Where Are We, When Are We, and Who Are We to Each Other? Connectedness and the Evolving Meanings of International Education

This qualitative descriptive work briefly examines what it has been and continues to be like for islamic education institutions to be alternative institutions in the Singapore’s education system that has the highest performance in international education and tops in global rankings. In Singapore’s education system, islamic education institutions represented by madrasah that are full-time and offer a pedagogical mix of Islamic religious education and secular education in their curricula. There are currently six madrasahs in Singapore offering primary to tertiary education, namely, Aljunied Al-Islamiah, Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah, Al-Maarif Al-Islamiah, Alsagoff Al-Arabiah, Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah, and Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah. Four of them are co-educational, while the other two offer madrasah education exclusively to girls. It explores the powerful and positive potential of islamic education institutions in developing a truly humane science of the the future.

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Network Analysis of the Integration Level of the Universities Participating in Project 5-100 in the International Higher Education Area

Высшее образование в России ◽

10.31992/0869-3617-2019-28-11-155-167 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (11) ◽

pp. 155-167

Author(s):

P. A. Zhdanov ◽

N. A. Polikhina ◽

E. Yu. Sema ◽

L. V. Kazimirchik ◽

I. B. Trostyanskaya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Network Analysis ◽

International Education ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Education System ◽

Point Of View ◽

International Higher Education ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Higher Education System ◽

The Russian Federation

The paper analyzes measures adopted by the Russian Federation on internationalization and globalization of the higher education system, its integration into the international scientific and education area. One of the initiatives of the authorities of the Russian Federation in this direction is Project 5-100, designed to increase the competitiveness of both a selected group of universities and the Russian higher education system as a whole. Among the successful practices of Project 5-100, one can identify the presentation of a single stand of participating universities at the international education exhibitions APAIE, EAIE, NAFSA. Within this study, we explore the cooperation of the universities participating in Project 5-100 with potential international partners at global educational exhibitions by means of network analysis with graphs. The effectiveness of such cooperation from the point of view of integration of the universities from this group into the international higher education area is determined through estimations of the usefulness of participation in such events made by the universities and through scientometric analysis. As a result of this study, it was revealed that active participation in international educational exhibitions including negotiating, establishing contacts with international partners, contributes significantly to the promotion of the universities participating in Project 5-100 in the international arena.

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