TEACHER MOBILITY IN DATABASE EDUCATION AT A CHINESE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article examines the organizational and pedagogical conditions for the implementation of teacher mobility within the framework of Russian-Chinese cooperation in higher education. Based on the experience of teaching the discipline “Databases. MySQL” by a lecturer from Tyumen Industrial University for first-year Chinese students at Jiangxi University of Applied Technology (Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province), the effectiveness of the educational process organized in a foreign language environment with the use of synchronous automatic translation and the involvement of local subject teachers is analysed. The paper presents the structure and content of the course, analyses students’ academic performance (results of theoretical testing, practical work, and final grades), and provides data from a sociological survey on students’ perception of the quality of teaching, the translation system, and overall satisfaction with the course. The factors contributing to and hindering the effectiveness of teaching in a cross‑cultural context are identified. Recommendations are formulated for improving the organisation of the educational process under conditions of a language barrier. The results of the study can be used to optimise joint educational programmes between Russian and Chinese universities.