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CLTAD Specialist day courses
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Teaching and learning with international students in an art and
design context
15th November 200
led by Jude Carroll and Celia Bishop
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International students bring a whole new dimension to a course
or programme.
Perhaps they offer unfamiliar assumptions, learning styles or
communication
strategies. Many have experiences and knowledge that enrich
British
students' learning. International students are often keen to
learn, willing
to persevere and committed to being successful in British
HE. Yet many
teachers see both this positive side and the challenges, too -
to provide
the guidance, support and encouragement they need; to design
courses that
value and include their ideas; to ensure that all the students
benefit from
learning in a more diverse group.
This course will not provide easy answers but it will give you a
chance to
explore what the research has to offer, to share what you now do
with
colleagues and to evaluate some good practice
recommendations.
Participants: anyone who teaches international students as part
of mainstream course
outcomes
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
*identify the general impact of cross-cultural assumptions and
expectations
on learning
*evaluate their current practice in terms of its possible effect
on
international students
*review practical suggestions for operating effectively as a teacher
of
international students; topics covered are likely to include
lecturing,
groups, assessment, and developing academic skills
*share practice with colleagues
*compare their own practice with recommendations from research
findings and
the literature of teaching international students
About the leaders
Jude Carroll has taught in secondary school, in FE and in HE on
three
continents and now works as a Staff Developer at Oxford Brookes
University.
Along with several colleagues, she is responsible for both staff
and
educational development at Brookes. Her long-standing interest
in
cross-cultural issues arose first from personal
experience then was
strengthened by her former role as Head of Equal Opportunities at
Oxford
Brookes, and subsequently developed through tutoring on the
course for newly
appointed lecturing staff. She has run workshops on
cross-cultural
communication and teaching topic across Britain and in
Africa. In June,
2000, her Centre published A Guide to Teaching
International Students.
Celia Bishop has worked with international
students as an English language
teacher and trainer since the early seventies in FE, HE and Adult
Education
and is now the Study Support Co-ordinator at the London College of
Printing. She has run workshops on cross-cultural issues and
language
awareness in the UK and Europe and has extensive personal experience
of
living, studying and working
abroad.
Cost: £140.00
Venue: Davies Street, London
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Felix Lam
Co-ordinator, The Centre for Learning & Teaching in Art &
Design (cltad)
c/o 65 Davies Street, London W1K 5DA
tel: 0207 514 8162 (dd)
fax: 0207 514 6994
email:
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