scholarly journals Student Culture and Identity in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Daley-Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Culture

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Reflective Game Designers

2017 ◽  
pp. 111-125
Author(s):  
Seth Andrew Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Student Culture ◽  
Computer Game Design ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
Computer Game Industry ◽  
Industry Experience

This chapter argues that the study of game design in higher education has the power to directly impact changes in the current culture of the computer game industry, doing so through the incorporation of reflective practice in coursework and teacher practice. Highlighting the unique challenges faced by computer game design faculty and programs, along with challenges students face when seeking employment post-graduation, the author frames questions of student culture and identity as they relate to discipline-specific traditions and the games industry. The discussion calls for the leveraging of the prior knowledge students have as players and many faculty have through industry experience, and concludes with recommendations for adopting reflective practice across computer game design in higher education.

Portuguese Universities: Historiographical Overview = Universidades portuguesas: una visión general de su historiografía

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Taveira da Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Student Culture ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Comprehensive Knowledge ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Material Conditions

Abstract: The purpose of this essay, rather than an exhaustive presentation of the historiographical output on Portuguese universities, is to lead the reader to the threshold of a comprehensive knowledge of the achievements and problems in this field; and try to provide a working tool for future research. Encompassing a long time span, with several changes in the higher education system in Portugal, besides mentioning general works and source publication, it approaches some topics: material conditions (buildings and funding), students and student culture, professors (with a glimpse on scientific production).Resumen: La intención de este trabajo, más que hacer una presentación exhaustiva de la producción historiográfica sobre las universidades portuguesas, es conducir el lector hasta el umbral de un conocimiento informado de lo conseguido y de los problemas en esta materia; y también proporcionar un instrumento para ulterior investigación. Abarcando un largo período temporal con cambios notables en el sistema de educación superior en Portugal, aborda distintos tópicos como sean las condiciones materiales (los edificios y la financiación), los estudiantes y su cultura peculiar, los profesores (con una breve mirada a la producción científica). Keywords: Portuguese universities, historiography, material conditions, students,professors.Palabras clave: universidades portuguesas, historiografía, condiciones materiales, estudiantes, profesores. 

Using Facebook as an Educational Resource in the Classroom

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn M. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Student Culture ◽  
Current Events ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Current Student

Facebook is a social networking site created in 2004 which has since obtained over a billion users, and it has the potential to facilitate learning in the classroom. With the widespread use of Facebook in society, it simply makes sense to look into ways it might be used in higher education. In fact, a number of studies have been done by scholars in different disciplines regarding the use of Facebook (in general and in academia). These include studies by scholars in library science, education, media and communication, psychology, management information systems, business, political science, marketing, instructional technology, and commerce and accounting. Students come to school wired and are willing and eager to use technology, but higher education has a well-established trend toward non-adoption of new technologies. A variety of studies on the use of Facebook, however, indicate that there are a wide number of potential benefits to using Facebook as an educational tool. There are four inter-related potential benefits: creating a sense of community and promoting collaboration, enhancing communication between instructors and students, developing computer literacy and language skills, and incorporating current student culture into the learning environment. In addition, Facebook is particularly well suited for sharing and discussion of current events in the news.

Turning Good Intentions into Good Teaching

2016 ◽  
pp. 20-53
Author(s):  
Meseret Hailu ◽  
Janiece Mackey ◽  
Joy Pan ◽  
Bridget D. Arend
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Student Culture ◽  
Intercultural Communication Competence ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Intersecting Identities ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Diverse Groups

Higher education classrooms are increasingly diverse in regards to student culture, including race, gender, nationality, and intersecting identities. Yet faculty members oftentimes do not have adequate training in teaching, cultural competence, or intercultural communication. Building upon the principles of Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC), the authors in this chapter explore different bodies of literature in order to pull together common principles for promoting culturally responsive pedagogy in U.S. higher education. The purpose of this chapter is to focus on teaching practices that go beyond inclusive intentions, and instead focus on pedagogy that is truly responsive to diverse groups of students, especially in terms of the most prominent cultural aspects, such as race, gender, and nationality. Specifically, five principles are described and detailed: 1) Instructor awareness of epistemology, 2) Recognition of diverse knowledge systems, 3) Inquiry based instruction, 4) Incorporation of student choice, and 5) Expanded use of formative feedback.

College and Christ

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Laats
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Technical Training ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Student Culture ◽  
Religious Transformation ◽  
American Higher Education

When Protestant fundamentalists founded their network of colleges and universities in the 1920s, they often complained that their ideas and values had been kicked out of mainstream schools. They were right. Since the 1870s, a dramatic revolution had transformed American higher education. Modern research universities no longer inculcated young people with a specific Christian faith, but rather hoped to open students’ minds to the possibilities of knowledge. That religious transformation, however, was only part of the widespread academic revolution. Student culture changed drastically, with new emphasis on sports and student clubs. Universities absorbed professional and technical training programs in fields such as agriculture, law, and engineering.

scholarly journals La internacionalización de la educación superior como un elemento para la búsqueda de la calidad en México / The Internationalization of Higher Education as an Element for the Pursuit of Quality in Mexico

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alma Beatriz Navarro Cerda
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Student Culture ◽  
Educational Models ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Development Plans

ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the internationalization of higher education from a policy perspective, which has been implemented in higher education institutions dominate the focus of educational quality through the implementation of programs for student and academic mobility. The hypothesis concerning the IES have designed and implemented programs for student and academic mobility with the idea of seeking to ensure the quality of education is proposed. From a qualitative methodology, a review of educational models, institutional development plans and operational programs at public universities in the Northwest Region of Mexico is presented. One of the main conclusions is that the idea has prevailed and it has been associated with the mobility as the core of internationalization of higher education, which has been widely promoted in discursive terms generating a student culture of openness to other spaces.RESUMENEl presente trabajo discute la internacionalización de la educación superior desde una perspectiva de política, la cual ha sido implementada en las instituciones de educación superior predominando el enfoque de calidad educativa, me-diante la puesta en marcha de programas de movilidad estudiantil y académica.  Se plantea la hipótesis referente a que la Instituciones de Educación Superior (IES) han diseñado e implementado programas de movilidad estudiantil y académica con la idea de buscar garantizar la calidad del servicio educativo. Partiendo de una metodología cualitativa, se presenta una revisión de los modelos educativos, planes de desarrollo institucional y programas operativos en las Universidades Públicas de la Región Noroeste de México. Una de las principales conclusiones es que ha predominado la idea de que se ha asociado a las actividades de movilidad como el eje central de  internacionalización de la educación superior, la cual ha sido promovida ampliamente en términos discursivos generando una cultura estudiantil de apertura hacia otros espacios. Contacto principal: [email protected]

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