Internationalising the Higher Education Curriculum : Study Abroad and Global Learning

ISBN-13: 9783639138610 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2009 / 244 str.

Maureen Bell

Opis

Internationalisation of the curriculum has emerged §in universities as an educational response to §globalisation and increased international student §mobility. Many universities now seek to produce §graduates with the perspectives and capabilities to §function as global professionals. Yet little is §known about the ways in which academics develop §international approaches to teaching or how §university students develop international §perspectives and capabilities. This book provides an §analysis of three programs involving study abroad §and global learning at universities in Australia and §Singapore. Issues that emerge as significant include §the importance of appropriate theoretical §frameworks, the alignment of assessment policy and §practice across partner institutions, and the §development of student learning communities. §Approaches are provided that enable academics and §administrators to develop policy and strategies for §the internationalisation of higher education courses §and programs.

O autorze

Maureen Bell PhD is a Senior Lecturer, Educational Development
at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her research
interests include higher education teaching practice, peer
review of teaching, and internationalisation. She holds a
Carrick Citation and is a Fellow of the Higher Education
Research and Development Society of Australasia.