Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
5-31-2019
Abstract
For eight years (2010-2018), I was the head of the math department at The University of The Gambia, a small, new (started in 1999) university in a very small, mostly Muslim, West African country that most Americans have never heard of. During that time, a number of other Americans and Europeans came to teach for shorter periods of time. I will talk about what this experience was like for us, both the good and the bad. I will describe the possibilities for others to spend either a sabbatical or an extended period of time at such a university and suggest some questions to ask of a university before going there. I think teaching overseas can be a real ministry opportunity.
Recommended Citation
Lewis, Kathleen, "Teaching Mathematics at an African University -- My Experience" (2019). ACMS Conference Proceedings 2019. 11.
https://pillars.taylor.edu/acms-2019/11
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