International Experience: An Opportunity for Professional Development in Higher Education

Autor/in	Hamza, Aswan
Titel	International Experience: An Opportunity for Professional Development in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 14 (2010) 1, S.50-69 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315308329793
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Cognitive Style; Student Behavior; Women Faculty; Transformative Learning; Classroom Environment; Professional Development; Women Administrators; Educational Experience; Qualitative Research; Attitude Change; World Views; Foreign Workers; Educational Opportunities; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Pädagogische Transformation; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Weibliche Führungskraft; Bildungserfahrung; Qualitative Forschung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; World view; Weltanschauung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; USA
Abstract	This qualitative study examines the role of international experience in the transformative learning of female educators as it relates to professional development in a higher education context. It also investigates how the learning productions of these experiences were transferred to the participants' home country. Nine American female faculty and administrators who worked at universities in Arab countries in the Gulf region participated in this study. The results suggest that the transformative learning of the female educators was reflected in three themes: changes in personal and professional attitudes, experiencing a new classroom environment that included different students' learning style and unfamiliar classroom behavior, and broadening of participants' global perspectives. Conclusions are provided, implications are discussed, and recommendations for future research are suggested. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10