The adaptation process of international lecturers in a South African university: The centrality of agency and collegiality
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11 décembre 2017
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- doi: 10.1177/1475240917746035
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Loïse Jeannin, « The adaptation process of international lecturers in a South African university: The centrality of agency and collegiality », HAL-SHS : sciences de l'éducation, ID : 10.1177/1475240917746035
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Teaching in a new country initiates a process of adaptation requiring emotional, cognitive and behavioural adjustments. This qualitative study explores international lecturers' perceptions of their adaptation process in a South African university. The findings, based on semi-structured interviews with six lecturers from six different countries, indicate that teachers' agency and collegiality are crucial interrelated factors of adaptation. Agency and collegiality enabled lecturers to receive context-relevant information and decide how to modify their pedagogical practices. The description of the adaptation process provides new insights for staff induction programmes.