for learning specific processes) and shapes a particular view of what evidence counts in constructing claims. The contributions brought together here invite readers to explore the processes involved in developing and studying educational... Read more

Introduction: Exploring challenges in designing and teaching (inter)disciplinary and (inter)cultural programmes in higher education W. Douglas Baker and Judith L. Green

1. Language and culture learning in higher education via telecollaboration Dorothy M. Chun

2. An emic lens into online learning environments in PBL in undergraduate dentistry Susan Bridges

3. Designing interdisciplinary instruction: exploring disciplinary and conceptual differences as a resource W. Douglas Baker and Elisabeth Däumer

4. Challenging points of contact among supervisor, mentor teacher and teacher candidates: conflicting institutional expectations Laurie Katz and Zeynep Isik-Ercan

5. Navigating across academic contexts: Campo and Angolan students in a Brazilian university Maria Lucia Castanheira, Brian V. Street and Gilcinei Teodoro Carvalho

6. Interdisciplinary dialogues as a site for reflexive exploration of conceptual understandings of teaching–learning relationships Judith L. Green, Yun Dai, Jenna Joo, Edward Williams, Ang Liu and Stephen C.-Y. Lu

Biography

Judith L. Green is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

W. Douglas Baker is Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, USA.