Illegitimate Elites and the Politics of Belonging at a Korean University

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie K. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Elite Group ◽  
Global Status ◽  
International Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Critical Site

AbstractUniversities are undergoing a transformation in which higher learning intersects with a class of cosmopolitan elites. Certainly within South Korea, universities are launching international colleges as a way to position themselves as choice institutions that cater to elite students seeking global opportunities. Yet little work has been done to examine what happens to the students within these spaces of globality and privilege. This article reveals the interconnections between globalizing higher education and the global aspirations of Korean youth by focusing on the students who enter into an international learning space of a Korean university that itself desires global status. Not quite accepted by the other students but still considered an elite group, these individuals have to negotiate complex campus-based norms where the risk of marginalization from key social networks is magnified by the university’s pursuit of global status. Meanwhile, the university transforms into an ideological battleground and a critical site in the construction of social membership in South Korea.

The Elite, Elitism, and Ensuing Conversations in Ghana’s Higher Education: Myth or Reality?

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 787-808
Author(s):  
Delali Amuzu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
University System ◽  
Elite Group ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Education In Ghana ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University

Contemporary higher education in Ghana and many parts of Africa has European colonial antecedents. In spite of the many goals that it aspired to achieve, a preoccupation was to nurture an elite group. Though widely used, the concept of elite and elitism is vague and hardly conceptualized. It hoovers from status—occupants of the apex or top echelons of an organization/society, to consumption—people with immense wealth. Influence, on the other hand, seems to be a common denominator in both cases. But, does this capture the scope of the phenomenon? This article engages people who have worked in different capacities in Ghana’s higher education space to examine the deeper meanings that could be embedded in elitism, elicits conceptualizations of elitism, and further finds out how elitist higher education is in Ghana. Ultimately, the article intends to initiate a conversation on whether indeed there are elites being produced from the university system. This study was done with reference to an empirical study on decolonizing higher education in Ghana.

scholarly journals ALGORITHM FOR THE FORMATION OF A PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BY MEANS OF STRUCTURING THE EDUCATIONAL SPACE OF THE UNIVERSITY BASED ON OFFICE365 AND MS TEAMS SERVICES

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-40
Author(s):  
Natalya Ivankova ◽  
Oleksii Ryzhov ◽  
Oleksii Androsov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Flexible Tool ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Personal Learning Environment ◽  
The University

The algorithm of formation of a personal learning environment (PLE) and learning group environment for the organization of electronic distance learning in medical higher education institutions is offered. It was noted that the introduction of the COVID-19 quarantine raised the issue of reorganization of the learning space and accelerated the process of introducing the distance learning model. The experience gained by the authors during quarantine made it possible to form the stages of deploying the learning environment in the medical higher education institution and to define the educational space of the group as the main element of this environment. The main technological steps of creating subsystems of the educational space of the university for using cloud services MSO365 were considered using the example of Zaporizhzhia State Medical University. The conditions that allow creating a hierarchy of the learning environment were defined, namely: a project of the structure of the learning environment with the coordination of departments; registration of all participants of the learning process and creation of their accounts in Active Directory of the university; automated procedure of transferring group members to AD MSO365. The paper provides an example of a hierarchy of names, which is a reflection of the structure of university departments in terms of staffing and determines the rights of access to the usage of services that ensure the implementation of the corresponding functions. The authors found that the user account is the first integrating service that allows the user to form a personal learning environment using OneDrive, web-site MS SharePoint, MS Forms and other office applications. It was noted that the user account is the lowest level of the hierarchy of the learning environment, the usage of which provides a learning space for groups. According to the authors, it is reasonable to use MS Groups to form academic groups. Using MS Teams, a teacher gets a flexible tool to form a learning environment for various organizational forms, namely: lectures, seminars, practical classes, independent work, etc. The authors proposed rules for forming group names in MS Groups and MS Teams. They presented an algorithm for deploying the department's learning environment and proposed a suggestion of structuring the subject's learning environment using MS Teams channels for a small number of groups in the department.

The exceptional and the ordinary

2018 ◽  
pp. 73-106
Author(s):  
Thomas Docherty
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Normative Belief ◽  
University Education ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Mass Higher Education ◽  
The People ◽  
The University

The contemporary institution fails to understand the real meaning of ‘mass higher education’. A mass higher education should address the concerns of those masses of ‘ordinary people’ who, for whatever reasons, do not attend a university. Instead, the contemporary sector simply admits more individuals from lower social and economic classes. Behind this is a deep suspicion of the intellectual whose knowledge marks them out as intrinsically elitist and not ‘of the people’. An intellectual concerned about everyday life is now seen as suspicious, given the normative belief that a university education is about individual competitive self-advancement. This intellectual is now an enemy of ‘the people’, and incipiently one who might even be regarded as criminal in dissenting from conformity with social norms of neoliberalism. There is a history to this, dating from 1945; and it sets up a contest between two version of the university: one sees it as a centre of humane and liberal values, the other as the site for the production of individuals who conform to and individually benefit from neoliberal greed. The genuine exception is the intellectual who dissents; but dissent itself is now seen as potentially criminal.

scholarly journals Terror.edu

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-162
Author(s):  
Uppinder Mehan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Role ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The University

The Society for Critical Exchange held its first Winter Theory Institute from11-14 February 2010 at the University of Houston-Victoria, located inVictoria, Texas. Eleven scholars from a variety of disciplines and fromacross the United States came together to present and discuss their currentwork on questions regarding the affect terror and terrorism are having oneducation in higher education. The participants presented their work by turn,and all took part in the intense two days fully devoted to the discussions.Some of the questions we hoped to address included the following: Howhave institutions of higher learning responded to the specter of terror? Howshould academe respond? What is our professional role in a terroristicworld? ...

scholarly journals Learning for Earning: Student Expectations and Perceptions of University

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Gorgodze ◽  
Lasha Macharashvili ◽  
Anna Kamladze
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
The Other ◽  
University Education ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Student Expectations ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews

In the context of increasing numbers of students enrolling in higher education in the last decade, understanding student expectations of their universities becomes more important. Universities need to know what students expect if they want to keep them satisfied and continue attracting them. On the other hand, it is also important to know whether student expectations are in line with the purpose of the universities and the causes they serve. This research explores students’ expectations and perceptions of the university in post-Soviet Georgia, as well as whether these expectations are in line with the perspectives of university administrators. For the purposes of this research, over 800 bachelor level students of different academic programs were surveyed at five big public universities across Georgia. Additionally, 10 in-depth interviews were conducted with university administrators to learn about the purpose that public universities try to serve and to understand their perspectives on what should be expected of university. After the analysis of the results, two focus groups were conducted with the students in Western and Eastern Georgia to make sense of the findings obtained through the student survey. Finally, 4 in-depth interviews were conducted with experts to understand their perspectives on the actual findings of this research. The results suggest that employment is the main expectation from a university education. Moreover, there is a mismatch between what students identify as their primary expectation and what administrators believe students should expect. Significance and implications of these results for universities are discussed.

scholarly journals De la Licenciatura al Grado en Pedagogía: ¿Cambios en las capacidades cognitivas que desarrollan los estudiantes?

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-335
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa García Hernández ◽  
Nicolás Martínez Valcárcel ◽  
Mónica Porto Currás
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Basic Skills ◽  
Research Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cognitive Capacities ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
The University

Resumen:El momento de cambio en el que se encuentra inmersa la Educación Superior ha provocado la aparición de numerosos términos (objetivos, competencias, habilidades, capacidades, etc.), que pueden ser evaluados con la finalidad de conocer cómo es el aprendizaje del estudiante.En este sentido, uno de los objetivos de este artículo es mostrar cuáles son las capacidades cognitivas que, según las experiencias de los estudiantes, se han potenciado a lo largo de su formación. Concretamente, para este estudio se han recogido datos vinculados con la titulación de Pedagogía de la Universidad de Murcia, trabajando con tres promociones distintas (dos de ellas de Licenciatura y una de Grado). Asimismo, destacar que la información recogida proviene de la experiencia y vivencia del alumnado, que ha recordado cuáles habían sido las capacidades cognitivas fomentadas en cada materia, por lo que se ha tomado al estudiante como fuente primaria. Para el análisis e interpretación de la información obtenida se ha tomado como referencia el trabajo de Marzano y Kendall (2007), quienes elaboran una taxonomía de capacidades cognitivas partiendo de diferentes propuestas sobre los procesos de pensamiento y los dominios del conocimiento. Por último, del análisis elaborado podemos reseñar, por un lado, el fomento de las capacidades más básicas -la recuperación, comprensión y análisis- en ambos Planes de Estudios. Y, por otro lado, el incremento de capacidades más complejas en el Grado con respecto a la Licenciatura.Abstract:The moment of change in which Higher Education is involved has caused the appearance of multiple concepts (goals, competences, skills, capacities and so on) which can be evaluated with the purpose of knowing in depth the learning process of our students.In this sense, one of the goals of this article is to show, according to the students experiences, which cognitive capacities have been powered in their learning process. More concretely, for this research, data linked with the degree of Pedagogy in the University of Murcia have been collected, working with three different promotions (two of the belong to the Bachelor in Pedagogy and the other one the current degree). In this way we have to highlight that the information collected comes from the experiences and livings of our students, which has remembered the cognitive capacities promoted in each subject, so the student has been taken as a primary source.For the analysis and interpretation of the information collected, the research made by Marzano and Kendall (2007) has been taken as a reference. These two authors elaborated a taxonomy of cognitive capacities taking different proposals about the thinking process and knowledge domains as a starting point. Finally, we can outline from our analysis the promotion of the most basic skills, recovery, comprehension and analysis in both teaching plans. On the other hand, the increase of more complex capacities is more present in the Degree in Pedagogy than in the Bachelor in Pedagogy.

scholarly journals Modelos docentes de los profesores universitarios

10.14201/3256 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo Gargallo López ◽  
Amparo Fernández March ◽  
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Constructivist Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
University Professors ◽  
European Higher Education Area ◽  
Teaching Models ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
The University

RESUMEN: El objetivo fundamental de este trabajo era precisar los modelos docentes de los profesores universitarios para corroborar si se ajustaban a los requerimientos del espacio europeo de educación superior (que preconiza un modelo centrado en el aprendizaje con dominio de competencias pedagógicas). Encontramos dos modelos, uno centrado en el aprendizaje y otro centrado en la enseñanza, y otros dos modelos intermedios. Un grupo de profesores (alrededor de un 48% de la muestra de 326 profesores) se encuadraba en el modelo centrado en el aprendizaje, de corte constructivista, y se subdividía en dos grupos, uno de ellos más centrado en el aprendizaje y con más habilidades docentes. También encontramos otro grupo (alrededor del 52% de los profesores), centrado en la enseñanza y que utilizaba metodologías tradicionales. Este grupo también se subdividía en otros dos, uno más tradicional y con menos habilidades docentes que el otro. Estos resultados reclaman la atención de los gestores universitarios y el diseño de ofertas racionales de formación que ayuden a los profesores a adquirir las competencias pedagógicas necesarias.ABSTRACT: The main objective of this work was to specify the teaching models of university professors in order to find out whether they meet the requirements of the European higher education area (which upholds a learning-centred model with pedagogical competencies). We found two models, one of them learning-centred and the other one teaching-centred, with two intermediate models. A group of professors (around 48% of the sample of 326 professors) fitted with the constructivist learning-centred model, and this group was subdivided into two, one of them more learningcentred and with more teaching and assessment abilities than the other. We also found another group (around 52% of the professors), teaching-centred and which used traditional methodologies. This group was also subdivided into two, one of them more traditional and with less teaching and assessment abilities than the other. These results demand the attention of the university managers and also the design of rational offers of training that help the professors to acquire the necessary pedagogical competencies.SOMMAIRE: L'objectif fondamental de ce travail était de préciser les modèles d'enseignement des professeurs universitaires pour corroborer s'ils étaient adaptés ou pas aux exigences de l'espace européen d'éducation supérieur (qui préconise un modèle centré sur l'apprentissage avec la maîtrise de compétences pédagogiques). Quatre modèles ont été trouvés. L'un est centré sur l'apprentissage, l'autre sur l'enseignement, avec deux modèles intermédiaires. Un groupe de professeurs (autour de 48% d'un échantillon de 326 professeurs) était encadré dans le modèle centré sur l'apprentissage, de type constructiviste et subdivisé en deux sous-groupes, l'un plus centré sur l'apprentissage et possédant des habilités d'enseignement et d'évaluation plus poussées que l'autre. Un autre groupe devprofesseurs a été trouvé (environ 52% de l'échantillon), centré sur l'enseignement et utilisant des méthodologies traditionnelles. Ce groupe était aussi subdivisé en deux sous-groupes, l'un plus traditionnel et avec moins d'habilités d'enseignement que l'autre. Les dirigeants universitaires devraient tenir compte de ces résultats et l'offre rationnelle de formation des professeurs devrait viser l'acquisition de ces compétences pédagogiques nécessaires.

scholarly journals Room 101: A Movement towards Social Learning Spaces? A Survey of SAC Managers in UK Higher Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 124-137
Author(s):  
Michael Allhouse
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Physical Resources ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Uk Higher Education ◽  
Valuable Role

As more and more self-access facilities face up to the challenge of shrinking budgets and responding to the ubiquity of mobile devices for learning, Michael Allhouse’s column examining the movement towards social learning that has taken place at the University of Bradford reminds us that such centres have a valuable role beyond providing access to physical resources. In this final instalment of his three-part series, Allhouse examines the provision of self-access in UK Higher Education, in order to determine to what extent Room 101’s journey towards becoming a social learning space is reflected in other centres around the country. By widening the scope of his research to examine not only the attitudes of learners at his own centre, but also wider trends across the UK, he reveals a diverse picture of self-access, and one in which social learning plays a vital and growing role.

scholarly journals ‘The Crucible of the Malayan Nation’: The University and the Making of a New Malaya, 1938–62

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1149-1187 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. STOCKWELL
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
British Empire ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Second World War ◽  
The Other ◽  
World War ◽  
The University ◽  
Second World

AbstractLike so many features of the British Empire, policy for colonial higher education was transformed during the Second World War. In 1945 the Asquith Commission established principles for its development, and in 1948 the Carr–Saunders report recommended the immediate establishment of a university in Malaya to prepare for self-government. This institution grew at a rate that surpassed expectations, but the aspirations of its founders were challenged by lack of resources, the mixed reactions of the Malayan people and the politics of decolonisation. The role of the University of Malaya in engineering a united Malayan nation was hampered by lingering colonial attitudes and ultimately frustrated by differences between Singapore and the Federation. These differences culminated in the university's partition in January 1962. In the end it was the politics of nation-building which moulded the university rather than the other way round.

Milton in the Twentieth Century

John Milton ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Lockwood
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Common Property ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Common ◽  
The University ◽  
Over Time ◽  
General Culture

This chapter examines Milton not as an absolute, but as a concept historically constructed and changing over time. It examines the ways in which the different Miltons are repaired and returned in the twentieth century. Two of those many Milton revivals form the focus of the chapter: one constructed in polemic about how and why to read Milton; and the other constructed in and by the availability of actual Milton editions that were read over the century. The first section discusses Milton's changing place within academia and his movement from being the common property of men of letters and the common reader in general culture to become the sole preserve of the university-bound specialist in the narrower and less-rewarding culture of higher education. The second section examines Milton readership. It outlines Milton's different periodicities of publishing and reading through the twentieth century.

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