Academic Migration, Discipline Knowledge and Pedagogical Practice  Voices from the Asia-Pacific /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Colina Mason, Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei. 
 - Singapore :  Springer Singapore,  2014. 
 - 1 online resource (XXV, 218 p. 12 ill.) 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction -- Part I: Migration of Ideas, Conceptual Understanding and Pedagogical Enrichment -- 2. Cultural Transfer in University Teaching: Academic Migrant Perspectives from Aotearoa/New Zealand.- 3. Global Scholars as Ambassadors of Knowledge.- Part II: Indigenous Pedagogies: Bridging Worldviews -- 4. Negotiating Worldviews - Indigenous Place in Academic Space.- 5. Towards Cultural Democracy in University Teaching and Research with Special Reference to the Pacific Island Region.- 6. At the Faultline of Disciplinary Boundaries: Emigrating from Physics to Māori Studies.- 7. E Like Me Ka He'e / Swimming Like the Squid: An Account of an Indigenous Art/Design Educator in a Global Context.- PartIII: Changing Academic Identities: Reshaping Pedagogies -- 8. Teaching Across the Eye: Insecurity, Individuality, and Intellectual Values in Global Higher Education Practice.- 9. Traversing the academic terrain across the continents: A reflective account of my journey and transformation.- 10. Cultural Positionings and Knowledge Production: Moving within and between Malaysia and Australia.- 11. Embarking upon a New Academic Culture: Implications for Identity and Educational Practice.- 12. Harnessing International Experience to Improve International Student Employability -- Part IV: Teaching Practice and the Academic Diaspora -- 13. Academic Migration and Reshaping of Pedagogy and Epistemology: An Insider-Outsider Perspective.- 14. Chinese Cultural Heritage: Influences on University Learning and Teaching -- 15. Cross-Cultural Academic Experience in Medical Education: Enrichment of Teaching through Confucian, French and American Influences. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789814451888 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education.<br/>Educational sociology.<br/>Higher education.<br/>Education and sociology.<br/>Sociology, Educational.