Internationalizing the curriculum in higher education / Carolin Kreber, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kreber, Carolin.

Series:

New directions for teaching and learning ; no. 118.

New directions for teaching and learning ; no. 118

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International education.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges--Curricula.

Universities and colleges.

Globalization.

Curriculum change.

Internationalism.

Physical Description:

121 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Summary:

Internationalization is a looming policy issue in higher education-yet precisely what it can add to the student learning experience and what it means with regard to teaching and learning are far too infrequently discussed or written about.

This volume explores different meanings and rationales underlying the notion of internationalization in higher education. Although internationalization efforts in higher education have become increasingly driven by economic considerations, finance is not an appropriate foundation for all initiatives, particularly those at the level of curriculum, where academic, social/cultural, ethical, political and even environmental rationales feature more strongly. The chapter authors provide a rich conceptual basis from which to appreciate concrete efforts directed at internationalizing curricula, and they describe nine cases of internationalization initiatives at the curricular level.

The volume further suggests that consideration of internationalization in higher education must look both within specific programs and across programs. It cannot be separated from fundamental questions about the purposes of higher education and the roles of teachers, students, administrators, and the institution as a whole in fulfilling those purposes.

Contents:

Different perspectives on internationalization in higher education / Carolin Kreber

Reflections on trends and challenges in internationalizing an Ontario community college / Valerie L. Grabove

Education for world-mindedness : beyond superficial notions of internationalization / Geraldine Van Gyn ... [et al.]

From the inside out : learning to understand and appreciate multiple voices through telling identities / Bobbie Turniansky ... [et al.]

Learning about obligation, compassion, and global justice : the place of contemplative pedagogy / David Kahane

The Sattvic Curriculum : a three-level, non-Western, superstructure for undergraduate education / Martin Haigh

Bridging the distance : service learning in international perspective / Jean C. Florman ... [et al.]

Context-oriented instructional design for course transformation / Ross A. Perkins

Internationalizing curriculum : a new kind of education? / Arja Vainio-Mattila

Sustainability, internationalization, and higher education / Tarah S.A. Wright.

Notes:

"Summer 2009"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780470537336

0470537337

OCLC:

417851009