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Collaborative Meta-Profile Development to Harmonise Mechanical Engineering Education in Africa
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Sackey, Samuel M.; Ancha, Venkata Ramayya; Chinyama, Moses P. M.; Onana, Charles Awono; Danwe, Raïdandi; Megahed, Mohammad M.; Delpouve, Béatrice; Chama, Shadreck; Mahomed, Nawaz; Kayibanda, Venant; Mukeba Yakasham, Léonard Kabeya; Müller, André – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2014
This paper describes the contribution of the Tuning Methodology toward harmonisation of undergraduate mechanical engineering programmes in Africa. This methodology is an interactive process in which academics develop high quality curricula and learning standards for students through the identification of generic and subject specific competences in…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Higher Education, International Cooperation, Educational Cooperation
It's an "X" Thing: You'll Never Understand
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Schaub, Mark – Business Communication Quarterly, 2007
The author relates experiences from teaching abroad, highlighting the challenges and rewards of adapting to other cultures and new environments. In Poland, the writer cites a dichotomy among his fellow instructors in dealing with cases of plagiarism, from those who would fail students outright and for the entire course, to those who treated his…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience
Designing a New Curriculum for Undergraduate Pharmacy in Saudi Arabia
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Al-Sowaygh, Ibrahim A.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1977
The curriculum of the Riyadh College of Pharmacy was compared with the pharmacy curricula of selected universities in the U. S., England, Egypt, and Ghana. A new curriculum based on the findings is described. (LBH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Courses, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Sponsorship and Leverage: Sources of Support and Field of Study Decisions of Students from Developing Countries. IIE Research Report Number Nineteen.
Wagner, Alan P.; And Others – 1989
The study examined the influence of financial sources on field of study decisions of non-sponsored and sponsored students from developing countries at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Findings are based on analysis of survey responses of 868 foreign students from five countries (Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jamaica, and Nigeria) studying…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries