scholarly journals Developing Research Partnerships in Emerging Nations

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-119
Author(s):  
Agreement Lathi Jotia
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Emerging Nations ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
The North ◽  
The University ◽  
North And South

This article, which was built upon research linked to the development of sustainable study abroad programs in emerging nations, focuses on key challenges to true partnerships between universities in the “North” and “South.” The article begins with an analysis of challenges frequently experienced by universities from the  “North” and “South” when attempting to develop an equitable partnership based on joint grants and/or research projects. It also includes a discussion of struggles experienced by faculty (also known as “academic staff ”) at both universities who desire a more equitable relationship that will enhance the missions of both institutions. Following this theoretical analysis, the study focused on one particular partnership between two universities from the “North” and the “South” (The University of Central Florida, USA, and the University of Botswana), during study abroad programs spanning five years and funded by the U.S. State Department (2012-2015) and the Fulbright-Hays Groups Project Abroad (2011). An analysis of this partnership is particularly relevant as it focuses on the initial steps, dialogues, perspectives and actions of both institutions as they worked through a host of preconceived notions on neocolonialism and the challenges of successfully operating by another’s “rules of engagement” within a dynamic geopolitical platform.

“Should I Go to Ireland or Mexico?”

2018 ◽  
pp. 1868-1885
Author(s):  
Scott L. Roberts ◽  
Kristina Rouech
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
University Professors ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
Further Development

This chapter presents and discusses the experience of two university professors' participation in two different study abroad programs. Within the first two years of employment at the university, one professor went to Oaxaca and the other went to Ireland with groups of pre-student teachers. The chapter discusses previous literature and the impact of study abroad programs on teacher education, program basics from the authors' university, the authors' personal experiences travelling with students for the first time, commonalities and differences among the two programs, benefits from their experiences, and ideas for further development of effective study abroad programs for education students.

Value Co-Creation in Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs

2016 ◽  
pp. 325-348
Author(s):  
Sven Tuzovic
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Resource Integration ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Operant Resources ◽  
Value Realization ◽  
University Experience ◽  
The University

Study Abroad (SA) education has become an increasingly important educational program for teaching global learning and intercultural competence, maturity, and sensitivity of students. Since the price tag attached to SA programs can be daunting, the question arises how value can be defined and, more importantly, how value is created. Some scholars have used the principles of service-dominant logic proposed by Vargo and Lusch (2004) to suggest that students should be engaged as an active co-creator of the university experience. Utilizing a qualitative research approach this chapter proposes that the value process of SA programs consists of three stages: (1) value proposition and potential; (2) resource integration and value co-creation; and (3) value realization evaluation. This study identifies key roles of the participants and their operand and operant resources that guide the value co-creation process. The framework provides faculty with a way to understand, adapt, and manage resource integration and influence students' SA value realization processes.

Experiments in Cultural Anthropology Field School

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Cassandra White
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Field School ◽  
Field Schools ◽  
The University ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Firsthand Experience

Undergraduate and graduate students in many areas of study (business, healthcare, education, law, and communications, for example) have multiple opportunities to receive firsthand experience in their discipline through internships. Within anthropology, "field schools" or study abroad programs often serve the purpose of internships in terms of providing the basic training students would need to learn how to do fieldwork. As an undergraduate and M.A. student at the University of Florida in the early 1990s, I attended three study abroad programs with an anthropology focus (in Mérida, Mexico; Brunnenburg, Italy; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); only one program (in Italy) was billed as a "field school," but all three provided excellent ethnographic training that would serve me well for future fieldwork.

The Irish English Resource Centre: a gateway to studying Irish English

English Today ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-60
Author(s):  
Marije Van Hattum
Keyword(s):  
Regional Diversity ◽  
The North ◽  
The University ◽  
North And South

The Irish English Resource Centre is a website developed and maintained by Raymond Hickey, Professor in Linguistics at the University of Duisburg and Essen, a renowned expert on the variety of English spoken in Ireland. The website aims to ‘make material on the historical and regional diversity of Irish English, in the north and south of the country, and information on the sociolinguistics of present-day varieties, available to the interested public’. The contents are divided into twelve sections, which can be accessed in different ways: (i) Introduction, (ii) Levels, (iii) Urban varieties, (iv) Ulster, (v) Surveys and data, (vi) Transportation, (vii) Wider context, (viii) Search, (ix) Links, (x) Research, (xi) References, and (xii) Maps.

Scholarly Communication in a Digital Environment: Populating the Institutional Repository of the University of Botswana

Libri ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olugbade Oladokun
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

AbstractThis paper examines the numerous benefits of digital scholarly communication made visible through institutional repositories (IRs) that have become trendy in institutions of higher learning in developed countries of the world. In line with its vision to be a leading centre of academic excellence in Africa and the world, the University of Botswana (UB) established its own IR known as the UB Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive (UBRISA). This paper discusses the challenges of profiling digital scholarly communication on UBRISA, a technology brimming with potential but which UB staff has largely ignored. The consequences of this neglect are seen in the paltry submissions to it during its four years of existence. The paper explains the implementation policy, and the involvement and functions of a tripartite team that drives UBRISA. The paper notes that the problem of tardiness experienced in populating the digital repositories of other institutions is also deeply rooted in UB. It shares some failed efforts made to populate UBRISA through the instrument of the performance management system – an annual contract which the academic staff members sign at the beginning of the year. The paper then analyses the efforts of the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) that worked with UB in training its staff regarding the operation of the IR, and also established a workflow process for vetting, describing and uploading content to the IR so that UB scholarship could become more visible to the world. Some recommendations are also offered.

scholarly journals Higher education require adaptation of students study abroad programs

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Vojtech Ferencz ◽  
Daniela Hrehová ◽  
Andrea Seňová
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
First Year ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Cultural Ideologies ◽  
The University ◽  
Political Economic

Globalization includes transnational political, economic and cultural ideologies and values. Globalization has a significant impact on education as new positions can enter higher education and study abroad. The influx of foreign students in Slovakia increased significantly. Therefore, successful interaction with the school environment and constant adaptation to the country are crucial for all students. However, many students face challenges when they attend higher education outside their home countries. The article shows that various investigators have carried out a large number of studies on the factors that affect students’ ability to adapt to different global challenges. The article provides some results of students’ adaptation effects during the first year of the Technical University in Košice. in the Daily Life section, we recorded statistically significant results between groups (Ukrainian students and other foreign students). Globalization includes transnational political, economic and cultural ideologies and values. The findings of the research questionnaire have important meaning for educators to help students in their efforts to succeed in a period of globalization and in adaptation in real educational practice. The university must be prepared to meet students not only academically, but also socially and culturally.

Academic Leadership

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonu Narayana Swami ◽  
Tobedza Gobona ◽  
Joe Joseph Tsimako
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Mission Statement ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Academic Leadership ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Academic Leaders ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
The University

Academic Leadership involves managing people in higher education and also elsewhere. Academic leaders could emerge due to their committed and continued pursuit in research; quality assurance; strategies adopted; marketing abilities; contributing education to wider community; developing new programmes and timely reviewing them. The research is aimed at reviewing the literature that exists in this field and to find out the degree or state of academic leadership that exists within the University of Botswana (UB) and how far UB academic leadership has impacted on its vision and mission statement. Primary data was collected through administering a questionnaire within UB on selected five strata of graduate students, academic staff, lower, middle and top management. Respondents were happy with the Academic Leadership in the areas of motivation, professionalism, sense of belonging, building consensus and communication skills.

Stockholm Agreement—Past, Present, Future (Part 1)

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (03) ◽  
pp. 137-158
Author(s):  
Dracos Vassalos ◽  
Apostolos Papanikolaou
Keyword(s):  
Status Quo ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
New Developments ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
The Status ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
The University ◽  
North And South ◽  
South Of Europe

April 1, 2001 marked the fourth anniversary of the Stockholm Agreement (SA), a period during which almost 80% of the roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) fleet in North West Europe have been subjected to calculations, model testing and numerical simulations in the struggle to meet these demanding new requirements. The experience gained has been invaluable in understanding better the problem at hand and is being utilized to shape new developments likely to lead to more meaningful requirements. The North-South divide, however, continues to cause unrest, particularly at the European level. Efforts to assess the status quo in North West Europe, and to use the information amassed so far as a means to predict the potential impact of introducing the SA in the South, led to a dedicated call by the Commission and to a contract being awarded to two closely collaborating teams, one at the Ship Stability Research Centre of the University of Strathclyde under the leadership of Professor Vassalos and one at the Ship Design Laboratory of the National Technical University of Athens, under the leadership of Professor Papanikolaou, representing the North and South of Europe, respectively. This background provided the incentive for an introspective look at the SA, with a view to ascertaining its status before embarking into future projections. This forms Part 1 of the SA related research with Part 2 aiming to cover the results of the Commission study itself.

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