Professional Course Reforms According North American University Teaching

2014 ◽  
Vol 889-890 ◽  
pp. 1684-1687
Author(s):  
Ling Yan Hu ◽  
Yong Xin ◽  
Yan Ni Zou ◽  
Chun Quan Li ◽  
Shao Ping Xu
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
American University ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Teaching Reform ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Teaching Efficiency

At present, there is a big gap between education level of Chinese universities and that of North American universities, especially compare with US universities. The paper studied the key factors for the success of North American university education according the authors experience and analyzed the problems existing in Chinese university education. Taking the curriculum of Data Structure as an example, the paper developed a teaching reform scheme focusing on cultivating students abilities. Two years practical teaching results showed that the teaching reforms proposed in this paper can stimulated the students initiative to learn. The students were able to apply the theoretical knowledge to solve the practical problems. Accordingly teaching efficiency has been improved significantly.

At Fault

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian D.G. Knowles
Keyword(s):  
James Joyce ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
American University ◽  
What Works ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience ◽  
Education Today ◽  
The University

At Fault: James Joyce and the Crisis of the Modern University argues that American universities have lost their way and that the works of James Joyce will put them back on the scent. In American university education today, an excess of caution has led to a serious error in our education system. To be “at fault” is to have lost one’s path: the university’s current crisis in confidence can be addressed by attending to the lessons that Joyce teaches us. Joyce models risk-taking in all three areas of the academic enterprise: research, teaching, and service. His texts go out of bounds, resisting the end, pushing beyond themselves. Joyce writes in an outlaw language, and the acknowledgment of failure is written into every right action. At stake is the enterprise of humanism: without an appreciation of error, and an understanding of infinite possibility, the university will calcify and lose its right to lead the nations of the world. The book draws upon the author’s thirty years of teaching experience to demonstrate what works in the classroom when teaching Joyce and makes a powerful contribution to debates on interdisciplinarity and university teaching. There are chapters on centrifugal motion, gramophones, elephants, fox-hunting, philately, brain mapping, and baseball: a compendium of approaches befitting the ever-expanding world of James Joyce.

Chinese university faculty members' visiting experience and professional growth in American universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jie Hu ◽  
Kezheng Chen ◽  
Dongfang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Professional Growth ◽  
The United States ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Academic Experience ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Visiting Scholars

We empirically investigated Chinese university faculty members' visiting experience and professional growth in American universities. The major data source was qualitative semistructured interviews with 30 Chinese faculty members in the arts, engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences disciplines. The results showed that, despite challenges in preparation, language, and different academic cultures, Chinese visiting scholars were capable of navigating their host programs and achieving professional growth as they moved from peripheral to central participation in their academic community. We also critically discussed how Chinese visiting scholars' academic experience in the United States can be improved, and cast light on the globalization of higher education.

scholarly journals Perceptions on Regulation and Asymmetry of Information as Critical Factors in University Governance in Latin America

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110231
Author(s):  
Juan Bautista Abello-Romero ◽  
Daniel López ◽  
Francisco Ganga ◽  
Claudio Mancilla
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
American University ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Asymmetry Of Information ◽  
Regulatory Processes ◽  
National Differences ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Latin American Universities

This article analyzes the results of an inquiry into Latin American university community members’ perceptions about regulatory processes and asymmetries of information, as influential factors in the governance of Latin American universities. It does so, by examining the national laws in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico. Previous studies in this continent have not considered these aspects and perspectives. Our research found significant differences between countries in terms of the Board of Directors’ capacity to act and the control mechanisms they can employ—which can be interpreted as national differences in the availability of their resources and their regulatory capacities. On the level of asymmetry of information, there are differences between countries, which depend on the position of the university members in their institutions. Thus, regulation and information are important factors when it comes to the governance of Latin American universities, and can explain its’ diversity.

Berufsfelder und -chancen von Wirtschaftsgeographen

2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf Sternberg
Keyword(s):  
Economic Geography ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The University ◽  
Good Career

Occupational fields and career prospects of economic geographers. Empirical evidence from a graduate follow-up study at the Leibniz Universität Hannover and conclusions for teaching at universities. The employability of the alumni has become an important aspect of university teaching in Germany since bachelor and master courses were introduced some years ago. This also applies for the university education of economic geographers. The paper demonstrates the increased and still increasing relevance of employability for economic geographers studying at German universities. Based on data for 295 economic geography graduates from the Leibniz Universität Hannover it is shown that such alumni have rather good career opportunities to achieve both high income and satisfying work conditions. Adequate specialization of the curriculum, excellence in teaching and research, and a close relationship between university teaching (and teachers) and the professional world outside the university are important conditions for successful alumni.

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