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Author:   Kerstin Tomiak ,  Ruairidh J Brown
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2024 ed.
ISBN:  

9789819727643

ISBN 10:   9819727642
Pages:   231
Publication Date:   17 July 2024
Audience:   Adult education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Journeys to Going Abroad.- Part 1: Let’s get moving.- Chapter 2: Douglas Bell. Travels, Tribulations and Training: How Might Academics Be Better Prepared for Working Overseas?.- Chapter 3: Mark Julien. A Canadian in Poland: Lessons Learned.- Chapter 4: Paul Petzschmann. Globetrotting Outsiders. Faculty Labour and the Global University.- Chapter 5: Kerstin Tomiak. Papers, Please! On Discovering Privilege.- Part II: The Foreign Classroom.- Chapter 6: Anthony F. Lang. Particulars and Universals: What I Learned from Teaching in Egypt.- Chapter 7: Sara Katona & Charl Swart. Becoming in Baghdad – When Normative Meets Empirical in a Classroom.- Chapter 8: Fabrizio Leto & Letizia Vallini. Teaching and Studying the Italian Language and Culture in China: Perceptions, Challenges, and Chances.- Chapter 9: Melinda Gurr. Navigating Difference and Fostering Transformative Learning: Teaching to Transgress in Pakistan.- Chapter 10: Michelle Betz. Learning, Teaching, Being: AWestern Journalism Instructor’s Experience in Post-Genocide Rwanda.- Chapter 11: Part III: The Other Side.- Chapter 12: Yuting (Alina) He & Spede Mizuri Foreign Simulations, Postcolonial Entanglement, and Identity: Reflections on Studying at an International(ised) University.- Chapter 13: Giselle Garcia. Reflections on the Dramaturgy of a Foreigner.- Chapter 14: Ruairidh J. Brown. When the Roof Comes Down: Encountering Danger when Living Away from Home.- Chapter 15: Kristin M. Ferebee. Airspace, Expats, and Afghanistan: The Problem of Cosmopolitan Mobility in International Education.- Chapter 16: Jessica Cira Rubin. Making the Best Decision: Considering a Move Abroad from Both Sides, Now.- Chapter 17: Ruairidh J. Brown & Kerstin Tomiak. Concluding Thoughts on ‘Moving Abroad’: A Dialogue.

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Kerstin Tomiak is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. She holds a PhD from Cardiff University in Wales, United Kingdom, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Prior to her academic career, Kerstin worked as a media expert for several nongovernmental organisations in South Sudan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in Afghanistan.  Ruairidh J. Brown is an Assistant Professor at Forward College, currently based at the institute's campus in Lisbon, Portugal. Prior to this, he taught International Studies in mainland China. Ruairidh holds a PhD from St Andrews University, Scotland, United Kingdom. 

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