Internationalization of higher education has become a priority for many universities. It
provides them with educational models that can respond efficiently to current issues and
challenges of globalization. International academic collaboration plays an important role in the creation of such models and prepares educational systems to act effectively in foreign environments.
This study explores the Canadian-Ukrainian curriculum development partnership through
the specifics of institutional culture, power and joint project management. Canadian and
Ukrainian educators participated in semi-structured, open–ended interviews to reveal processes associated with their joint venture. The findings indicate that the project was largely influenced by Canadian and Ukrainian university conceptualization of internationalization and involved multiple cultural and professional perceptions of the partnership context and developments.
Diversity of expectations, commitment, acceptance of differences practiced in this collaboration revealed the importance of academic dialogue among developed and developing countries and suggested possible standards for future international curriculum development joint ventures.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/26420 |
| Date | 28 February 2011 |
| Creators | Kushnarenko, Valentyna |
| Contributors | Ryan, James |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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