Policy, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Practices: The Experiences of International Graduate Students in Higher Education Classrooms

• In Event: Roundtable Session 38
  In Roundtable Session: Division J Section 6 Roundtable 8

Abstract

Canadian universities are seeking to diversify their student population (Guo & Jamal, 2007), and are especially interested in recruiting skilled international graduate students. However, existing literature points to the challenges that international graduate students continually face in the classroom such as feeling culturally alienated and that their unique perspectives are undervalued by faculty members and host national peers (Beck, 2008). Using an engaged pedagogy and critical race theory framework, my roundtable presentation will address the primary research question: What are the classroom experiences of international graduate students, with regard to policy, pedagogy, and curriculum practices at an institution of higher education in Canada? This presentation will primarily focus on the findings from interviews conducted with international graduate students.

Author

• Anita Gopal, Queen's University