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Jayatilleke, Buddhini Gayathri; Kulasekara, Geetha Udayanganie; Kumarasinha, Malinda Bandara; Gunawardena, Charlotte Nirmalani – Open Praxis, 2017
This research paper discusses the accomplishments, issues, and challenges experienced by Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) academics when offering the first cross-border professional development online course to train online tutors and mentors. The course was delivered exclusively online and facilitated by OUSL academics and e-mentors from the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, International Educational Exchange
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Maxwell, Bruce – Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 2017
This paper argues that the way future teachers are being initiated into the ethical dimensions of their future profession is largely out of step with the movement to professionalize teaching. After recalling the role that codes of professional conduct play in the ecology of professional self-regulation, and arguing that familiarizing students with…
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Standards, Metacognition
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Murillo, Luz A. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2017
This article describes bilingual teacher preparation at a public university on the U.S.-Mexico border. I examine colonizing language ideologies that are reproduced in the local schools and teacher preparation programs, and show how preservice teachers engaged in Participatory Action Research to counter negative ideologies about bilingualism and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Regional Schools
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Macedo, Joseli – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2017
Study abroad programs offer a unique opportunity to evaluate pedagogic models. The role of studios in design and planning pedagogy has been examined. However, how the general framework of a studio supports other pedagogic models has not been widely discussed. This article assesses a series of urban planning and design studios conducted abroad to…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models
Blanco Ramírez, Gerardo – Quality in Higher Education, 2014
This article explores the concepts of "brand" and "franchise" in the development of international quality assurance. The impact of corporate language and culture on higher education is evident and has been extensively analysed. Recent attention given to branding of universities reflects the ever-growing influence of corporate…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Quality Assurance, International Education
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Nguyen, David J.; Larson, Jay B. – Journal of International Students, 2017
This qualitative study explored the influence of student affairs on academic adjustment and adaptation for 10 Indonesian graduate students at a single campus. Semi-structured interviews explored student affairs' role in adaptation and transition to collegiate life in the United States. Analyses illuminated ways in which participants experienced…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Graduate Students, Student Personnel Workers, Student Adjustment
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Nganga, Lydiah; Kambutu, John – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
In an increasingly globalized 21st century, an education that is student-centered is invaluable because it supports the development of collaborative, communication and problem-solving skills (Cooke-Canitz, 2013; Kambutu & Nganga, 2009). Indeed, globalization thrives in a context of collaboration between people of different cultural persuasions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Global Education, Educational Practices
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Pilonieta, Paola; Medina, Adriana L.; Hathaway, Jennifer I. – Teacher Educator, 2017
This study explored how a study abroad experience affected preservice teachers' (PSTs') dispositions towards and plans for teaching English Language Learners (ELLs). This qualitative study involved 16 elementary education initial licensure PSTs who participated in a 2-month study abroad trip to Germany. Data in the form of surveys, interviews, and…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Occupational Aspiration
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Witenstein, Matthew A.; Saito, L. Erika – Berkeley Review of Education, 2015
Transnational Asian adoptees are a unique and understudied population that potentially faces oppression and confusion. Educational institutions are often unresponsive to the needs of immigrant groups, particularly ones with unique circumstances like transnational Asian adoptees. Not only is there a gap generally in the critical and empirical…
Descriptors: Adoption, Guidelines, Immigrants, Student Needs
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Haavind, Sarah; Sistek-Chandler, Cynthia – International Journal on E-Learning, 2015
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) differ from other teaching environments in both the potentially "massive" number of participants and the "open" aspect of teaching in a public forum. Early MOOC instructors have of necessity worn many hats: subject matter expert, facilitator, researcher, producer, director, and curator. These…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Interviews, Case Studies
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Christ, Tanya; Wang, X. Christine; Erdemir, Ersoy – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
This qualitative study investigated 27 US and 28 Turkish dyads of children between 4 and 6 years old who read 12 app books across a school year. Emergent coding and constant comparison were used to identify reading patterns in which the dyads engaged: hotspot-centric, text-centric, and integrated. Then we examined how characteristics of readers…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Multimedia Materials, Qualitative Research, Early Childhood Education
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Kim, Jongyoung – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2016
International graduate students' occupational trajectories have rarely been studied, although many studies exist on their learning experiences in foreign universities. Based on 80 qualitative interviews, this article aims to understand how, where, and why these students obtain jobs in academe and corporations. I focus particularly on Korean…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Cultural Capital, Corporations, Employment
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Jenkins, Carolyn; Arulogun, Oyedunni Sola; Singh, Arti; Mande, Aliyu T.; Ajayi, Eric; Benedict, Calys Tagoe; Ovbiagele, Bruce; Lackland, Daniel T.; Sarfo, Fred Stephen; Akinyemi, Rufus; Akpalu, Albert; Obiako, Reginald; Melikam, Enzinne Sylvia; Laryea, Ruth; Shidali, Vincent; Sagoe, Kwamena; Ibinaiye, Philip; Fakunle, Adekunie Gregory; Owolabi, Lukman F.; Owolabi, Mayowa O. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Stroke is the leading cause of neurological hospital admissions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the second leading cause of death globally. The Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network [SIREN] seeks to comprehensively characterize the genomic, sociocultural, economic, and behavioral risk factors for stroke and to build effective teams…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neurological Impairments, Medical Research, Health Education
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Taysum, Alison – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
This research generates new knowledge about how 24 educational leaders in the USA and England used their doctoral research to build narrative capital to inform strategies to steer their organizations towards cultural alignment. Cultural alignment prevents forms of segregation rooted in nation-states' wider historiography of education segregation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leaders, Educational Research, Culturally Relevant Education
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Ceo-DiFrancesco, Diane; Mora, Oscar; Collazos, Andrea Serna – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Foreign language telecollaboration offers innovations to enhance language instruction. Previous research has cited its use to develop linguistic skills and intercultural competence (Belz, 2003; Blake, 2013; Chun, 2015; O'Dowd, 2000; Schenker, 2014). This article reports preliminary outcomes of a pedagogical project which leveraged…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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