International instructor’s perception of teaching in American university: Qualitative research

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Park, S., Perez-Galluc, R. & Kim, K. (2008). International instructor’s perception of teaching in American university: Qualitative research. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 2375-2381). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
March 3, 2008
ISBN 1-880094-64-9
  Karen McFerrin, Roberta Weber, Roger Carlsen & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Sanghoon Park, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, USA; Roberto Perez-Galluc, Florida State University, USA; Kioh Kim, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, USA

Abstract

The number of international graduate students in United States has been increasing as the globalization has been an issue of most educational institutions and organizations. Yet, still international instructors have cultural difference in terms of teaching philosophy and classroom management skill. The purpose of this study was to describe the one male international instructor's teaching behavior in terms of how he manages the course and how he actually provides instruction, using an ethnographical approach. In order to collect qualitative data, two data collection methods were applied; Observation and semi structured interview.

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