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[walrus2010]

I'm in a former Soviet country on a Fulbright and have been asked by my university to lead a two-week discussion based class on teaching American literature. Rather than discuss American history, which I feel many of these teachers are familiar enough with, I intend to discuss the history of higher education, specifically the professionalization of literary studies, and to talk about working conditions in the US academy. I also plan to spend a good deal of time talking about pedagogy, specifically student-centered learning, an idea that apparently has not caught on here. Since I know little about how teachers teach here except what students have told me (I now wish I would have taken the initiative to visit a few classes last semester) and I don't know any of the teachers well, I'm unsure about how to proceed. Does anyone out there have any ideas?

[c_brennan]

depends. which country are you in?

[yangz]

You should definitely talk to a few of the teachers to get an idea of what they think the students should or already know.. that would give you a start.