Month: December 2018

My learning Partner and I had emails back and forth and one Skype conversation regarding how we should set up our blog and what should we do to complete our blog assignment. He started his course one week ahead of me, therefore, his blog seems very good and professional. His article of choice for his trends in adult education is PBL and Adult education PBL and Adult Education 

 His Article overview is articulate:

 Problem-based learning (PBL) and adult education share many of the same learning elements, objectives, and outcomes that act to reciprocally enhance the benefits of the teaching and learning process for adult learners. Problem-based learning is an instructional strategy that focuses on actively engaging learners through the process of problem-solving. Within adult education, learners take on an active role in the learning process and must use their prior skills, knowledge, and experiences to construct, design, and develop solutions to problems typically encountered in real-world scenarios (Savery, 2006).

I choose my Article after our Skype conversation and it is in connection with  Internationalization of Education.

For my blog assignment I post this article in my Website, it is from “elButlletí” a bimonthly publication of AQU Catalunya.
There is no recipe or one set of indicators for an internationalized university. Internationalization is a process of change which is tailored to meet the individual needs and interests of each higher education entity. Consequently, there is no ‘one size fits all’ model of internationalization. Adopting a set of objectives and strategies which are ‘in vogue’ and for ‘branding’ purposes only negates the principle that each program, institution, or country needs to determine its individual approach to internationalization based on its own clearly articulated rationales, goals and expected outcomes. This recognizes that the internationalization process is driven by an assessment of individual needs and priorities and that a ‘formulaic’ or latest fad approach is not appropriate, beneficial or sustainable.
Jane Knight – Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education in OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education), University of Toronto

As we know internationalization of education is not new. I am interested in internationalization because I have the experiences of teaching in different countries with different trends in education, Historically, students have sought better continuing education abroad influenced by the desire to benefit from better opportunities provided by universities in the developed countries.I believe that in the national level, internationalization of education is presented as a process that institutions in developing countries should manage their education system in order to address the persistent challenges of sustainable development in order to develop their spectrum of knowledge all  around the world to have a better life for all the people. In conclusion,according to my idea internationalization is a strategy to realize success in human-capability and institutional-capacity development in the universities across the world, especially in Canada that is a multiculturalism country and is the sample of Internationalization 

I was born in Balochestanof Iran, great Indigenous people with thousands of years’ history have their own unique language andcustom and I honor their welcome and graciousness. In Canada I also acknowledgeour traditional host, therefore in this article the” Aha” Moment is the Impactof Internationalization of Education and Globalization on their cultures and customs.The impact of new forms of international academic mobility on the recognitionand promotion of indigenous and diverse cultures is a subject that evokesstrong positions and sentiments. Many believe that modern information andcommunication technologies and the movement of people, ideas, and culturesacross national boundaries presents new opportunities to promote one’s cultureto other countries and to enhance the fusion and hybridization of cultures. Animportant benefit is a greater understanding of cultural diversity andhopefully stronger intercultural appreciation and communications skills, but I believethese same forces are eroding national cultural identities and that, instead ofcreating new hybrid cultures, indigenous cultures are being homogenized whichin most cases means Westernized. Because education has traditionally been seenas a vehicle of acculturation, these arguments focus on the specifics ofcurriculum content, language of instruction (particularly the increase inEnglish) and the teaching/learning process in international education. I believewe should learn and teach to maintain our diverse culture in the format of theworld’s leading multicultural country.

“Internationalization of education“

For my blog assignment I post this article in my Website, it is from “elButlletí” a bimonthly publication of AQU Catalunya.
There is no recipe or one set of indicators for an internationalized university. Internationalization is a process of change which is tailored to meet the individual needs and interests of each higher education entity. Consequently, there is no ‘one size fits all’ model of internationalization. Adopting a set of objectives and strategies which are ‘in vogue’ and for ‘branding’ purposes only negates the principle that each program, institution, or country needs to determine its individual approach to internationalization based on its own clearly articulated rationales, goals and expected outcomes. This recognizes that the internationalization process is driven by an assessment of individual needs and priorities and that a ‘formulaic’ or latest fad approach is not appropriate, beneficial or sustainable.
Jane Knight – Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education in OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education), University of Toronto