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[ginayang]

Would you be interested in positions in Asia, especially mainland China & Hong Kong?  The Economics in the US and the UK have been quite weak for quite a number of years and with the unstable situation in the Middle East, I think China is considered to be a very good place to be at.  Education in China is booming and with one child policy, parents emphasis a lot on their children's Education, obviously they want the best of the best.  The salary package is very competitive and standard among international schools and the life style is quite decent.  China is huge and different provinces have its own different culture, so it is always good for adventure.  I know quite a few teachers who left their home countries for exploring their life in the east, and now settling here with a family of their own.  Asia is full of opportunities and you might want to consider teaching and also experiencing a new culture at the same time.

[mingus]

Would you be interested in positions in Asia, especially mainland China & Hong Kong?  The Economics in the US and the UK have been quite weak for quite a number of years and with the unstable situation in the Middle East, I think China is considered to be a very good place to be at.  Education in China is booming and with one child policy, parents emphasis a lot on their children's Education, obviously they want the best of the best.  The salary package is very competitive and standard among international schools and the life style is quite decent.  China is huge and different provinces have its own different culture, so it is always good for adventure.  I know quite a few teachers who left their home countries for exploring their life in the east, and now settling here with a family of their own.  Asia is full of opportunities and you might want to consider teaching and also experiencing a new culture at the same time.

Ok, who's paying you to peddle the baloney?

[vbwise2]

You gave a little insight regarding the positive side of teaching in Asia, especially in China.  As an English speaking individual, will language be a large problem?  How is education viewed differently in Asia vs. the US  I could see where the cultural issues may also be an issue.  How are American professors accepted in Asia?  Are Asian students really that different from American students?  If so, how? 

[crkens]

Teaching in Asia, particularly China, should be a port of last resort.  Chinese universities, deeply in debt, have falling enrollments, and their graduates can't get jobs.  People are wising up fast to the fact that education is overpriced, and can't possibly deliver on it's promise.  It has never been more true than now, it's not what you know but who you know.  That's why everyone passes, it keeps the lid on.

[egilson]

You also have many opportunities to fail at spamming.

[shamu]

The slowdown is global, so it doesn't matter where one goes.

I think if the job is a good fit, apply. It does not really matter whether it's Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, Oceania, or Antarctica (well, maybe not Antarctica). As I said, the crash is global; just a matter of time when everyone will experience it, so that is the wrong motivating factor for looking for jobs.

[q8prof]

I have just co-edited a book on the topic of the American-style university.  One of the contributors, an economist, predicts that the move toward opening branch campuses ("outpost universities") of American universities has only just begun and the next decades will see a bona fide boom of new universities in the Middle East and Asia. 

I would also like to hazard the observation that only parts of the Middle East are volatile.  Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE, being oil rich and welfare states par excellence, are not going to be witnessing any unrest any time soon.  If any citizen even looks unhappy, their respective emir gives them a new car.  (I'm exaggerating a little for dramatic effect but not much.)

[drmau]

I currently teach at  University in China, and I can say that I have been well treated and well paid. The students are very diligent and respectful. Yes, language does present a problem, but someone is always willing to translate.

[crkens]

"I currently teach at  University in China, and I can say that I have been well treated and well paid. The students are very diligent and respectful. Yes, language does present a problem, but someone is always willing to translate."

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SAYING?

[drmau]

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. Of course you don't know what they are saying. It's the part about not knowing what it is you are eating that can be difficult.

[oldfullprof]

I'm up for firewalks and buying expensive CDs.  Actually, I prefer EST or whatever they're calling it now, so I can urinate on the floor, get applause, then bug the crap out of my friends to take the training later.

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