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Pi, who has lived in America for seven years, has had to acclimate herself to the American classroom after experiencing a very different pedagogical environment in China. She had not been prepared to see students eat in the classroom, and she was unfamiliar with the concept of extracurricular commitments.
So when the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning extended a pilot pedagogy course this spring targeted at graduate students who are non-native English speakers, Pi says she pounced on the “wonderful opportunity.”
Last fall, the Bok Center began a pilot program called “Oral Communications Skills Course For International TFs.” The students—who hail predominantly from East Asia and study the physical sciences—are joined by two undergraduates in a unique environment that...
Nearly one third of all students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are foreign. Each year, there are around 230 incoming international students, and not all of them can speak perfect English. But most of them are requested to lead a section for an undergraduate course by their...
The Bok Center has offered pedagogy courses for graduate student instructors since its establishment in 1975. Departments that offer similar courses for their own graduate students will often collaborate with the center, says Bok Center Associate Director Virginia Maurer.