scholarly journals Intercultural peer tutoring competences as a part of learning development in an international higher education context

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jannike Hille ◽  
Gundula Gwenn Hiller ◽  
Stefanie Vogler-Lipp
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Peer Tutoring ◽  
Peer Tutors ◽  
Intercultural Learning ◽  
Internationalisation Of Higher Education ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
European University ◽  
Innovative Concept

In the framework of the internationalisation of Higher Education (HE), this case study exposes the innovative concept of training intercultural peer tutors, and its implications. We will argue which skills are considered as specific intercultural peer tutoring competences and why these are important for the learning development in internationalised learning contexts. After a short description of the intercultural peer tutoring training at the European University Viadrina (EUV) and its theoretical basis, we will present the findings of a study accompanying the beginning phase of the training, which will demonstrate what kind of competences intercultural peer tutors develop in addition to those associated to classical peer tutoring. The paper will show that this specific training, focusing on intercultural peer tutoring, has a considerable impact on students’ own intercultural learning progress and also substantially prepares them to support the learning development of fellow international students.

scholarly journals Organizational flexibility of Turkish universities: Evaluations in the institutional reports of European University Association

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barış Uslu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
General Level ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Organizational Flexibility ◽  
Financial Autonomy ◽  
Managerial Flexibility ◽  
European University

The purpose of this research is to examine the level of organizational flexibility in Turkish universities. The institutional evaluation reports of the European University Association (EUA) related to Turkish universities were used as the data sources. The EUA's reports of 14 universities were selected by taking the locations and dates of their reports into consideration. The research was then designed in a case study pattern, as a qualitative inquiry. During the analysis of the EUA's reports, descriptive thematic analysis was carried out. According to the findings, it can be said that the general level of organizational flexibility in Turkish public universities is not high, as in their institutional autonomy level calculated by the EUA. It seems that financial autonomy initiates the formation of strategy flexibility in universities, and conformable rules and regulations of national higher education provide room to universities for precept and managerial flexibility. The stronger organizational flexibility will then provide a greater university autonomy in terms of financial, managerial, employment, and academic autonomy. Based on these results, several recommendations are proposed to higher education policy makers, as well as to university managers in Turkey.

scholarly journals Honor's Students as Peer Tutors for Problem-based Learning

HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 650b-650
Author(s):  
S. Kitto ◽  
L. Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Peer Tutoring ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Peer Tutors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Working Through ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Socioeconomic Issues

The course “Biotechnology: Science and Socioeconomic Issues” has used problem-based learning (PBL) during the last quarter of the course for the past 3 years. One of the challenges of using PBL in medium-sized and larger classes is finding a way to facilitate each group of students with a limited number of qualified facilitators while avoiding unmanageably large numbers of students per group. This past year (95F) the course had both a nonhonor's and an honor's section. The honor's section met an additional hour each week to learn about PBL and peer tutoring skills. Training students to be peer tutors was divided up into four parts: 1) the science behind PBL, 2) experience working through a previously developed case study, 3) development of a case study, and 4) peer tutoring case studies in the non-honor's section. We will discuss the process of training students to be effective peer tutors for PBL.

scholarly journals Cybersystemic education: enabling society for a better future

Kybernetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 1376-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Schwaninger
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
European University

Purpose This study aims to explore an exemplar of the design and application of a systemic framework for higher education. The field of application is in the social sciences and the perspective long-term, covering three generations of faculty and many generations of students. Design/methodology/approach This study is exploratory. It contains a conceptual component and an empirical component with a long-term case study from a European university. Findings A cybersystemic approach to higher education has been shown, at the focal university, to be a powerful amplifier of individual and institutional capabilities, and it still has great potential. The crucial prerequisite is that the approach is virtuously designed and implemented. Originality/value A case study ranging over 50 years is presented. The respective university has been a role model for other educational institutions for many years. Its influence in the German-speaking countries, and more recently also internationally, has become significant.

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