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Power, Authority, and Relationships in Instructional Practice

A Transnational Experience1

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Transnational and/or trans-cultural education takes many forms. Whether it involves taking students abroad, bringing foreign students to our classrooms, or establishing online study programs with students located in areas across the world, ensuring and enhancing instructional practice remains a challenge.

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    Michael Fonkem

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    Emmanuel Jean Francois

  2. University of South Dakota, USA

    Mejai B. M. Avoseh

  3. University of Memphis, USA

    Wendy Griswold

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Fonkem, M. (2016). Power, Authority, and Relationships in Instructional Practice. In: Francois, E.J., Avoseh, M.B.M., Griswold, W. (eds) Perspectives in Transnational Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-420-6_6

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