Internationalizing the Instructor: A Case Study of Global Faculty Development and Exchange in Music Education

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Abstract

This study examines how music faculty experience pedagogical and professional transformation through an international faculty development exchange program. In collaboration with Musicians Institute (MI), Beijing Contemporary Music Academy (BCMA), and Tianjin College of Media and Arts (TCMA), the two-week program featured immersive clinics and collaborative exchanges. Using qualitative case study methodology (Merriam and Tisdell, 2016) and guided by Coppola and Taylor’s (2022) cultural humility framework in music teacher education, this study explores how faculty constructed meaning from their participation and reexamined their teaching practices in global contexts. Data from semi-structured interviews, observations, and program materials demonstrate how internationalization challenges hierarchical pedagogy and promotes culturally responsive instruction. Findings emphasize cultural humility as central to faculty development and internationalization in arts education.

Author

• Yi Long, University of Southern California