Internationalisation of the curriculum: some personal thoughts!
Mandy Asghar April 2013
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Despite the rhetoric concerning internalisation of the
curriculum, changes mainly focus on inducting international
students into the western educational system Clifford V (2009) The
necessity to empower students to challenge and reshape higher
education curricula in a global age, Reflecting Education Vol 5,
No. 1, February 2009, pp. 4-15 http://reflectingeducation.net
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An educational colonialist enterprise?
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Concerns over standards?
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Staff and students invited to become border crossers?
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Students felt that staff needed to have an understanding of
other cultures They sometimes felt lonely Sometimes stereotyped as
lazy Experienced study shock Clifford V (2009) The necessity to
empower students to challenge and reshape higher education
curricula in a global age, Reflecting Education Vol 5, No. 1,
February 2009, pp. 4-15
http://reflectingeducation.nethttp://reflectingeducation.net
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Changing the approach to the curriculum Contributions Additive
Transformative Action Banks (1993) cited in Morey, A. (2000)
Changing Higher Education Curricula for a Global and Multicultural
World, Higher Education in Europe, Vol. XXV, No. 1
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Or Exclusive Inclusive Transformative Kitano (1997) cited in
Morey, A. (2000) Changing Higher Education Curricula for a Global
and Multicultural World, Higher Education in Europe, Vol. XXV, No.
1
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Betty Leask Questionnaire on Internationalisation of the
Curriculum.
