«Social Inclusion and Intercultural Values in a School of Education»
Olga María Alegre de la Rosa y Luis Miguel Villar Angulo
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0672-0.ch020
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 14
Release Date: September, 2016|Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 678
ISBN13: 9781522506720|ISBN10: 1522506721|EISBN13: 9781522506737|DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0672-0
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The creation of a sustainable and accessible higher education systems is a pivotal goal in modern society. Adopting strategic frameworks and innovative techniques allows institutions to achieve this objective.
The Handbook of Research on Administration, Policy, and Leadership in Higher Education is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on contemporary management issues in educational institutions and presents best practices to improve policies and retain effective governance. Addressing the current state of higher education at an international level, this book is ideally designed for academicians, educational administrators, researchers, and professionals.
Topics Covered
- Academic Program Reviews
- Contingent Faculty
- Female Academic Leaders
- Graduation and Retention Rates
- Intercultural Values
- Knowledge Management
- Social Media
Table of Contents and List of Contributors
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Table of Contents
Preface
Siran Mukerji, Purnendu Tripathi
Acknowledgment
Siran Mukerji, Purnendu Tripathi
Chapter 1
Harry T. Hubball, Anthony Clarke, Marion L. Pearson
This chapter draws on 17 years of research and mentoring experience with hundreds of academic leaders in diverse research-intensive university (RIU)… Sample PDF
Chapter 2
Educational Administration and Leadership in Francophone Africa: 5 Dynamics to Change Education (pages 20-45)
Boniface Toulassi
Educational administration and leadership (EAL) is the thermometer and the offspring of the national political leadership. Thus, a realistic…
Chapter 3
Scholarly Praxis at the Edges: Why Responsible Academic Leadership Matters in Developing Faculty Scholarship (pages 46-62)
Linda Schwartz, Christina Belcher
This philosophical, comparative content inquiry explores how academic leadership might facilitate an opening for the convergence of scholarly…
Chapter 4
Ross H. Paul
There is growing concern in Canada about the increasing failure rate of university presidents. Institutional boards invest significant time and…
Chapter 5
Gilbert Ahamer
This chapter places learning into a wider context and suggests three main categories as modes of thinking: the level of facts, the level of…
Chapter 6
Investigating the Roles of Neuroscience and Knowledge Management in Higher Education (pages 112-140)
Kijpokin Kasemsap
This chapter explains the current trends in higher education, the overview of neuroscience, the multifaceted applications of neuroscience, the…
Chapter 7
Ongoing and Systematic Academic Program Review (pages 141-156)
Neal Shambaugh
Systematic program review is proposed as a semi-formal means to proactively involve higher education faculty, staff, students and administrators in…
Chapter 8
Organizing Digital Production in a Classic Higher Education Institution: The Case of the University of Salamanca (pages 157-172)
Fernando Almaraz-Menéndez, Alexander Maz-Machado
The aim of this chapter is to explain one model of organizational unit within universities committed to taking full advantage of the opportunities…
Chapter 9
Pamela A. Lemoine, P. Thomas Hackett, Michael D. Richardson
The infusion of technology is one of the major ironies of modern education because technology has changed delivery techniques for higher education….
Chapter 10
English Teaching and Andragogy in Transitioning Students from Secondary to Higher Education in China (pages 200-219)
Victor C.X. Wang, Theresa Neimann
This study investigated the potentiality for Western andragogy as a teaching method in China’s high schools, particularly in teaching English as…
Chapter 11
Paul Hendry Nkuna
South Africa is a multilingual country with 11 official languages. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, provides that every…
Chapter 12
Cynthia Roberts
Much has been written about the dearth of women in leadership positions within the academy both in the United States as well as abroad, however, the…
Chapter 13
“Theory of IRE with (α,β,γ) Norm”: An Engineering Model for Higher Education Management (HEM) & Policy Administration in India (pages 274-347)
Ranjit Biswas
This chapter introduces a new theory called by “Theory of IRE with (a,ß,?) Norm” which provides an almost complete solution for Higher Education…
Chapter 14
A Typology of Supports for First Generation College Students in the U.S.: The Role of Leadership and Collaboration (pages 348-376)
Brooke Midkiff, Leslie Grinage
First generation college students, students who are the first in their families to enroll in college, are a unique group, in that their parents’…
Chapter 15
Change Leadership, Management and Strategies to Promote Quality University Teaching and Learning (pages 377-403)
Lynne Hunt, Denise Chalmers
This chapter provides an overview of change leadership and management strategies to promote the quality of university teaching and learning. It…
Chapter 16
Silvia Lizett Olivares Olivares, Alejandra Garza Cruz, Mildred Vanessa López Cabrera, Alex Iván Suárez Regalado, Jorge Eugenio Valdez García
Excellence in healthcare delivery is only possible by addressing the quality issues in medical education. The authors in this paper assess the…
Chapter 17
Department Chair Perspectives About Contingent Faculty in Higher Education: Leadership Theory (pages 440-460)
Lorna C. Timmerman, Thalia M. Mulvihill
This chapter examined the increasing reliance on contingent faculty in U.S. higher education as an administrative problem ripe for continued…
Chapter 18
Thomas Charles Bisschoff, Michael Lewis Nieto
The research reflects on how academics interact as leaders and followers in Post-1992 University Business Schools. The study was cognisant of the…
Chapter 19
Performance Funding of United States’ Public Higher Education: Impact on Graduation and Retention Rates (pages 496-517)
Mark M. Polatajko, Catherine H. Monaghan
Policy makers around the globe are responsible for decision regarding the funding of higher education and the benchmarks of success. This chapter is…
Chapter 20
Olga M. Alegre de la Rosa, Luis M. Villar Angulo
The aim of the study was to analyze the contextual and personal factors associated with student teachers’ inclusive and intercultural values to…
Chapter 21
The Evolving Discourse of the Purpose of Higher Education: The Rhetoric of Higher Education Reform (pages 532-548)
Mary Runté, Robert Runté
A brief historical overview of the evolution of the public discourse of the purpose of higher education is undertaken to provide context for current…
Chapter 22
Pamela A. Lemoine, P. Thomas Hackett, Michael D. Richardson
VUCA describes today’s chaotic, turbulent, and rapidly changing education environment, which is the new educational normal. VUCA; volatility…
About the Contributors
Index
Author(s)/Editor(s) Biography
Siran Mukerji, a Jawahar Lal Nehru scholar for Doctoral studies in Human Resource Development, has Masters in Distance Education and Public Administration. She has been International Research Fellow of Open University Business School (2009), Open University (UK). At Arab Open University Saudi Arabia, she was a faculty member in Business Administration. She is one of the Editors-in-Chief of International Journal of Technology and Educational Marketing and Author/Editor of Teaching Case books on Innovations in Educational Marketing, Interactive Technology Environments, Technology Enhanced Learning, Transnational Learning & Technologically enabled Environments, and Technological Adaptability and Transnational Learning. She has contributed articles in standard national and international journals and presented papers in national and international conferences. Dr. Mukerji is a member of review committees for numerous international conferences and journals. Her research interests include Performance Management and HRM in Open and Distance Learning institutions. As Deputy Director in IGNOU (India), she is responsible for student recruitment and related support services management.
Purnendu Tripathi, an International Research Fellow (2009) of Open University Business School (OUBS) at Open University (UK), has a Ph.D in Management. At Arab Open University (AOU) Saudi Arabia, as a faculty member in Business Administration, he was faculty mentor, programme and course coordinator entrusted with the responsibility of training and development of the faculty members teaching in open and distance learning (ODL) environment, besides his own teaching and research in ODL. Currently, he is serving as one of the Editors-in-Chief of International Journal of Technology and Educational Marketing (IJTEM). He has authored/edited five Teaching Case books on Innovations in Educational Marketing, Interactive Technology Environments, Technology Enhanced Learning, Transnational Learning & Technologically enabled Environments, and Technological Adaptability and Transnational Learning. His current research interests include Higher Education Management, Higher Education Marketing, and Academic Program Life Cycle (APLC). In his parent institution, IGNOU (India), he is Deputy Director, looking after academic management and student support services in open and distance learning.