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March 29, 2017
The Balancing Act: International Higher Education in the 21st Century
- Author
- Saudelli, Mary Gene
- Publisher
- Sense Publishers, The Netherlands
- ISBN
- 9789463000147
- Table of Contents
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Foreword (Jennifer Rowsell)
Module 1: Exploring the Context and the Theories
ch. 1 Setting the Stage: Introducing Dubai Women’s College and the United Arab Emirates
ch. 2 Constructive Learning Theory and Contemporary Debates
ch. 3 Adult Learners, Sociology of Education and Change Theories
Module 2: Presenting the Educators, Learners and Curriculum
ch. 4 Introducing the International Educators
ch. 5 Introducing 21st Century Teaching & Learning and the Emirati Learners
ch. 6 Making Learning Meaningful: Trans-Disciplinary 21st Century Curriculum
Module 3: Delving into the Learning Context, Religion, Culture, Society and Language
ch. 7 Encountering Islam in the Classroom: Faith and 21st Century Curriculum
ch. 8 Balancing Issues and Exploring Boundaries: Emirati Culture and 21st Century Curriculum
ch. 9 Globalization on Steroids: 21st Century Curriculum and Societal Change in Dubai
ch. 10 English - A Global Language
Conclusion
ch. 11 Capturing 21st Century Curriculum Design in Practice: What Can Be Learned from Higher Education at DWC?
Appendix A: Current Issues Forum: Booth Allocations
Appendix B: Reading Assessments Texts
References
Why is it important to learn about higher education in international contexts? Why learn about curriculum, teaching, and learning at Dubai Women’s College of the Higher Colleges of Technology? Global education systems have remarkable contributions to make to understandings of 21st century curriculum, teaching, and learning.
Adult educators across the globe are exploring how to make learning meaningful in a world that is experiencing change, global migration, rapid development, cross-cultural communication demands, and systems with mandates for accountability and international standardized measures of quality. Dubai is an Emirate in the United Arab Emirates that has experienced these issues, which have had a profound impact on higher education for Emirati women.
The international educators who contributed to this book reveal how they designed and implemented a curriculum that represented a complex balancing act replete with recognition of local, global, religious, cultural, and societal implications. There is no other book like The Balancing Act: International Higher Education in the 21st Century. It reveals the nature of a highly devoted team of international educators who designed a contextually and globally relevant transdisciplinary, 21st century curriculum.
“Dr. Mary Gene Saudelli has tremendous knowledge and experience with delivering world class education in the Middle East. She has a deep commitment to progressive education and an understanding of global mindedness. It is wonderful that she shares her research on a wide range of topics in educational curriculum and global issues. In The Balancing Act: International Higher Education in the 21st Century, Dr. Saudelli opens the dialogue of reciprocity in learning from higher education in diverse contexts. This book honours Emirati women’s backgrounds and differences, yet cherishes the uniqueness of the international educators involved in this study.” – Kim Critchley, Dean and CEO, University of Calgary in Qatar (From the Publisher)
Adult educators across the globe are exploring how to make learning meaningful in a world that is experiencing change, global migration, rapid development, cross-cultural communication demands, and systems with mandates for accountability and international standardized measures of quality. Dubai is an Emirate in the United Arab Emirates that has experienced these issues, which have had a profound impact on higher education for Emirati women.
The international educators who contributed to this book reveal how they designed and implemented a curriculum that represented a complex balancing act replete with recognition of local, global, religious, cultural, and societal implications. There is no other book like The Balancing Act: International Higher Education in the 21st Century. It reveals the nature of a highly devoted team of international educators who designed a contextually and globally relevant transdisciplinary, 21st century curriculum.
“Dr. Mary Gene Saudelli has tremendous knowledge and experience with delivering world class education in the Middle East. She has a deep commitment to progressive education and an understanding of global mindedness. It is wonderful that she shares her research on a wide range of topics in educational curriculum and global issues. In The Balancing Act: International Higher Education in the 21st Century, Dr. Saudelli opens the dialogue of reciprocity in learning from higher education in diverse contexts. This book honours Emirati women’s backgrounds and differences, yet cherishes the uniqueness of the international educators involved in this study.” – Kim Critchley, Dean and CEO, University of Calgary in Qatar (From the Publisher)