‘I like the people I work with. Maybe I’ll get to meet them in person one day’: teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams

Significant changes have occurred in the international education landscape driven by the need for access to higher education in developing countries. One response to this situation has been the provision of higher education in the developing country via partnership arrangements with overseas institu...

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Main Authors: Keevers, Lynne, Lefoe, Geraldine, Leask, Betty, Fauziah K.P., Dawood Sultan*, Ganesharatnam, Sumitha*, Loh, Vincent*, Lim, Jane See Yin*
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author Keevers, Lynne
Lefoe, Geraldine
Leask, Betty
Fauziah K.P., Dawood Sultan*
Ganesharatnam, Sumitha*
Loh, Vincent*
Lim, Jane See Yin*
author_facet Keevers, Lynne
Lefoe, Geraldine
Leask, Betty
Fauziah K.P., Dawood Sultan*
Ganesharatnam, Sumitha*
Loh, Vincent*
Lim, Jane See Yin*
author_sort Keevers, Lynne
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description Significant changes have occurred in the international education landscape driven by the need for access to higher education in developing countries. One response to this situation has been the provision of higher education in the developing country via partnership arrangements with overseas institutions. Rapid growth in transnational programmes has resulted in many opportunities for nations seeking to build their capacity, for institutions and for staff and student learning, as well as significant challenges. This research contributes to addressing some of these challenges by focusing attention on teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams. This paper is grounded empirically in an international collaboration between three Australian, one Malaysian and one Vietnamese university. Employing a practice-based approach using multi-site participatory action research, the researchers investigated the professional development needs of transnational teaching teams and their experience working in transnational programmes. The study suggests that for professional development to be effective in transnational education it needs to be collaboratively designed and negotiated, context-sensitive and specific, practice-based and involve teams engaging and learning together in their daily work contexts. Such an approach harnesses the diversity of transnational teaching teams and enhances dialogue and relationships amongst team members.
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spelling intimal-10002019-12-20T06:30:32Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1000/ ‘I like the people I work with. Maybe I’ll get to meet them in person one day’: teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams Keevers, Lynne Lefoe, Geraldine Leask, Betty Fauziah K.P., Dawood Sultan* Ganesharatnam, Sumitha* Loh, Vincent* Lim, Jane See Yin* L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education Significant changes have occurred in the international education landscape driven by the need for access to higher education in developing countries. One response to this situation has been the provision of higher education in the developing country via partnership arrangements with overseas institutions. Rapid growth in transnational programmes has resulted in many opportunities for nations seeking to build their capacity, for institutions and for staff and student learning, as well as significant challenges. This research contributes to addressing some of these challenges by focusing attention on teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams. This paper is grounded empirically in an international collaboration between three Australian, one Malaysian and one Vietnamese university. Employing a practice-based approach using multi-site participatory action research, the researchers investigated the professional development needs of transnational teaching teams and their experience working in transnational programmes. The study suggests that for professional development to be effective in transnational education it needs to be collaboratively designed and negotiated, context-sensitive and specific, practice-based and involve teams engaging and learning together in their daily work contexts. Such an approach harnesses the diversity of transnational teaching teams and enhances dialogue and relationships amongst team members. Informa UK Limited 2014 Article PeerReviewed Keevers, Lynne and Lefoe, Geraldine and Leask, Betty and Fauziah K.P., Dawood Sultan* and Ganesharatnam, Sumitha* and Loh, Vincent* and Lim, Jane See Yin* (2014) ‘I like the people I work with. Maybe I’ll get to meet them in person one day’: teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams. Journal of Education for Teaching, 40 (3). pp. 232-250. ISSN 1360-0540 https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2014.903024 doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2014.903024
spellingShingle L Education (General)
LB Theory and practice of education
Keevers, Lynne
Lefoe, Geraldine
Leask, Betty
Fauziah K.P., Dawood Sultan*
Ganesharatnam, Sumitha*
Loh, Vincent*
Lim, Jane See Yin*
‘I like the people I work with. Maybe I’ll get to meet them in person one day’: teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams
title ‘I like the people I work with. Maybe I’ll get to meet them in person one day’: teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams
title_full ‘I like the people I work with. Maybe I’ll get to meet them in person one day’: teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams
title_fullStr ‘I like the people I work with. Maybe I’ll get to meet them in person one day’: teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams
title_full_unstemmed ‘I like the people I work with. Maybe I’ll get to meet them in person one day’: teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams
title_short ‘I like the people I work with. Maybe I’ll get to meet them in person one day’: teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams
title_sort ‘i like the people i work with. maybe i’ll get to meet them in person one day’: teaching and learning practice development with transnational teaching teams
topic L Education (General)
LB Theory and practice of education
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