Internationalizing the Curriculum

Internationalizing the Curriculum
Author: Betty Leask
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2015-03-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 131750853X

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The drive to internationalize higher education has seen the focus shift in recent years towards its defining element, the curriculum. As the point of connection between broader institutional strategies and the student experience, the curriculum plays a key role in the success or failure of the internationalization agenda. Yet despite much debate, the role and power of curriculum internationalization is often unappreciated. This has meant that critical questions, including what it means and how it can be achieved in different disciplines, have not been consistently or strategically addressed. This volume breaks new ground in connecting theory and practice in internationalizing the curriculum in different disciplinary and institutional contexts. An extensive literature review, case studies and action research projects provide valuable insights into the concept of internationalization of the curriculum. Best practice in curriculum design, teaching and learning in higher education are applied specifically to the process of internationalizing the curriculum. Examples from different disciplines and a range of practical resources and ideas are provided. Topics covered include: why internationalize the curriculum?; designing internationalized learning outcomes; using student diversity to internationalize the curriculum; blockers and enablers to internationalization of the curriculum; assessment in an internationalized curriculum; connecting internationalization of the curriculum with institutional goals and student learning. Internationalizing the Curriculum provides invaluable guidance to university managers, academic staff, professional development lecturers and support staff as well as students and scholars interested in advancing theory and practice in this important area.

Serving the Millennial Generation

Serving the Millennial Generation
Author: Michael D. Coomes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2011-10-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118216954

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By 2012 total college enrollment is projected to exceed 15.8 million, and a new generation of students and their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors will be in the forefront of this enrollment boom. Now is the time for student affairs practitioners to consider new learning and service strategies, rethink student development theories, and modify educational environments. This volume provides a foundation for understanding the incoming generation of students and to offer suggestions on how to educate and serve them more effectively. This best selling issue is the 106th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education report New Directions for Student Services.

New Directions in African Education

New Directions in African Education
Author: S. Nombuso Dlamini
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1552382125

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A collection of essays which critically examines education in the African context and presents possible courses of action to reinvent its future.

Integral Education

Integral Education
Author: Sean Esbjörn-Hargens
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2010-08-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1438433506

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Leading researchers and practitioners explore the frontiers of education from an integral perspective.

New Directions for Research in Foreign Language Education

New Directions for Research in Foreign Language Education
Author: Simon Coffey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2017-10-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317201728

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New Directions for Research in Foreign Language Education brings together contributions by reputed scholars that examine the challenges, opportunities, and benefits of teaching and learning foreign languages. With a particular focus on languages other than English, the book looks at the socio-political dimension of language learning and teaching and the need to re-theorize multilingualism for our age. The volume includes a range of perspectives, from language teaching as an act of reconciliation to language learning across the lifespan, from innovations in assessment and curriculum to critical appraisals of pedagogy and textbook materials. Each chapter presents a clear case study drawn from diverse contexts to illustrate the different concerns of the contributors. The book is a valuable resource for all students, teachers, teacher educators and researchers who share an interest in researching multilingualism and the different facets of teaching and learning foreign languages.

Restructuring Shared Governance in Higher Education

Restructuring Shared Governance in Higher Education
Author: William G. Tierney
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-09-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780787977689

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Shared governance has been a hallmark of higher education in the United States since the early twentieth century. Since its inception, faculty, administrators, trustees, and other interested parties have either bemoaned or celebrated the idea. We offer a variety of viewpoints that bring to light various ways to think of shared governance. The intent is to foment dialogue and debate about the shape of shared governance for the future. Our assumption is that many challenges are at academe's doorstep that may require significant changes. If those of us who work in colleges and university are not well organized to deal with those challenges, the solutions that we develop will be love's labors lost. Governance is the means to implementing ideas that either respond to problems or provide new strategies. If academic governance is ineffective, then it needs to be reformed. The shape of those reforms is what the authors of this volume consider. Chapters address the subject of shared governance from several perspectives, including partnerships between the state and higher education; disjointed governance in university centers and insitutes; a cultural perspective on communication and governance; and balancing governance structures with leadership and trust. Contributors also explore a conceptual framework of faculty trust and participation in governance. This is the 127th issue of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education.

Peer Leadership in Higher Education

Peer Leadership in Higher Education
Author: Jennifer R. Keup
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2012-04-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118288181

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"Peer leadership programs are not only pervasive, but also offer an effective and efficient means to advance students' adjustment, learning, development, and success. Student leaders, educators, and paraprofessionals make it financially feasible to run large-scale programs and are likely to be an even greater component of campus life and academic support in the future. The student outcomes of peer leadership are mutually beneficial: the students who provide the mentorship, leadership, or education gain as much, if not more, from the experience than the students they serve. Further, the range of positive gains from peer leadership has significant overlap with personal, civic, and social outcomes of college that are essential for success in a global society and economy."--Publisher.

New Directions for Equity in Mathematics Education

New Directions for Equity in Mathematics Education
Author: Walter G. Secada
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1995-04-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780521477208

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This book examines equity from the standpoint of mathematics education - an excellent forum for the topic, since the results are quantifiable and the disparity in performance is stark.

Handbook of Multicultural Counseling Competencies

Handbook of Multicultural Counseling Competencies
Author: Jennifer A. Erickson Cornish
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2010-08-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0470609206

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A THOROUGH AND CONTEMPORARY EXPLORATION OF ISSUES FUNDAMENTAL TO MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCY Handbook of Multicultural Counseling Competencies draws together an expert group of contributors who provide a wide range of viewpoints and personal experiences to explore the identification and development of specific competencies necessary to work effectively with an increasingly diverse population. Beginning with a Foreword by Derald Wing Sue, this unique handbook offers a broad, comprehensive view of multiculturalism that is inclusive and reflective. The coverage in this important book lies beyond the scope of traditionally defined multiculturalism, with discussion of historically overlooked groups that have experienced prejudice and bias because of their size, social class, age, language, disability, or sexual orientation. This book provides readers with: Practical cases and examples to enhance skill development, promote critical thinking, and increase awareness A cross-section of diversity characteristics and best practice guidelines Examination of detailed, developmentally relevant competency categories Resources and exercises designed for practitioners at various levels of experience and expertise A forum for debate, discussion, and growth Designed to help readers enhance general multicultural competency and their ability to provide services to the populations specifically described, this thought-provoking text will prove useful in facilitating ongoing dialogues about multicultural competence in all its variations.