Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Suyun Luo

-culturalunderstanding, and enhances international status of university. The American professors typically have several sections of each course, and each section willhave a Chinese professor to facilitate the teaching in Shanghai. This professor collaboration is essentialfor a number of reasons. The Chinese professors organize exams, rooms, name pronunc iation, andlogistical aspects. Both professors work on the syllabus, adjust prerequisites, teaching implementation,and arrange assignments. The lectures are delivered in English, and often this is the first time theChinese students and professors have had the opportunity to listen to a native English lecturer. The “global mindset” for both sets of faculty has been very beneficial. The following