Internationalisation and Transnationalisation in Higher Education

This edited volume address the topical questions of internationalisation in higher education, where especially different transnational mobilities and activities are the central development feature. The chapters are offering case studies from different continents and areas, such as the Nordic countries, Eastern and Western Europe and Asia.

Internationalisation have recently featured in discussions and initiatives related to various fields of higher education. Educational leaders, institutions and national policy-makers, but also international actors, such as the European Union and UNESCO, have promoted the internationalisation of higher education. Increasing emphasis on internationalisation has diversified also teaching and learning contexts in higher education and has given rise to a growing need for searching appropriate cross-cultural pedagogical approaches. However, internationalisation in the context of higher education is a multifaceted concept and involves more than just one international dimension in institutional or pedagogical activities. These recent developmental features are examined in the book with the conceptual lense of emerging pattern of internationalisation.

Autorentext

Vesa Korhonen is a Research Director and Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Education in University of Tampere, Finland. His expertise relate to higher education research, cross-cultural lifelong learning and online education. Pauliina Alenius is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Faculty of Education in University of Tampere, Finland. Her expertise covers transnational education, multicultural work environments and informal learning of migrants.

Inhalt

Vesa Korhonen & Pauliina Alenius Introduction: International and transnational dimensions in higher education

Part I Educational policy, institutional cultures and and transnational activities

Jani Haapakoski and Sharon Stein 1.The ethical implications of internationalisation for a knowledge economy: A critical discourse analysis approach to contemporary strategies in Finland and Canada

Svetlana Shenderova 2.Internationalisation of higher education in Russia: National policy and results at institutional level

Henna Juusola 3. Education export - Is it worth it? Quality conventional perspective for quality assurance of education export in the case of Finland

Vesna Holubek 4. Internationalisation and education hubs: The case of Singapore

Part II Cross-cultural pedagogy

Berit E. Simonsen, Anna Hammershøy and Tanja Miller 5. Equal opportunities for learning? An investigation of lecturers and international students' experiences with learning and teaching in an international classroom

Markus Weil 6.Teaching in higher education: Is there a pedagogy of internationalisation?

George K. Zarifis & Achilleas Papadimitriou 7. How much cultural diversity is embraced in European higher education? Growing challenges, policy interventions and pedagogical approaches for migrant and ethnic minority students

Part III International students

Yoshifumi Fukada 8.An ethnographic case study of one Korean international student's TL-mediated socializing in affinity space of the host country

Dely Lazarte Elliot 9. Intercultural encounters: Intertwined complexities and opportunities

Yulia Shumilova 10. The role of institutional entrepreneurs' agency in enhancing international graduate employability: the case of mentoring program

Yusuke Sakurai, Viivi Virtanen, Jenna Vekkaila & Kirsi Pyhältö 11. International doctoral students' perceptions of factors contributing to their career visions

Vesa Korhonen & Pauliina Alenius Conclusion