Internationalising Higher Education
Designed for PhD students who are developing careers as professors and university leaders, this course offers a survey of global trends across the higher education sector, with special attention to strategies for development of inter-institutional collaborations, including international joint programs, exchange projects, online/distance education consortia, and research partnerships.
Main content
Course leaders
, Professor, Faculty of Education, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences听(Bergen).
Steinar S忙tre,听Associate Professor,听Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen.
Robert Gray,听Associate Professor, Faculty of听Psychology,听University of Bergen.
This interdisciplinary course is for PhD students who are developing careers as professors and leaders of higher听education institutions, including both private and public colleges and universities. The course offers a survey of global听trends across the higher education sector, with special attention to strategies for development of inter-institutional听collaborations, including international joint programmes, student and faculty exchange projects, online/distance education听consortia, and research partnerships.
Students will gain an understanding of the philosophical positions that undergird听movements to internationalise and decolonise university curriculum, as well as the practical challenges associated with听efforts to strengthen internationalisation.
Upon completion of this course, students will be equipped with deeper听knowledge of how to bolster intercultural competence and improve the effectiveness and global engagement of higher听education institutions.
Learning outcomes
Students will:
- Understand practical challenges associated with efforts to strengthen internationalisation.
- Understand philosophical arguments concerning the internationalisation and decolonisation of university curriculum.
- Identify research-based approaches for: (1) effective use of digital technologies in distance education, (2) negotiation听of mutually-beneficial partnerships, and (3) promotion of institutions and localities through their connections to unique听cultural and artistic heritage.
- Develop deeper knowledge of how to bolster intercultural competence and improve the effectiveness and global听engagement of higher education institutions.
- Produce research publications based on the course material.
Credits
Participation at the BSRS is credited under the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Participants submitting an essay, in a form of a publishable manuscript of 10-20 pages, after the end of the summer school will receive 10 ECTS. Deadline for submission will be decided by your course leader.
It is also possible to participate without producing an essay. This will give you 4 ECTS. In order to receive credits, we expect full participation in the course-specific modules, plenary events and roundtables.
David G. Hebert,听is Professor in the Faculty of Education at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences听(Bergen). He is also manager of the Nordic Network for Music Education, Professor II with Lund University, and an听Honorary Professor with the Education University of Hong Kong. His scholarly interests include comparative education,听music, educational technology, and cultural heritage policy. A widely published and cited researcher (h-index: 15), he听has published several books, as well as articles in 35 different professional journals, and has worked for universities on听five continents.
Associate Professor Steinar S忙tre teaches Education and Jazz Studies at the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at听University of Bergen. He has extensive experience with international collaboration in music education, especially in听Uganda and the United States. His research interest is particularly related to the institutionalisation of learning听practices. S忙tre has previously been both head of department and coordinator for education and internationalisation听at his own department - the Grieg Academy, Department of Music. He has also worked as visiting scholar at University听of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Tulane University, New Orleans.
Robert Gray is Associate Professor of University Pedagogy at the University of Bergen, Norway. He holds a听PhD听in Instructional Technology from the University of Alabama. He has over twenty years鈥� experience in faculty听development, focusing primarily on digital and online learning. He has also taught composition, literature, and听research writing at the University of Alabama, Michigan State University, Troy University, and the University of South听Alabama. His research interests include interaction in online learning, alternative assessment, how technology impacts听assessment practices, comparative higher education, and how to define quality in teaching and learning online.
Required reading
Gibson, B., Hyde, M., & Gordon, T. (2015). Social Media and Intercultural Competence: Using Each to Explore the Other. In R. D. Williams & A. Lee (Eds.),听Internationalizing Higher Education听(187鈥�200). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.听
Gleason, N. W. (2018). Introduction. In N. W. Gleason (Ed.),听Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution听(p.1-11). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.听
Gray, R. (2019). Meaningful Interaction: Toward a New Theoretical Approach to Online Instruction.听Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 28(4), 473-484, DOI:听
Guzman-Valenzuela, C. (2019). Values and the International Collaborative Research in Higher Education: Negotiating Epistemic Power Between the Global South and the Global North. In P. Gibbs, et al. (Eds.),听Values of the University in a Time of Uncertainty听(p.137-153). Cham: Springer Nature.
Hebert, D. G. & Hauge, T. B. (2019). Conclusion: Learning from Two Decades of Music Education Leadership. In D. G. Hebert & T. B. Hauge, (Eds.),听Advancing Music Education in Northern Europe听(pp.247-276). New York: Taylor & Francis.听听听
Jackson, J. (2015). 鈥淯npacking鈥� International Experience through Blended Intercultural Practice. In R. D. Williams & A. Lee (Eds.),听Internationalizing Higher Education听(231鈥�251). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.听
Lewis, P. & Rupp, K. (2015). Liberal Education in Asia: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities.听New Global Studies, 9(3), 245-266.听
Lilley, K., Barker, M. & Harris, N. (2017). The Global Citizen Conceptualized: Accommodating Ambiguity.听Journal of Studies in International Education, 21(1) 6鈥撀�21. DOI: 10.1177/1028315316637354听
Seeber, M., Meoli, M., & Cattaneo, M.听(2020). How do European听Higher Education Institutions Internationalize?听Studies in Higher Education, 45(1), 145-162, DOI:听
Stein, S.听(2019). Critical Internationalization Studies at an Impasse: Making听Space for Complexity, Uncertainty, and Complicity in a Time of Global Challenges.听Studies in Higher Education. DOI:听
Uzhegova, D. & Baik, C. (2020): Internationalisation of Higher Education听in an Uneven World: An Integrated Approach to Internationalisation of Universities in the Academic听Periphery.听Studies in Higher Education, DOI:听
Wu, H. & Zha, Q. (2018). A New Typology for Analyzing the Direction of Movement in Higher Education Internationalization.听Journal of Studies in International Education, 22(3) 259鈥撀�277. DOI:听10.1177/1028315318762582
Recommended reading
Anderson, V. (2014). 鈥榃orld-travelling鈥�: A Framework for Re-Thinking Teaching and Learning in Internationalised Higher Education.听Higher Education, 68, 637-652. DOI 10.1007/s10734-014-9736-y
Connell, R. (2018). Decolonizing Sociology.听Contemporary Sociology, 47(4), 399-407.听
de Albuquerque Moreira, A. M., Paul, J. & Bagnall, N. (2019).听The Contribution of Comparative Studies and Cross-Cultural Approach to Understanding Higher Education in the Contemporary World.听In A. M. de Albuquerque Moreira et al. (Eds.),听Intercultural Studies听in Higher Education. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan听
Edwards, S. & Kitamura, Y. (2019).听Knowledge Diplomacy and Worldview Diversity Education: Applications for an Internationalized Higher Education Sector.听In D. E. Neubauer et al. (Eds.),听Contesting Globalization听and Internationalization of Higher Education. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan听
Hebert, D. G. & Saether, E. (2014). 鈥楶lease, Give me Space鈥�: Findings and听Implications from an Evaluation of the GLOMUS Intercultural Music Camp, Ghana 2011.听Music Education Research, 16(4), 418-435, DOI:听
Katundu, M. (2020). Which Road to Decolonizing the Curricula? Interrogating African Higher Education Futures. Geoforum, 115, 150-152.听
Lewis, P. (2018). Globalizing the Liberal Arts: Twenty-First Century Education. In N. W. Gleason (Ed.),听Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution听(p.15-38). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.听听
Meyer, Heinz-Dieter & Rowan, Brian. (2006).听The New Institutionalism in Education.听Albany: State University Press of New York. (Chapter 2: The New Institutionalism and the Study of Educational Organizations: Changing Ideas and Changing Times, p.15-32; Chapter 3: Varieties of Institutional Theory: Traditions and Prospects for Educational Research, p.33-51).听
Munro, P. G., Bartlett, A. L., Dhizaala, J. T., Laloyo, S. A., Oswin, S. O. & Walker, S. (2019).听International Fieldschool Reciprocity: Using a Whole-of-University Approach to Create Positive Change in Northern Uganda.听Higher Education Research & Development, 38(7), 1461-1474, DOI:听
Scott, Richard W. (2013).听Institutions and Organizations: Ideas, Interests, and Identities. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications (Chapter 6: Institutionalization, p.143-180).
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