ERIC Number: EJ1163591
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Dec
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The Adaptation Process of International Lecturers in a South African University: The Centrality of Agency and Collegiality
Jeannin, Loïse
Journal of Research in International Education, v16 n3 p236-247 Dec 2017
Teaching in a new country initiates a process of adaptation requiring emotional, cognitive and behavioural adjustments. This qualitative study explores international lecturers' perceptions of their adaptation process in a South African university. The findings, based on semi-structured interviews with six lecturers from six different countries, indicate that teachers' agency and collegiality are crucial interrelated factors of adaptation. Agency and collegiality enabled lecturers to receive context-relevant information and decide how to modify their pedagogical practices. The description of the adaptation process provides new insights for staff induction programmes.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Collegiality, Interviews, Transformative Learning, Qualitative Research, Adjustment (to Environment), Semi Structured Interviews, College Instruction, Faculty Development, Foreign Workers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa (Johannesburg)
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