scholarly journals Integrating Social Innovation into the Curriculum of Higher Education Institutions in Latin America: Insights from the Students4Change Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5378
Author(s):  
Alfonso Unceta ◽  
Igone Guerra ◽  
Xabier Barandiaran
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Latin American Universities

In the last two decades, social innovation (SI) and social entrepreneurship (SE) have gained relevance and interest within the framework of academia at international level. Higher education institutions (HEIs) are key players in promoting innovation and social entrepreneurship initiatives that respond to multifaceted challenges. They support strategies on the basis of the strengthening of participation, collaboration, and cooperation with society and its local communities. However, the approach of Latin American universities to SI and SE has been very uneven in the way they have understood them, integrated them into academic programmes, and transferred knowledge to society. On the basis of the experience of the Students4Change project, we sought to understand the role of Latin American HEIs in promoting social innovations by analysing the experiences of 10 participating universities to formalise a pedagogical programme on SI and SE in their institutions. The results suggest that there is still a need to formalise an academic syllabus that is specifically designed to promote social innovations and to train universities in this endeavour. This paper contributes to the identification of the main levers of change, strengths, and challenges that Latin American universities face to institutionalise SI and SE in their contexts.

scholarly journals Latin American Universities: Stuck in the Twentieth Century

2017 ◽  
pp. 26-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Knobel ◽  
Andrés Bernasconi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Flagship Universities ◽  
Latin American Universities

The higher education sector in Latin America has fallen short of its promise of spearheading cultural, social, and economic progress for the region. As higher education changes to meet the challenges on the new century, the few flagship universities of Latin America are called upon to lead. However, these universities face both internal and external obstacles that hinder their full modernization, threatening their leadership.

EDUCATING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: INSIGHTS FROM THE HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES IN HONG KONG

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 145-164
Author(s):  
KIN YUEN RAYMOND TAM
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
General Education ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Education Courses

The purpose of this article is to uncover the trend of developing education courses for social entrepreneurship in higher education institutions in Hong Kong. The author had searched the syllabi or course descriptions across the websites of the higher education institutions in Hong Kong with the keywords of entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship and social innovation. It was found that most of the social entrepreneurship courses offered were one-off single subject for undergraduate students, General Education courses, and minor courses, with only a few courses targeting postgraduates. It was also found that curricular differences among the courses offered by various schools or faculties were not that obvious. To understand this, the author had undertaken an analysis of the schools where these courses resided, course objectives, course content, and teaching and learning strategies among these various social entrepreneurship courses. Discussion of these has given insights to arguing for the need of multidisciplinary collaborations among social entrepreneurship educators.

scholarly journals Is There a Latin American University Model?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres Bernasconi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Normative Influence ◽  
American University ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
The University ◽  
Idea Of The University

Postindependence Latin American universities developed during the 19th and most of the 20th century largely under the normative influence of a Latin American idea of the university institution. In the last few decades, factors both related to the development of higher education and external to it have combined to challenge the clout of that model. As a result, notwithstanding the persistence of elements of the old paradigm, the model of the Latin American university is now related chiefly to US research universities.

scholarly journals Sustainable leadership in higher education institutions: social innovation as a mechanism

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qaisar Iqbal ◽  
Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Sustainable Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Performance

Purpose Considering the vital role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in accomplishing sustainable development goals, this study aims to examine how and when sustainable leadership (SL) influences sustainable performance by examining social innovation (SI) as a mediating mechanism and managerial discretion (MD) as a boundary condition based on upper echelon theory. Design/methodology/approach This study is cross-sectional in nature. The authors adopted a cluster-sampling approach to collect data from 500 employees of HEIs in Pakistan and China. The response rate for this study was 52.63%. As the proposed model is complex, the authors used structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the research hypothesis. Findings The empirical findings confirm the presence of SI as a competitive partial mediator between SL and sustainable performance. Nevertheless, the findings of this study do not suggest a higher positive effect of SL on SI in the presence of high MD. Research limitations/implications The study evaluated the role of SL and SI in fostering sustainable performance from the perspective of employees in HEIs in China and Pakistan. Before the empirical evidence can be generalized, there is a need to conduct similar studies in other parts of Asia and Western countries as well. Practical implications This study presents implications for higher education leaders and policymakers at the national level to foster the sustainable performance of their institutions. Social implications The current evidence reveals the effectiveness of SL in achieving the social goals of HEIs through SI. The recommendations presented in this study can have an impact on society, providing it with a sustainable future. Originality/value This study is the first of its kind to examine the mediating role of SI on the relationship between SL and sustainable performance. The present study also provides pioneering empirical evidence about the negative effects of MD in the context of HEIs.

scholarly journals Ubiquitous Educational Use of Mobile Digital Devices. A General and Comparative Study in Spanish and Latin America Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteban Vázquez Cano ◽  
M.ª Luisa Sevillano-García
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Nonparametric Tests ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
American Students ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
Latin American Students

This study conducted a general and comparative analysis of how university students use mobile digital devices for educational purposes in various places and spaces both inside and outside university facilities in Spain and Latin America. It analyses a total sample of 886 students (442 Spanish and 444 Latin American) corresponding to five Spanish and five Latin American universities. The research methodology was based on factorial analysis and comparison between groups with parametric and nonparametric tests. The results show that educational use of mobile digital devices in the Hispanic world concentrates on the use of smartphones and tablets inside university facilities; primarily in college cafeterias, corridors, classrooms and libraries. Spanish and Latin American students used tablets in and out of University facilities for storing and retrieving information, and smartphones for sharing educational information and content. 

Educators as Digital Learners

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-89
Author(s):  
Diego Galego ◽  
Marta Ferreira Dias ◽  
Marlene Amorim ◽  
Mara Madaleno ◽  
Gladys Jimenez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Online Course ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Academic Curriculum ◽  
Digital Learners ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
The One ◽  
Didactic Strategies ◽  
Two Stages

Social innovation (SI) and social entrepreneurship (SE) progressively acquires importance in higher education institutions and it has been introduced in a capacity building strategy towards a redesign of academic curriculum, namely in Latin American universities. With the purpose to advance knowledge-transfer on these topics a teacher training course (TTC) was designed and developed as part of the Students4Change Erasmus+ Project. The TTC was built with a twofold purpose: on the one hand, to share knowledge about SI and SE in an online course addressed to university professors, from the 10 Latin American universities, partners in the project; and on the other hand, to develop also didactic strategies and active learning in a collaborative approach, as well as different tools, in order to promote the integration of SI and SE subjects in academic curriculum. To achieve this purpose, 51 professors participated on the online course, divided in two stages, first in eight webinars during two months, and second, a final face-to-face meeting after the end of the online course.

Latin American satellite campuses grow despite risks

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Content Type ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Satellite Campus ◽  
Internationalisation Of Higher Education ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Latin American Universities

Subject The internationalisation of higher education in Latin America. Significance Several US universities are in the process of opening, or have announced plans for, campuses in Latin America. This is part of a broader global trend in higher education. However, the process of opening a satellite campus is fraught with risks and there are a number of other ways for universities to advance an international agenda. Impacts Staffing satellite campuses will be a key challenge for US universities. Academically strong students will opt for top Latin American universities rather than looking further afield. Latin American universities will offer study abroad opportunities, potentially as part of dual award arrangements.

scholarly journals СТРАТЕГІЯ РОЗВИТКУ ЯК КЛЮЧОВИЙ ФАКТОР ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ

2021 ◽  
pp. 8-17
Author(s):  
Талят Е. Бєлялов
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Technological Mode

The article seeks to search for new pathways to increase the performance efficiency of higher education institutions. In particular, it is argued that the key point in shaping a new role of universities in society, which assumes building a development strategy, is the idea of a "technological mode". The social innovation process paradigm is being realized through technological change accompanied by the emergence of products with new functional properties to meet new demands. The role of higher education institutions within a certain technological mode is not limited to traditional issues of workforce training for the economy, it should be also focused towards developing organizational and economic innovations to reduce the implementation cycle and building an innovation-driven management system in an organization. Modern universities not only maintain but also expand their role in the transition to the sixth technological mode of the economy, as they are viewed as the few institutional societal structures that are capable to build relevant competencies for a successive technological mode in the process of their educational, research and innovative activities. The paradigm to enhance the research potential of universities should rely upon a fundamentally new development strategy for higher education institutions which can ensure their active participation in the new technological mode on a regular, sustainable basis and thus realize the new role of universities in society. Insights into development strategies of domestic universities have revealed that on the whole they are quite typical consisting of following sections: general provisions, mission, strategic goal and objectives of university development, program activities and stages of their implementation, financial support for the program; expected outcomes and program implementation risks. The research findings on higher education practices in Ukraine demonstrate that they are based on competitive strategies which are viewed as a set of actions to meet the overall goals of HEIs with due regard to education and labour market demands. It is argued that a robust development strategy and its consistent implementation might become a driving factor to boost the efficiency of higher education institutions.

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