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Constructing "World-Class" as "Global": A Case Study of the National University of Singapore
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Xavier, Christine Anita; Alsagoff, Lubna – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2013
This article investigates the ways in which newly-established higher education institutions (HEIs) position themselves as "world-class" through constructing themselves as "global". With the escalating "free market" and competitive forces arising from the marketization of education, most universities see a construction…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Global Approach, State Universities, Investigations
An Investigation of the Impact of International Branch Campuses on Organizational Culture
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Tierney, William G.; Lanford, Michael – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2015
The authors first survey the factors related to globalization that have stimulated the creation of international branch campuses. They then contend that the viability of an international branch campus should not be solely evaluated from a rational choice perspective oriented toward economic self-interest. Rather, the organizational culture of the…
Descriptors: Investigations, Campuses, Organizational Culture, International Schools
Role of Academic Self-Efficacy in Moderating the Relation between Task Importance and Test Anxiety
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Nie, Youyan; Lau, Shun; Liau, Albert K. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Emphasizing task importance, which is regarded as a way of motivating engaged behavior, may increase an individual's anxiety. The present research investigated whether academic self-efficacy could moderate the maladaptive relation between task importance and test anxiety. 1978 and 1670 Grade 9 Singaporean students participated in a survey related…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Grade 9, Learning Experience, Test Anxiety
Investigating Singapore Pre-Service Teachers' Ill-Structured Problem-Solving Processes in an Asynchronous Online Environment: Implications for Reflective Thinking
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Ng, Connie S. L.; Tan, Charlene – New Horizons in Education, 2006
Background: Solving ill-structured problems is an important aspect in many professions, including the teaching profession. It is therefore appropriate to engage pre-service teachers in solving ill-structured problems. Aim: This study investigates the ill-structured problem-solving processes in an un-moderated asynchronous discussion for one group…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Asynchronous Communication