Knowledge Mobility is the New Internationalization

This book is a guide for the cross-border professionalization of educational occupations through the interaction of international development, higher education internationalization, and educational professionalism. It argues for a globally-connected faculty of education to ensure sustainable educational development.

Knowledge Mobility is the New Internationalization: Guiding Educational Globalization One Educator at a Time shows how university-based faculties of education in both developed and developing countries can work together toward professional standards that are based on globally recognized evidence and applied in culturally appropriate, and thus sustainable, ways throughout the world. The last half century of international educational development has generated many positive accomplishments, including school access expansion and curriculum quality improvement. However, it has not produced sustainable or comprehensive results, mainly because key institutions and local culture are frequently ignored. Simultaneous to the production of these mixed results in developing countries, education scholars and faculties of education in wealthier countries have pursued an agenda of professionalization of the educational occupations—through higher qualification requirements, more stringent entry standards, and explicit evidence to guide practice. Furthermore, higher education internationalization has increased its scope and expanded its volume. Yet in these three areas—educational development, educational professionalization, and higher education internationalization—there has rarely been any convergence. This book makes a case for this vital union.

Notes on Terminology

Introduction

Chapter One: The Inevitability of Globalization in Education

Part One: Internationalization in Higher Education

Chapter Two: International Identity or International Quality: What is an International Education?

Chapter Three: Global Aspirations: The Strategies for the Internationalization of Higher Education

Chapter Four: Following Their Peers or Forging Their Own Way: The Internationalization of Faculties of Education

Part Two: Professionalization of Education and the Role of Faculties of Education

Chapter Five: Advanced and Advancing Educational Systems: Global Metrics, Mindsets of Reform, and the Supporting Sectors

Chapter Six: Academic, Practical, or Both: The Problematic Past and Promising Future of Faculties of Education

Chapter Seven: Local or Global Knowledge: The International Foundations of Professions and Professional Education

Chapter Eight: Global Quality Academic Leadership: How Academic Leaders of Faculties of Education Can Inspire Global Relevance

Part Three: Case Studies

Chapter Nine: When the Professional and the Client Meet: A Case Study of the American University in Cairo and USAID Afghanistan

Chapter Ten: Singapore in Bahrain: The Development of the Bahrain Teachers College

Chapter Eleven: Shaping Global Citizens: The Academic and International Foundations of Higher Education Leadership

Chapter Twelve: STEM Education Across Borders: The International Knowledge Base on Applied Science and Mathematics Instruction

Guest Author: Mohammed W. Rizkallah. Ph.D.

Chapter Thirteen: Literacy Education Across Languages: Pedagogical Applications of Reading and Writing for All Languages

Guest Author: Alia A. Ammar, Ph.D.

Part Four: Conclusion

Chapter Fourteen: The Features of an Internationally-Focused Faculty of Education: How to Recognize a Genuinely Global Institution

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About the Authors