At present globalisation has engulfed the world in what has been described as a whirl wind effect, in that is has swirled around the globe and encapsulated it; almost to the extent that the effects of globalisation appear completely inescapable to most nations and citizens. One can assume thus that the influence of globalisation on education, and in particular teacher education, is inevitable. This study focuses on teachers' conceptions of globalisation and its relationship to teacher professional learning with an aim to understand how six teachers exposed to global discourses conceive globalisation and its effect on their professional learning. Given that an effect of globalisation is the merging of various ideas and the exertion of simultaneous influences on such ideas from a variety of sources, a single focus group discussion was used for the generation of dat in this study to produce an environment very similar to the one achieved by globalisation (i.e. an environment in which various ideas are generated simultaneously and are subjected to influences from a variety of sources). From this, rich data emerged highlighting that the teachers in this study have very similar and in some cases very different conceptions of globalisation, teacher professional learning, and the relationship between the two. Interestingly, what stands out is the teachers involved in this study conceive that context, plays an integral role in contemporary teacher learning. The analysis generated theses such as retrogression, inequity, contradictions as well as the experiences of these teachers in learning and not learning. In essence, globalisation and teacher professional learning are shown to be inseparable in this area in which teachers are currently forced to learn for specific contexts and in most cases have to relearn as their contexts change in accordance with the ever evolving nature of globalisation. Indeed teacher professional learning at present is placed under tremendous strain, and so an understanding of the links between globalisation and teacher professional learning is expressed in this study. In addition, what emerges as a plausible solution to the problem of how teacher professional learning may keep up with globalisation, appears to be a need for teachers to take charge of their professional learning and to move away from positions of dependency and passivity to a position of active agency. / Thesis (M.Ed.) - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Edgewood, 2012.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2009 May 26

This study is offered as a potential contribution to the struggle for Indigenous reclamation, revitalization and renewal of knowledge systems, cultures, lands and resources. It acknowledges that Canadian Indigenous history does not begin with the arrival of the Europeans. Neither does their future depend exclusively on Western worldviews. Rather, the study argues, the future depends on the convergence of Indigenous worldviews, encapsulated through orality in their languages and knowledges, with imported Western worldviews and knowledges encapsulated through literality. Using qualitative ethnographic, sociolinguistic and phenomenological research approaches, this study focuses on some primary questions: Firstly, can locating the discourse between Indigenous and Western knowledge systems in an abstract, neutral and voluntary `ethical space' between them contribute to identification of their complementary diversities? Secondly, can the convergence of these knowledge systems in creative interconnections in research, development and teaching enable each system to preserve its own integrity? Thirdly, can a portable (collaborative, multi-venue) institutional model for Indigenous tertiary education be developed? This model will be capable of being locally-customised. It will be intended for local development by Indigenous communities wishing to add a community-based delivery mode interconnected with others to the delivery of tertiary education to their citizens. To address these questions, findings from literature on Indigenous knowledges globally and literature on Indigenous tertiary education in North America is converged with field research findings. Findings from the literature and field research are converged to describe how the imposition of Western worldviews has contributed to a systemic erosion of Indigenous worldviews, languages, knowledges and practises. However, interviewees do not advocate `either-or' choices. They are clear that `both-and' solutions, under community jurisdiction, hold the greatest promise for stimulating the resurgent forces that can play a lead role in reclaiming, renewing and revitalizing Indigenous responsibility for Indigenous peoples, resources, economies, communities and governance. They are just as clear that the reclamation, renewal and revitalization of Indigenous knowledges through tertiary education can lead the way in Indigenous governance, community, social, health, justice, and economic development. Data illustrate that conventional/mainstream tertiary institutions often argue for the inclusion of Indigenous program content managed by Indigenous people. They argue that this will assure that a few incremental reforms may turn the institutions into instruments that serve Indigenous peoples and communities effectively. This study shows that such arguments ignore Indigenous contexts and Indigenous teaching/learning processes while continuing to embrace the Western development paradigm. It also calls for a complementary Indigenous Multiversity that, while pluralist and open to all knowledges, is rooted in Indigenous thought and knowledge. It can be the basis for reaching out to and interfacing with other peoples and their knowledges. This study sees the `ethical space' in an Indigenous Multiversity as an optimal location for confronting and reaching out to all knowledges and worldviews while resolving content/context/teaching-learning process issues. Starting in one community, the Multiversity could finally be made up of a consortium. The consortium could unite interdependent Indigenous community-based tertiary institutions. The institutions could be partnered with conventional/mainstream professional and technical institutions and colleges. Such partnerships could assure that, in addition to having access to local and other Indigenous languages, values, knowledges and worldviews, students may be able to access Western languages, values, knowledges and worldviews. / Educational Studies / D.Ed. (Comparative Education)

Este trabalho analisa as tentativas do governo federal brasileiro em redefinir a função da escola pública, como instituição social, após as transformações ocorridas (internacional e nacionalmente) nos meios produtivo, político e cultural, na fase da globalização econômica e da ideologia neoliberal. Esta investigação focaliza o contexto internacional existente entre as décadas de 70 e 90 do século XX, o contexto nacional da atual Reforma Curricular Brasileira, o processo de elaboração dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais e os fundamentos nos quais eles se baseiam, para verificar como as transformações sociais influenciam a redefinição do papel da escola pública, que interesses estão envolvidos nessa tarefa e como esses interesses se manifestam nos novos referenciais curriculares. Dessa busca, foi constatado que redefinir a função da educação escolar não pode ser incumbência de um círculo restritivo de pessoas e que a exeqüibilidade de uma proposta curricular passa por diversos e significativos condicionantes, que não apenas a boa-vontade dos trabalhadores da educação para com a apreensão das novas diretrizes curriculares, como quer fazer acreditar o discurso contido nos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais. Assim, uma reforma curricular não pode ser dada como realizada apenas pelo fato de se ter tido nas instâncias governamentais a intenção, real ou retórica, de realizá-la. / This work analyses the Brazilian federal government attempts to redefine the Public Educational System purposes, as a social institution, after the changes happened (international and national levels) in the productive, cultural and political sites, as a result of the economic globalization and the ideology of liberalism which are presented as a concrete reality in the contemporary scenery. This investigation focused the international context of the seventy and ninety decades of the twentieth century; the national environment related to the Brazilian educational curriculum reform; the process of the elaboration of the National curriculum parameters and the backgrounds in which the parameters are based. This research aimed to verify how the social changes influenced the redefinition of the goals of the public educational system. Besides this, it was examined which were the leading concerns linked to this redefinition and how these concerns defined the curriculum references. Through this research it was proved that the redefinition of the public educational system cannot be conveyed through a very restrict group of professional leaders. The community which gives academic and economic support to the public educational system must be involved in order to discuss the process of the redefinition. It was also verified that the accomplishment of the new curriculum proposal is linked to several significant issues that cannot be fulfilled only through the good will of the professionals who were in charge of the execution of the new parameters in the classrooms. The National Curriculum Parameters discourses are easily optimistic, assuming that the implementation of the new proposal will be an easy task for these professionals. Opposed to this optimistic and naïve view, this analyses assumes that a curriculum reform cannot be implemented as a simple result of the good governmental intention, which can be real or rhetorical.

The instigation for working out this paper was an increasing violence throughout our society and teenageres´limited knowledge of possible remedies of this state, not to mention a incorrect grasp of moral values by a unignorable portion of the young population. The intention is then to aid prevention of social-pathological phenomena by an interesting form within the framework of an extracurricular school programme.

A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Psychology by Coursework and Research Report in the field of Organisational Psychology in the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg March 2017 / The aim of the study was to assess the challenges faced by international students in South Africa. The study was conducted at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. There were 14 international students who participated in the study. Of these, 6 were male and 8 were female. The study was qualitative in nature. An interview schedule was used to interview participants. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse data. The results showed that international students in South Africa faced adjustment challenges relating to: reasons for choosing to study in South Africa, first settling in experiences, financial constraints, registration process, language problems, visa application and immigration laws, cultural differences, diversity, discrimination, academic challenge, homesickness, social support, institutional assistance and how they handled the challenges to cope with the prevailing situation in South Africa. Future studies should thus focus on finding effective ways to improve the adjustment process for international students in South Africa. / GR2019

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-09-25T13:15:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Jeferson Vinhas Ferreira.pdf: 2678170 bytes, checksum: fae5c498d720dacf1168eeb1d36b8408 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-25T13:15:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jeferson Vinhas Ferreira.pdf: 2678170 bytes, checksum: fae5c498d720dacf1168eeb1d36b8408 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-13 / This thesis aims to develop a conceptual model for the analysis of the internationalization process of an entrepreneurial university. Globalization has demanded from all worldwide competitive organizations a cross-border looking, which necessarily goes through internationalization processes. In this competitive scenario, it was arisen the concept of the entrepreneurial universities, which seek to face the current economic challenges through the practice of entrepreneurship. One of the alternatives for that challenge is higher education internationalization. Based on this context, it was conducted a multi-case study involving nine entrepreneurial higher education institutions (HEI’s) from seven countries of Latin America and Europe which are members of a cooperation network. Data collection was done by interviewing the leaders of those HEI’s, as well as by conducting a documentary survey and direct observation. Data analysis implicated the triangulation of such information with the support of qualitative analysis software (NVivo). The given conceptual model pinpointed six essential internationalization process elements of the entrepreneurial universities: internationalization as a strategic pillar, entrepreneurial capacity of the leaders, a culture of integrated internationalization, reciprocities practices among institutional partners, concerning about parity in these partnerships, and, finally, approaching to the industry. As result of this study, five propositions were suggested in order to compose the conceptual model to be used in future researches / Esta tese tem como objetivo desenvolver um modelo conceitual para análise do processo de internacionalização de uma universidade empreendedora. A globalização exigiu de todas as organizações competitivas mundiais um olhar além-fronteiras, o que necessariamente passa pelos processos de internacionalização. Neste contexto competitivo, surge o conceito das universidades empreendedoras, que buscam enfrentar os desafios econômicos da atualidade por meio da prática do empreendedorismo. Uma das alternativas para este desafio é a internacionalização do ensino superior. Com base neste cenário, foi realizado um estudo de casos múltiplos envolvendo nove instituições de ensino superior (IES) empreendedoras de sete diferentes países da América Latina e Europa, pertencentes a uma rede de cooperação. A coleta de dados se deu pela realização de entrevistas com dirigentes destas IES, bem como levantamento documental e observação direta. A análise de dados envolveu a triangulação destes dados com ajuda de software de análise qualitativa (NVivo). O modelo conceitual proposto identificou seis elementos essenciais do processo de internacionalização das universidades empreendedoras: a internacionalização como pilar estratégico, a capacidade empreendedora do(s) dirigente(s), uma cultura de internacionalização integrada, as práticas de reciprocidade entre parceiros institucionais, a preocupação com a paridade nestas parcerias e, por fim, a aproximação com a indústria. Com estes elementos, foram feitas cinco proposições para futuras pesquisas que compõem o modelo conceitual

One of the major debates regarding studying abroad concerns criticism that it lacks measurable and demonstrable learning outcomes and is usually viewed as less rigorous than other university courses (McKeown 2009). As one Western Kentucky University (WKU) faculty member noted when responding to the Faculty Attitudes Survey deployed for this project, all too often “too many study abroad experiences [are] little more than glorified fieldtrips.....” (Anonymous WKU Faculty Member, 2009, Appendix IV). While this may be the case, upon their return to the United States, students often say their study abroad experience proved life changing. The primary purpose of this study is to analyze students’ acquisition of geographic knowledge as a result of their engagement in a study abroad course regardless of their major academic discipline, with a secondary objective of creating baseline data for future research on the effects of study abroad for students at WKU. The analysis summarizes what geographic literacy (geo-literacy) is and how it relates to study abroad. The research also presents trends about education abroad on a national, state, and university level. Additionally, general attitudes about study abroad from University Experience (generally first-year) students at WKU are discussed. Also analyzed is the geographic knowledge gained by students, using the National Geography Standards of 1994, with evidence of attitudes and literacy collected using surveys, focus groups, and a cultural assessment tool called the Global Competence Aptitude Assessment – Young Adult version (GCAA-YA). Throughout the study, students showed signs of being geographically informed measured against the National Geography Standards of 1994; however, as illustrated by the GCAA-YA, both students who had studied abroad and those who had not, scored in the underdeveloped or developing range of global competence (with students who had studied abroad scoring higher in all components of the assessment). Students who participated in various research projects for this thesis had completed their education abroad course within 12 months or less before participating in any of the research. It is generally accepted that study abroad can improve students’ geo-literacy. Concrete evidence of immediate improvement in geographic literacy was not obtained from this research, suggesting that the short-term implications of a study abroad experience could not be precisely articulated by the students or captured by the researcher. Further, the research suggests that improvements are only marginal and cannot really be measured successfully until many years after students’ graduation. What was discovered is that students who studied abroad, almost without exception, exhibited that their minds were opened to the world around them and that a desire for further learning was clear. The results suggest that further research on the effects of education abroad is needed, using the baseline data collected during the 2009-2010 academic year at WKU.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2008. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: p. 289-323.