A Distributed Facilitator Framework (DFF) for Teaching International Students (TIS)

Abstract

This poster visualises a project that investigates Teaching International Students (TIS) through the lens of government policy, theories and practice. It provides a scaffolded ecological system for building practice-based architecture to inform educators' career development learning. The focus is on providing a "Distributed Facilitator Framework" (DFF) for empowering educators to embark on situational-based learning activities to engage International students in the tertiary learning environment. Through a visualisation process, staged professional learning activities and an established theoretical premise, the core elements behind providing professional learning are shown. An ecologies of practice lens has been used to envisage a TIS Community of Practice (CoP) as an integral component of global outreach as expressed in the UNSW 2025 Strategy. The 'National Strategy for International Education' underpinned by Leask and Carroll's (2013) guide to: 'Good practice principles of teaching across cultures' will be linked to the colourful bricolage of student and educator experience. The aim is to enhance International student engagement through educator driven mentoring, events and Students as Partners. Firstly, through portraying ways that a DFF can be educator-led to promote transformative practice to address quality outcomes through 'Inspired learning through Inspired teaching'. Secondly, to develop a deeper understanding of TIS in the techno-driven environment of higher education.