Internationalisation and Education

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Explore the impact of globalisation in different educational contexts and examine the variety of institutional and sectoral responses.
• Demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the global context of education.
• Examine and evaluate the variety of classroom based strategies for integrating an international dimension into the teaching learning processes.
• Analyse the variety of curriculum internationalisation approaches appropriate to diverse educational contexts.
• Evaluate the complexity of teaching and learning in increasingly culturally diverse educational environments.

• Meanings of globalisation - impact on knowledge and the development of a well-educated workforce;
• Meanings and examples of internationalisation;
• Approaches to curriculum internationalisation - global competency models, global learning activities which promote cultural pluralism;
• Critical analysis of approaches to curriculum internationalisation.

Teaching and learning methods

Participation in seminar groups

Group and class discussion

Posing and responding to questions

Directed reading

Suggested additional research

Typically, this module is taught through 11sessions of two hours plus 1 week of group tutorials

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Thompson, W.R., & Reuveny, R. (2010). Limits to globalization: North-South divergence.. London: Routledge.

Copeland, P., & Papadimitriou, D. (2012). The EU's Lisbon Strategy: Evaluating Success, Understanding Failure. Palgrave Macmillan.

Guruz, K. (2011). Higher Education and International Student Mobility in the Global Knowledge Economy: Revised and Updated Second Edition. SUNY Press.

Zolo, D. (2007). Globalisation: an overview. Colchester: CCPR Press.

Basset, Roberta y Maldonado-Maldonado, Alma (2009). International Organizations and Higher Education Policy: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally?. London, New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis.

Martens, K., Rusconi, A. and Leuze, K (2007). New arenas of education governance: the impact of international organizations and markets.. Palgrave Macmillan.

Dale, R. and Robertson, S. (2009). Globalisation and Europeanisation in education. Oxford: Symposium Books.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External