ABSTRACT

Educational institutions all over the world continue to attract the services of foreign-born scholars. In addition to the culture shock that immigrants experience in unfamiliar countries, these scholars often undergo "pedagogical shock." Through autobiographical accounts of foreign-born professors from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the US, this volume examines the experiences of foreign-born professors around the world to provide insight on the curricular, school-systemic, and sociological differences and challenges that are encountered, and how to help resolve them. It will help administrators, institutions, and immigration and comparative education scholars understand the cross-cultural challenges and coping strategies that define the private and professional lives of foreign-born professors across the globe.

chapter |21 pages

The Private and Professional Lives of Foreign-Born Professors

From Abstractions to the Practical

chapter |13 pages

Foreign-Born Professors and Their Quests for a Social and Psychological Home

Integrating Social, Cultural, and Professional Dimensions of Life

chapter |12 pages

The “Unusual” Professors

The Experiences and Impact of Foreign Professors in Post-Franco Spain

chapter |14 pages

Conversations on Ethnicity, Adaptation, and Belonging

Autoethnography at the Base of the Ivory Tower

chapter |12 pages

Voices From Behind the Scenes

How Foreign-Born English Teachers Find Their Place in the French Education System

chapter |10 pages

The True Meaning of Integrity

Reflections on a Professional Life in Japan

chapter |12 pages

Moroccan Imams and the “Girl Professor”

Positionality and Epistemai in a Classroom-Based Cross-Cultural Exchange of Knowledge

chapter |11 pages

Not so Fast

Navigating the Complexities of Teaching in an American University as a Foreign-Born Teacher Educator

chapter |11 pages

From Essential and Central to Constructivist Trenches

Navigating the Transnational Contexts of the Instructional Practice of a Foreign-Born Professor

chapter |11 pages

Not an Easy Road

Journey of a Jamaican Academic

chapter |14 pages

“Almost American”

The Challenges of a Canadian Professor Working in the United States

chapter |11 pages

Drained Brains

Canadian Professors in the United States

chapter |11 pages

My American Academia

At Home and Abroad

chapter |12 pages

Musings of a Foreign-Born Philosopher in the American Academy

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