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Professional ActivitiesAcademy Horizons Reading Group 2009Join the Academy Horizons Reading Group to discuss and debate contemporary issues in learning research and practice. What will we do?We will meet once a month to discuss a wide variety of topics: work-related learning, formal and informal learning, e-learning, cross-cultural aspects of learning, assessment, reuse and sharing of teaching and learning resources, social networking, diffusion of innovations, knowledge management, flexible and lifelong learning, and many more. Regularity of meetingsThe date of the next Horizons Reading Group is Thursday, 29 October from 15:30 to 16:30 in the Caledonian Academy, Level 1, William Harley Building at Glasgow Caledonian University. The topic of the meeting is: “Internationalisation” We will discuss the following paper: Ryan, J., & Viete, R. (2009). Respectful interactions: learning with international students in the English-speaking academy. Teaching in Higher Education,14(3), 303—314. AbstractInternational students entering postgraduate courses in Australian universities encounter numerous challenges in their new environments. Many relate to the academic literacy and pedagogical practices in the English-speaking academic environment, which international students time and again have reported assume local linguistic and cultural knowledge and can result in feelings of disengagement and a sense that their own knowledge and experiences are undervalued. These practices are often associated with the notion of a native-speaker norm in the English-speaking academy, which exercises tacit power in pedagogy and assessment. Here, we identify the perceptions of international students with whom we have worked in our teaching and our research, which illustrate the impacts on their self-identity and self-esteem as they operate in unfamiliar linguistic and cultural environments. We identify essential principles for teaching and learning environments which students believe can help them to engage more actively in respectful conversations promoting learning for all. We focus on the personal impacts for international students of operating in new academic cultures, and seek ways of promoting dialogic, multivoiced learning spaces for all participants. If you would like to join the group, to book a place please contact Frieda Callaghan of the Caledonian Academy; telephone: 0141 273 1319 For further general information on the Reading Group please contact: Dr. Anoush Margaryan T: 0141-331 8716 |