Developing Globally-Competent University Teachers

• Published in: Innovations in education and teaching international Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 244 - 253
• Main Author: Badley, Graham
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis 2000; Routledge; Taylor & Francis Inc
• Subjects: Academic Standards; College Faculty; Competence; Cultural Pluralism; Educational Development; Educational Needs; Educational policy; Educational sciences; Global Education; Globalization; Higher Education; International cooperation. International organizations; International Programs; Knowledge; Learning; Learning Strategies; Pedagogy; Students; Study abroad; Teacher Attitudes; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods; University faculty; Great Britain; Social adjustment; Higher Education Teacher; Skill; Cultural Difference; Teacher Abroad

What is global competence in university teaching? And, assuming we can provide some sort of reasonable answer to that first question, how might it be developed? What is argued within this paper is that the traditional university assumption that subject experts (with no - or scarcely any - pedagogic...