Western Higher Education in Global Contexts

Western Higher Education in Global Contexts
Author: Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2018-10-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1498571824

The globalization of American style higher education is a field of study that is undergoing a significant phase with the current expansion of American branch campuses and curricula around the world. This volume contributes to the scholarship on the project of implementing and expanding U.S. influenced curricula in the Middle East and Asia. Many of the branch campus projects are only a few decades old making this a liminal moment in the translation and development of higher education worldwide that needs to be captured. What are the challenges, opportunities, and considerations faculty encounter in classrooms in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia? How do faculty translate western higher educational principles in new contexts? Projects like the multiversity international branch campuses of Education City, in Doha, Qatar, demonstrate the interest of foreign governments in western education and training. Other collaborations, like the Yale National University of Singapore College, demonstrate a nationalistic approach, where the nation’s premiere university maintains as high a profile as the invited collaborator. Such a wide range in mission and matriculation of students deserves further study. We open the conversation about the complex teaching and learning environment of American style education in a global context. Contributions include case studies, pedagogical interventions, and reflections. This volume features chapters by faculty teaching at international branch campuses (IBCs) or institutions using western curricula, such as the worldwide, privatized American University system

Practitioner Research in College-Based Education

Practitioner Research in College-Based Education
Author: Shohel, M. Mahruf C.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 622
Release: 2024-08-29
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Scholars and educators worldwide are grappling with the challenge of translating innovative research findings into tangible improvements within their classrooms. The chasm between theory and practice hinders the progress of education and leaves a wealth of untapped potential. The need for a process or approach to bridge these elements is urgent. Practitioner Research in College-Based Education serves as this much-needed resource for scholars seeking to overcome this enduring challenge. This innovative book offers a roadmap for academic scholars, providing insights into practitioner-led research across the global landscape of college-based education. This book is more than a collection of theoretical frameworks; it is a solution-oriented guide that illuminates the intricacies of research practices, methodologies, and their real-world applications within the context of academic institutions.

Teaching Students Thinking Skills and Strategies

Teaching Students Thinking Skills and Strategies
Author: Dorothy Howie
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2011
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1843109506

This book sets out the theory and outlines a model for implementing the teaching of thinking at whole-school, group and individual levels in inclusive settings. The model uses a three-tier approach to ensure that all learners are included: teaching thinking for all, working with small groups, and addressing individualised learning needs.

Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Author: Jamāl ibn Aḥmad Ibn Bashīr Bādī
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2005
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN:

Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century

Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century
Author: Xudong Zhu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3642369707

This book addresses two main questions, namely how to prepare high-quality teachers in the 21st century and how the East and the West can learn from each other. It addresses the different challenges and dilemmas that eastern countries, especially China, and western countries are facing with regard to teacher education. We explore the question by examining teacher education research, practice and policy in different countries, identifying both common problems and country-specific challenges. We then try to find valuable experiences, theories and practice which can solve specific problems in the process of teacher education, also addressing how local and global factors impact it. In this regard, our approach does not strictly separate pre-service teacher education from teachers’ in-service professional development, adopting an integrative perspective. Further, we believe the respective social and cultural contexts must also be taken into account. Lastly, we call for teachers’ knowledge and individual character traits to be accounted for in the education of high-quality teachers.

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Author: Richard Paul
Publisher:
Total Pages: 572
Release: 1993
Genre: Critical thinking
ISBN: 9781864012248

In a world of shallow values, instant gratification and quick fixes, these books are for those readers who see the benefit of intellectual traits, standards and abilities that will enable them to cut through the propaganda, the information blitz and make sense of the world. Richard Paul, an international leader in the Critical Thinking movement, explains how to become intellectually fit, how to build the intellectual muscle to overcome inherent self-deceptive tendencies and rise to the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Contains: What critical thinking is and why it is essential, Intellectual standards and assessment: The foundation for critical thought, contrasting approaches to thinking, The affective and ethical dimension, How to Teach for Critical Thinking.

Research Methods for Education

Research Methods for Education
Author: Peter Newby
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 707
Release: 2013-11-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 131786543X

Written with the novice educational researcher in mind, Research Methods in Education is designed to help students produce good quality, valid and valuable research. The text is written in an engaging style and adopts a mixed-methods approach; guidance on analytical procedures that require more advanced tools such as SPSS and Minitab are also provided. The book is packed with exercises, examples and comparative international material from other educational contexts, all of which help to introduce this complex subject in an easy to use format for people that are new to research and are not confident with numerical information. Peter Newby's student-friendly text allows the researcher to confidently address the practical aspects of deciding on a research project, designing a questionnaire or presenting conclusions in the most convincing way. "Of the many research books available this one stands out as it is clear, logically structured, explains sophisticated concepts in an accessible manner without oversimplifying them and has a format which students (at undergraduate and postgraduate) like. In addition the powerpoint slides that accompany the book provide an excellent basis for lectures and can be edited / adopted to personalise them. I anticipate using this book for quite some time on several courses." Dr Pete Allison, Coordinator of Masters Research courses at The Moray House School of Education, The University of Edinburgh