scholarly journals Creativity in the EFL Classroom: Exploring Teachers’ Knowledge and Perceptions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
NEDJAH Hana ◽  
HAMADA Hacène
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
English Department ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
The World ◽  
Uncertain Knowledge

As a response to the new requirements and needs of this fast-changing information era, higher education systems all over the world are focusing on developing learners’ higher mental competences including creative thinking. The current study aims at exploring teachers’ knowledge about the general concepts of creative thinking and its related skills. Moreover, the study attempts to investigate teachers’ perceptions about creativity and its incorporation in the English foreign language (EFL) Classroom. To examine these issues, a questionnaire was administered to twenty-seven EFL teachers from the English department of Badji Mokhtar university, Algeria. The Findings reveal that although teachers hold positive perceptions about promoting creative thinking in the EFL classroom, they generally consider creativity as a quite confusing concept and have uncertain knowledge about its characteristics

scholarly journals Strengthening Polish-Mexican Academic Cooperation: Present and Future Perspectives

Ad Americam ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 83-102
Author(s):  
Joanna Gocłowska-Bolek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
International Higher Education ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Economic Competitiveness ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
The World

Science and higher education have always been intensely internationalized areas of human activity. Especially in the era of globalization, higher education systems around the world face the challenge of internationalization. Internationalization not only strengthens opportunities for development, but is seen as an inevitable necessity in the globalizing and strongly competitive world. Although there is a long-standing tradition of academic cooperation between Poland and Mexico, the changing reality enforces increased efforts to build a more conscious, comprehensive relationship with measurable, long-lasting results. Since ad hoc contacts between individual researchers are not sufficient any longer, a complex, realistic vision of such cooperation is needed. Universities in Poland and Mexico start to see the opportunity to intensify cooperation, which – effectively explored – can significantly contribute to a nation’s economic competitiveness in general and to understanding the nature of trends and challenges in international higher education. The author discusses current activities within the framework of academic cooperation between the two countries and the most important initiatives that may bring closer cooperation in the future. A special focus will be put on the challenges faced by both countries in higher education cooperation schemes, as seen from the Polish perspective.

scholarly journals Teaching Practices of EFL Teachers and the Enhancement of Creative Thinking Skills among Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-166
Author(s):  
Thouqan Saleem Masadeh
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
The World

Development of students' creativity has been a prerequisite for the survival in this fast-changing technological age. Enhancement of learners' higher-order thinking skills should be the main concern of education systems around the world. Therefore, the present study aims to survey EFL teachers' knowledge about creative thinking, the activities they practice to enhance creative thinking skills. It also aims to understand EFL teachers' perceptions about the importance of creative thinking activities in promoting EFL learners' creativity. Moreover, it aims to check if there are significant differences between participants' perceptions due to teaching experience and stage. A total of 56 teachers took part in the present study through responding to a questionnaire developed to achieve the aims. Results revealed EFL teachers' lack of knowledge of creative thinking skills. Nevertheless, they showed that they "Often" practice creative thinking activities in classroom. Results also indicated that these activities were perceived "Important" for the enhancement of EFL learners' creative thinking skills.

scholarly journals COMPETITIVENESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM: INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Anna Verbytska ◽  
Nataliia Kholiavko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Education System ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Financial Internationalization

The globalization of the scientific-educational area determines the search for new competitive advantages of universities. One of the modern instruments of competition in the world educational services market is universities ranking. Nowadays the educational rankings are widespread; they are studied by researchers and experts of international organizations. In the same time the high dynamism of scientificeducational area requires the permanent monitoring of the competitive positions of the national higher education systems. The purpose of the article is to analyze the competitive positions of higher education systems of selected countries in the world rankings, as well as to identify the directions of increasing their competitiveness in the context of globalization and digitization of the scientific-educational area. The authors studied the methodology of a range of popular rankings of educational systems, and analyzed the ranks of selected countries (United States of America, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Finland, Norway, Ukraine, Germany, France, Austria, Poland, China, and Spain). The selection is based on the differentiation of the countries according to the geographic position and ranking position. The source of data: bases of international organizations OECD, World Bank, UNESCO, ILO; and rankings ARWU, SCImago, Webometrics, and Leiden Ranking. Based on the comparative analysis, the article concludes that the increasing of competitiveness of the national higher education system needs the use of integrated approach combining the set of educational, research, financial, internationalization, and managerial components. The authors emphasized the urgency of developing and implementing institutional strategies for internationalization of universities, synchronized with national ones.

scholarly journals Comparing the Expanded Effect of Higher Education Systems on Their GPI in China and India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Tien-Li Chen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Arima Model ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
China And India ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

China and India are with the most populous and second populous countries in the world. This study selected China and India as research targets to compare their trends of gender parity in expanding higher education. The data on the gross enrollment ratio of male and female in both countries were collected from the World Bank from 1973 to 2018. The study applies the Gender Parity Index (GPI), which according to Trow’s definition, interpret the trends of gender parity in three stage within expanding higher education system. Furthermore, the study uses ARIMA model to predict the trends of GPI in higher education systems in both China and India toward 2030. This study suggests the trends of gender equality have made significant progress in expanding higher education systems. As our prediction, the higher education system is going to be more favorable to female in the future.

scholarly journals Strategies for Meeting Demand with Fewer Resources

2013 ◽  
pp. 13-14
Author(s):  
Arthur M. Hauptman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

Virtually all countries around the world are facing the challenge of consistently meeting the rising demand for higher education. A few countries, such as Norway and Saudi Arabia, have decided and been able to devote enough public resources to meet the challenge of adequately funding growing demand. However, for most countries, the challenge remains how to do more, with fewer public resources, to maintain accessible higher education systems of high quality, in the future.

scholarly journals Mergers and missions: investigating consequences for system diversity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicoline Frølich ◽  
Bjørn Stensaker
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
System Level ◽  
Institutional Diversity ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Or Efficiency ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
The World ◽  
Institutional Mergers

AbstractIn recent decades, many higher education systems around the world have been exposed to institutional mergers. While the rationale for mergers has often been related to issues of improved quality, effectiveness and/or efficiency at the institutional level, fewer studies have analysed how mergers may affect institutional diversity within the higher education landscape. Focusing on institutional missions, the current study analyses the strategic plans of both merged and non-merged institutions in Norway. The key finding is that mergers may not necessarily reduce system level diversity, although mergers indeed may affect the organisational mission of individual institutions.

scholarly journals Modern Trends in Public Funding of Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-152
Author(s):  
M. De Martino ◽  
G. F. Tkach ◽  
S. A. Kovalenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Financial Flows ◽  
National Education ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Education Financing ◽  
The World

Public funding currently plays a key role in the stability and success of higher education systems in the world leading countries. As governments are often the main sources of funding for higher education, the effectiveness of public policies in allocating financial flows is a matter of concern. This paper discusses the main mechanisms of financing higher education systems and analyzes the structures and features of these mechanisms using the examples of the largest countries of Western Europe and Asia – Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and China.Materials and methods. In order to identify current trends in public funding of higher education, the authors used two main groups of materials, which can be conditionally divided into official regulatory documents and statistical (analytical) reviews. Systemic-structural and statistical data analysis methods were applied in the research.Results. The study of trends in public funding of higher education revealed their great diversity not only in terms of the share in the overall structure of university income, but also in the mechanisms of distribution of financial flows. Nevertheless, this study presents the main groups of these mechanisms, structured according to the methods of their implementation.Discussion and Conclusion. In the course of the study, the authors concluded that the existing diversity of the world’s higher education financing systems is primarily due to the sustainability of traditions that have developed in national education systems, and the lack of international initiatives aimed at unifying the mechanisms of education financing, as was done earlier on the structure, levels and qualifications in the implementation of the bologna Process. In addition, the constantly changing financial situation in the world encourages states to look for alternative sources of support for higher education, which leads to the creation of new independent financing mechanisms.

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