The New Politics of Global Academic Mobility and Migration

Herausgegeben:Dervin, Fred; Machart, Regis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together recent research on Global Academic Mobility and Migration (GAMM) from a variety of perspectives and contexts. There is now a widespread consensus that most countries and world regions are witnessing GAMM. Bringing together leading scholars from Australasia and Europe, this volume offers readers detailed account of the new politics of such acts of mobility and migration. The following key issues are dealt with: mobility determinants, social injustice, management and administrative problems, as well as teaching-learning challenges. The book invites students, researchers and practitioners to reflect further on the nature of today's education on the move.

Produktdetails

• Education beyond Borders 2
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 265454
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 14mm x 151mm x 216mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9783631654545
• ISBN-10: 3631654545
• Artikelnr.: 42019231

Autorenporträt

Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki. He also holds other positions in Canada, China, Luxemburg and Malaysia.
Regis Machart is Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages at Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Fred Dervin/Regis Machart: Introduction: Global Academic Mobility and Migration - Between Reality and Fantasy - Christof Van Mol: Why do Students Move? An Analysis of Mobility Determinants Among Italian Students - Magali Ballatore: The Erasmus Programme: Achievements, Inequalities and Prospects - An Overall Approach - Zhivka Deleva: The Dynamics of Brain-Drain and Brain-Gain: Depreciation of Foreign Diploma - Sarjiit Kaur: The Shifting of Boundaries of the Academic Profession in Malaysia: A Comparative Perspective - Anu Härkönen/Fred Dervin: «Talking Just About Learning Languages and Getting to Know Cultures is Something That's Mentioned in Very Many Applications»: Student and Staff Imaginaries About Study Abroad - Nadine Normand-Marconnet: Inter-Campus Exchange as Specific Study Abroad in Australia, Malaysia and South Africa - Ain Nadzimah Abdullah/Swee Heng Chang/Suraya Amirrudin: Writing Challenges Faced by International Students in Academic Writing.