International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Volume 2, Number 2, July 2008
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Non-western
Perspectives on Learning and Knowing
Sharan Merriam & Associates
(Krieger, 2007)
Education, as we know it in America, is steeped in Western
values and culture. However, other cultural and value systems influence
ways of learning and knowing differently across the globe. Non-western
Perspectives on Learning and Knowing is a collection of insights...
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Review by
Joellen Coryell
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, USA
joellen.coryell@utsa.edu
My academic background includes an undergraduate degree in International
Economics from the University of Illinois, a M.Ed. in Elementary Education
from Texas State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Human Resource
Development from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
I am currently an Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the M.A. in
Adult Learning & Teaching program at The University of Texas at
San Antonio. Within the specific discipline of the learning and teaching
that occurs in adulthood, my research encompasses interdisciplinary
professional development of higher education faculty and instructors
of adults in diverse global and cultural/linguistic settings. As PI
on an institutional grant, I am currently studying university faculty
professional and personal development in field-based instruction. This
project is based in central and northern Italy.
Jeannine Palow
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, USA
khz762@my.utsa.edu
My undergraduate degree is in nursing and I am currently a Quality Management Coordinator at a national healthcare corporation. I have over thirty years experience as a patient educator and as a student and staff mentor and educator. My interests in distance learning, non-traditional nursing roles, and use of technology for professional development in nursing were the impetus for my pursuit of a graduate degree in Instructional Technology.
Ngang Che
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, USA
hiddenmeloman@excite.com
At this time, I am a graduate student in the College of Education and Human Development-Department of Adult Learning and Teaching of the University of Texas San Antonio. My B.A. (1994) was in Languages (French/English) and Literature from the University of Yaoundé Cameroon. I had taught French and Literature for 10 years in Amanda and Wum-Cameroon, and was a French Examiner with the Cameroon GCE Board before gaining admission into the The University of Texas San Antonio, USA. Becoming a successful academic is what primes my interests now.
Tim Senesi
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, USA
senesijt@yahoo.com
I am currently a graduate student in Adult Learning and Teaching at UTSA. I also have a Bachelors of Arts degree in Health Science and Policy from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a Bachelors of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Texas Health Science Center and a Masters of Science in Family Medicine from the University of Nebraska. I am a Physician Assistant and have served in the US Army for nineteen years. I am currently working on my Master's Thesis and will graduate in December of 2008. I am also working on a research publication for the Inter-service Physician Assistant Program at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. This is where I will be teaching upon graduation.
Greg Longoria
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, USA
spk961@my.utsa.edu
My academic background includes an undergraduate degree in Communications from the University of Northern Iowa. I will receive a graduate degree in Instructional Technology from the University of Texas at San Antonio in the fall of 2008. I have over three years of experience teaching both students and faculty educational technology as the Media Technician at the ATT Center for Learning and Technology at Trinity University.