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Critical Reflections on the Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Global South / edited by Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Cheryl Qiumei Yu.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--International cooperation.
- Education--Africa.
- Education--Southeast Asia.
- Education--South America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Leeds, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2024]
- Summary:
- If you are involved in academia, policy-making, or are simply curious about the complex features of internationalisation in the Global South, this work is your roadmap to deeper, more critical reflections on the internationalisation of higher education.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Title Page
- DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON CREATING A FAIRER SOCIETY
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
- About the Authors
- Foreword: Ecosystems of Internationalisation
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- References
- Chapter 2: Internationalisation of Higher Education Under Neoliberal Imperatives: The Political Economy of Student Mobility in Africa
- Introduction
- Neoliberalism and the Internationalisation
- Student Mobility in African Higher Education
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Perspectives and Challenges of Internationalising Higher Education from and for the Global South
- Recognising the University as a Historical Producer and Reproducer of Colonial Hierarchies
- Conceiving the Global South as a Field of Epistemic Challenges
- Having a Non-Myopic View of South-South Cooperation
- Spreading the Epistemological Horizon of IHE
- Acknowledgement
- Chapter 4: 'You Look International': Scale and Global Performativity
- Scales and the Global
- What Does it Mean to Be 'International'?
- International Education and Rescaling Practices
- Methodology
- Ethnographic Accounts of Internationality
- First Scene: 'We are international people'
- Second Scene: 'Do you speak Spanish?'
- Third Scene: 'Because you look international'
- The Different Scales of the International
- Chapter 5: Internationalisation of Higher Education in Brazil: Advances and Challenges
- Definitions and Theoretical Framework
- Internationalisation of Brazil's Public Universities
- Purpose and Goals of Internationalisation at Brazil's Public HEIs
- Challenges to Internationalisation at Brazil's Public HEIs.
- Case Study: Internationalisation at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- UFMG Office of International Affairs, Institutional Partnerships and Trends
- Internationalisation at Home
- Internationalisation Abroad
- Internationalisation at a Distance
- Chapter 6: Transnational Education in South/Southeast Asia: Thoughts and Reflections from a Higher Education Partner University in the United Kingdom
- Problem Statement and Aims of the Study
- Framework and Methods
- Category Definitions
- Key Findings
- Recommendations
- Chapter 7: Towards Emplacing Internationalisation in Thai Higher Education
- Background: Higher Education Internationalisation in Thailand
- Literature Review
- International Education in a Thai Cultural Paradigm
- Conceptual Framework: Place and Emplacement in International Education
- Positionality
- Presentation of Findings and Data Analysis Rationale
- Findings: Portraits of 'Place' in International Education in Thailand
- Portrait 2
- Portrait 3
- Portrait 4
- Discussion
- Chapter 8: On a (More) Equal Footing: Bridging 'the West' &
- 'the Arab World' Through Virtual Exchange
- (Critical) Internationalisation of Higher Education
- International/Intercultural Virtual Exchange
- IHE: International Virtual Exchange in the MENA Region
- Natafaham's Programs
- Method and Analysis
- My Practicum Cohort
- My Subjectivities
- Findings
- Participants Taking Ownership of the Discussion
- Co-facilitating
- Our (Co-facilitators') Conflict
- Unequal Linguistic Footing
- Equality
- Linguistic (In)equality
- Finding My Footing as Co-facilitator
- International Education: An Antidote for United States Ethnocentrism.
- Distance Learning: A (Permanent) Component of Post-Pandemic Internationalisation
- Chapter 9: A Critical Exploration of the Drivers and Strategies of University Internationalisation in Ghanaian Higher Education
- Globalisation
- The Concept of Internationalisation
- Drivers of University Internationalisation
- Institutional Strategies of Internationalisation
- Africanisation: An Alternative Concept to Internationalisation
- Postcolonial Theory
- Methods
- Findings: Actor's Perceptions on Drivers of University Internationalisation
- Economic Rationale and Producing Global Human Resources
- Visibility and Exposure Required to Become a World-Class University
- Internationalisation Strategies Adopted at the UoA
- Alignment of Academic Programmes to Suit Societal and Market Needs
- Reforms in Organisational Practices and Governance Structure
- Joint Programmes and Collaborations
- Development of New Strategic Vision and Strategic Plan
- Documents Used for Analysis
- Chapter 10: The 'Quest for Relevance': Reconceptualising and Redefining Internationalisation of Higher Education in South Africa
- South African Higher Education: Colonial Roots and Post-Apartheid Complexities
- Replication of Internationalisation Concepts from the Global North in Post-Apartheid South Africa
- Reimagining Internationalisation in South Africa: The 'quest for relevance'
- Chapter 11: Rethinking the Internationalisation of Higher Education in South Africa in the Post-Pandemic Era: Towards a Blended Future
- Conceptualising IHE
- IHE in South Africa
- Student Mobility
- International Research Collaboration
- Internationalisation at Home and Social Justice.
- A Call for Curriculum Reform Towards Local Imperatives
- National Framework for Internationalisation
- Post-COVID-19 Internationalisation in South Africa
- Chapter 12: Assisting International Students Through Student Support Services in Uganda
- Student Mobility in Africa
- Challenges and Opportunities Confronted in Student Mobility
- International Student Support Services as Infrastructures in HEIs
- The Role of HEIs in Shaping the Experiences of International Students
- Cultural Adjustments and International Students
- International Student Migration, Internationalisation and Responsibility
- Theoretical Foundation
- Results
- Cultural Assimilation and Socialisation Challenges
- Adaptation Within the Available Support Services
- Chapter 13: Conclusion
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-80455-778-1
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