Expatriate Academics and Transnational Teaching: The Need for Quality Assurance and Quality Enhancement to Go Hand in Hand

Autor/inn/en	Lamers-Reeuwijk, Antonia M.; Admiraal, Wilfried F.; van der Rijst, Roeland M.
Titel	Expatriate Academics and Transnational Teaching: The Need for Quality Assurance and Quality Enhancement to Go Hand in Hand
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 39 (2020) 4, S.733-747 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lamers-Reeuwijk, Antonia M.) ORCID (Admiraal, Wilfried F.) ORCID (van der Rijst, Roeland M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2019.1693516
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Study Abroad; College Faculty; Foreign Nationals; Teacher Effectiveness; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Faculty Development; Adjustment (to Environment); Oman + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Fakultät; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung
Abstract	In the past two decades, transnational education has been increasing and so has the need for staff to teach on these programmes. This study sought the views of non-Anglophone expatriate academics teaching transnationally in Oman by means of a survey and follow-up interviews. It highlights the challenges that they face in a teaching and learning environment that is academically and culturally new to them. These challenges relate mostly to the students, as they need extensive structured guidance, and to maintaining programme quality in meeting the learning outcomes, particularly critical thinking and writing in English. Teaching adaptation and quality assurance were less challenging. Findings indicate that for a more enhanced teaching and learning environment, both the provider and host institution need to continuously invest in face-to-face professional development addressing the challenges expatriate academics experience, and that the sole focus on quality assurance by provider universities is not sufficient to create this. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01