Internationalizing Higher Education

Globalization is a multifaceted phenomenon, and one of its major components is the internationalization of education. The increasing pace and complexity of global knowledge flows, and the accelerating exchange of educational ideas, practices and policies, are important drivers of globalization. Higher Education is a key site for these flows and exchanges.

This book casts a critical eye on the internationalization of higher education. It peels back taken-for-granted practices and beliefs, explores the gaps and silences in current pedagogy and practices, and addresses the ambiguities, tensions and contradictions in internationalization. In this volume, scholars from a range of disciplines and regions critically examine the co modification of higher education, teaching and support for international students, international partnerships for aid and trade, and the impacts on academics' work.

Critical appraisal of the subject matter, not a 'how to' manual Employs contemporary social theory to analyse the subject matter Thought provoking and provocative approach to the topic

Autorentext

Peter Ninnes is Coordinator of the Centre for Research on Education in Context at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. His research interests include comparative and international education, the cultural politics of education, and education in post-conflict societies. He is currently President of the Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society.

Meeri Hellstén is a lecturer in education at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Her research interests are cross-cultural and comparative education, socio-cultural and identity issues in education, e-learning pedagogies, and effective teaching and learning in higher education. She convenes and teaches on a large undergraduate unit in educational psychology.

Inhalt
Introduction: Critical Engagements with the Internationalization of Higher Education.- Enabling Transnational Learning Communities: Policies, Pedagogies and Politics of Educational Power.- Knowledge in the Marketplace: The Global Commodification of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.- How the West is Done: Simulating Western Pedagogy in a Curriculum for Asian International Students.- Hanging Together Even with Non-Native Speakers: The International Student Transition Experience.- Internationalizing Chinese Higher Education: A Case Study of a Major Comprehensive University.- Internationalization of Australian Higher Education: A Critical Review of Literature and Research.- Higher Education Engaging with the 'Developing' World: The Case of the Virtual Colombo Plan.- The Viability of Aid Scholarship-Funded Study in Australian Universities: The Case of Indonesia.- Managerialism, Internationalization, Taylorization and the Deskilling of Academic Work: Evidence from an Australian University.- International Policy Convergence in Higher Education: An Analysis from the Periphery.