Cultural Support for International TAs: An Undergraduate Buddy Program.

Autor/inn/en	Altinsel, Zeynep; Rittenberg, William
Titel	Cultural Support for International TAs: An Undergraduate Buddy Program.
Quelle	(1996), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Instruction; College Programs; Cultural Awareness; Extracurricular Activities; Foreign Students; Higher Education; Program Descriptions; School Orientation; State Universities; Student Attitudes; Student Employment; Study Habits; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Assistants + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschullehre; Studienprogramm; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Staatliche Universität; Schülerverhalten; Studentenarbeit; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	This paper describes the Buddy Program for international teaching assistants (ITAs) at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing and presents brief case studies of the program in action. The Buddy Program pairs new ITAs with undergraduates at MSU to help familiarize ITAs with student life at the school and help them assimilate into their new role as teaching assistants. Over the course of 8 weeks the ITA-undergraduate pairs spend about 25 hours together and share life stories, visit student residences and classrooms, and explore such topics as student employment, student academic decision making, extracurricular activities, how students study, teacher-student interaction, and optional topics. Vignettes illustrate how ITAs come to appreciate the differences and similarities between student life at MSU and in their home countries. (MDM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC