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John Trent – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
This article reports the results of a qualitative study which explores the personal and professional identities construction journey of a migrant teacher of English as a second/additional language from Hong Kong, following her arrival in the United Kingdom. Grounded in a theory of language teacher identities and drawing upon Mikhail Bakhtin's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Lai, Ivy C. C. – Transformation in Higher Education, 2018
Background: 'Internationalisation' is what makes the University of Hong Kong (HKU) reputable. Ranked as the world top 25, in QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) 2019 World University Ranking, HKU provides students with ample opportunities to experience the global world, to possess a global mind. The HKU Worldwide Exchange Programme, established in 1998 by…
Descriptors: Student Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives, Global Approach
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Smith, Karen – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
In earlier work, I proposed that flying faculty teaching, where home institution academics teach for short, intense periods in host countries, could foster transformative professional development. In the present article, I explore this empirically. Using the biographic-narrative-interpretative method, five male academics were interviewed three…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Transformative Learning, Teaching Experience, Interviews
Su, Feng, Ed. – Trentham Books Ltd, 2011
Eight students from mainland China chart their learning journeys across national and continental boundaries and socio-cultural contexts. The five women and three men structure their experiences of studying in China and the West around the turning points and life changing choices they made in chasing their dreams. They embody its emergent…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Global Approach, Foreign Countries