TY - BOOK AU - Mason,Colina AU - Rawlings-Sanaei,Felicity TI - Academic Migration, Discipline Knowledge and Pedagogical Practice: Voices from the Asia-Pacific SN - 9789814451888 PY - 2014/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer Singapore KW - Education KW - Educational sociology KW - Higher education KW - Education and sociology KW - Sociology, Educational N1 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-88-8 ER -