TY - JOUR
T1 - Good teachers and deviant learners?
T2 - Reflections on the meeting of practices in international education
AU - Jensen, Iben
AU - Tange, Hanne
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The article focuses on the impact of internationalization on university lecturers' practice. Based on interviews with 36 employees from Danish universities, we discuss what internationalization means for the classroom relationship between university teachers and international students. The article is inspired by an intercultural communication model that highlights how respondents' reliance on a simplified image of self and other leads them to the construction of a perception of international students from a deficit perspective. Following an examination of perceived differences in learning approach, classroom practices and student/staff roles, we propose that an intercultural pedagogy be developed, underlining the need for a symmetrical learning and teaching platform in international education.
AB - The article focuses on the impact of internationalization on university lecturers' practice. Based on interviews with 36 employees from Danish universities, we discuss what internationalization means for the classroom relationship between university teachers and international students. The article is inspired by an intercultural communication model that highlights how respondents' reliance on a simplified image of self and other leads them to the construction of a perception of international students from a deficit perspective. Following an examination of perceived differences in learning approach, classroom practices and student/staff roles, we propose that an intercultural pedagogy be developed, underlining the need for a symmetrical learning and teaching platform in international education.
U2 - 10.1177/1475240912447849
DO - 10.1177/1475240912447849
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 181
EP - 193
JO - Journal of Research in International Education
JF - Journal of Research in International Education
SN - 1475-2409
IS - 2
ER -