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University teachers’ conceptions of internationalisation of the curriculum: a phenomenographic study
Tracy X. P. Zou,Beatrice C. B. Chu,Lisa Y. N. Law,Vienne Lin,Tiffany Ko,Michael Yu,Phoebe Y. C. Mok +6 more
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In this article, a phenomenographic study investigates university teachers' conceptions of internationalisation of the curriculum (IoC) and five conceptions ranging in sophistication have been identified: the least sophisticated focuses on making the curriculum content internationally relevant, whereas the most sophisticated centres around developing self-awareness, awareness of others, and a change in mindset in students.Abstract:
Internationalisation of the curriculum (IoC) is on the agenda of many higher education (HE) institutions worldwide. Typically seen as associated with a top-down strategy, IoC often meets resistance from university teachers, many of whom struggle to understand its relevance to teaching practice. This phenomenographic study investigates university teachers’ conceptions of IoC. Five conceptions ranging in sophistication have been identified. The least sophisticated focuses on making the curriculum content internationally relevant, whereas the most sophisticated centres around developing self-awareness, awareness of others, and a change in mindset in students. The latter is realised by embracing reflexivity and criticality and, more importantly, utilising societal and political issues as learning opportunities for identity development. Situated in the Hong Kong context, the findings not only suggest the need for teachers to shift their focus from curriculum content to value-based development but also for educators to reflect on their role in helping students to reconcile their identity in relation to their counterparts regionally and globally.read more
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Annual report 2017-18
Bimal Prasanna Mohanty,Sanjib Kumar Manna,Bijay Kumar Behera,Arun Pandit,Gunjan Karnatak,Piyashi Debroy,H. S. Swain,Rajeev Lal,Sunita Prasad +8 more
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On the development of meaning in life among college freshmen: Social relationship antecedents and adjustment consequences
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors found that a strong sense of meaning in life (MIL) plays a key role in smooth transition to college, and that positive relationships with mother and teachers were associated with higher levels of initial MIL and a positive teacher-student relationship mitigated the decline of MIL over time.
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Developing Academics’ Capacity for Internationalizing the Curriculum: A Collaborative Autoethnography of a Cross-Institutional Project:
TL;DR: In this article, a lack of understanding of how the IoC framework can be implemented in reality and how to develop academics' capacity for internationalizing the curriculum (IoC) is addressed.
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Higher Education Organizations as Strategic Actors in Networks: Institutional and Relational Perspectives Meet Social Network Analysis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify two theoretical strands, institutional and relational, that, when joined, help to explain contemporary developments in global higher education and yield new organizational insights, and explore the methodological approach of social network analysis as it offers great potential to connect these strands and, thus, to advance contemporary higher education research in a collaborative era.
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Ference Marton,Shirley Booth +1 more
TL;DR: A Pedagogy of Awareness as mentioned in this paper is a pedagogical approach to the understanding of the world around us that is based on the idea of Phenomenography. But it does not address the qualitative differences in learning.
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Internationalization Remodeled: Definition, Approaches, and Rationales:
TL;DR: The world of higher education is changing and the world in which higher education plays a significant role is changing as mentioned in this paper, and the international dimension of Higher Education is becoming increasingly impo...
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A reconceptualisation of the research into university academics' conceptions of teaching
TL;DR: In this article, a review of teaching conceptions of teaching of university academics is presented, where a high level of correspondence between largely independent studies reported in 13 articles is found, and there is some evidence of lecturers shifting beliefs across the spectrum over time.
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Variation and commonality in phenomenographic research methods
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