Learning And Teaching Across Cultures In Higher Education

This book brings together examples of intercultural practice and research from universities and colleges around the world.

DAVID PALFREYMAN works at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Zayed University, Dubai. His background is in second language education. Before going to Dubai he worked with educators in Turkey and in the UK and taught also in Italy and Spain. His current research interests include the contributions of sociocultural context to university learning, and in particular, how the family and wider discoursal contexts interact with learning. His is the editor, with Richard Smith, of Learner Autonomy Across Cultures, also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

DAWN McBRIDE is an Assistant Professor and Pychologist at the University of Lethbridge, Canada, specializing in cross-cultural issues relating to counselling and teaching . She formerly taught in the United Arab Emirates.