HGSE Student Research Conference 2006

Challenges and Rewards of Teaching as an International Graduate Student

Asil Ali Özdoğru

As a major cluster of graduate student population in the USA international students carry out teaching responsibilities of various college courses from helping as a teaching assistant to being an adjunct instructor. This single-subject study aims to outline effective ways of dealing with linguistic and cultural barriers international graduate student instructors or TAs might experience through a self-observation case analysis and a review of the extensive educational psychology literature.

Keywords: International students, college teaching, multicultural education

Citation: Özdoğru, A. A. (2006, February). Challenges and rewards of teaching as an international graduate student. Paper presented at the 11th annual Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Research Conference, Cambridge, MA, USA.