Academic mobility / / edited by Nina Maadad, Malcolm Tight ; contributors, Augustine Asante [and twenty others]

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 378
• Soggetto topico: Teacher exchange programs; Educational exchanges; College teacher mobility
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): MaadadNina; TightMalcolm; AsanteAugustine
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; ACADEMIC MOBILITY; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1 EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION; THE EXISTING LITERATURE ON ACADEMIC MOBILITY; THE CONTENTS OF THE VOLUME; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 BEING AN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF ACADEMIC MIGRANTS ADJUSTING TO WORKING AND LIVING IN SCOTLAND; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; STUDYING THE EXPERIENCES OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS IN SCOTLAND; DATA ANALYSIS; FINDINGS; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 MOBILISED BY MOBILITY? DETERMINANTS OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY PLANS AMONG DOCTORAL CANDIDATES IN GERMANY ; INTRODUCTIONPREVIOUS RESEARCH AND RESEARCH GAP; THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; DATA, VARIABLES AND METHODS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 BEYOND DIASPORA: THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF ACADEMIC MOBILITY FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHERS IN THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA; ACADEMIC MOBILITY: CONCEPTS AND CONSIDERATIONS; RESEARCH APPROACH; RESULTS; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 THE IMPACT OF MOBILITY ON THE LIVES AND CAREERS OF FEMALE AND MALE ACADEMICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION; INTRODUCTION ; ACADEMIC MOBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATIONMETHOD; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 PATTERNS AND PERSISTENCE IN ACADEMIC MIGRATION: 40 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC MIGRATION; INTRODUCTION; ACADEMIC MIGRATION; REASONS FOR ACADEMIC MIGRATION; ACADEMIC MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA; THEORY AND METHOD; EXTERNAL MIGRATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7 ACADEMIC MOBILITY AND MIGRATION: REFLECTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS IN AUSTRALIA; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; PERSONAL REFLECTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS ; OVERALL REFLECTIONSISSUES FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8 GLOBAL ACADEMICS MOVING DOWN UNDER: LIVING AND LEARNING A NEW ACADEMIC CULTURE; INTRODUCTION; APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9 ENGLISH AND THE ACADEMY FOR AFRICAN SKILLED MIGRANTS: THE IMPACT OF ENGLISH AS AN 'ACADEMIC LINGUA FRANCA'; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS VALID KNOWLEDGE?; KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE; ENGLISH IN THE AFRICAN ACADEMY; ENGLISH AS AN ACADEMIC LINGUA FRANCA; MOBILITY OF AFRICAN ACADEMICS; AFROPOLITANISM AND THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE; METHODOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; CONCLUSIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSREFERENCES; CHAPTER 10 ACADEMIC EXPATRIATION: EXPERIENCES FROM WITHIN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; INTRODUCTION; MOBILE ACADEMICS; LOCAL CONTEXT; THE STUDY; METHODS; FINDINGS; ACADEMIC WORK; SOCIAL CHANGE; CONCLUDING STATEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11 INSIGHTS INTO THE SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF FOREIGN-BORN FACULTY INISRAELI ACADEMIA: THE EMPOWERING EFFECT OF IN-GROUP ETHNO-CULTURAL SIMILARITY; INTRODUCTION; AREAS OF SUCCESS AND SATISFACTION IN CAREERS OF FOREIGN-BORN FACULTY; DIFFICULTIES AND DISSATISFACTION IN CAREERS OF FOREIGN-BORN FACULTY ; CAREERS OF FOREIGN-BORN FACULTY IN ARIEL UNIVERSITY: A CASE STUDY
• Sommario/riassunto: Academic mobility promotes the development of joint research activities, broadens the horizons of researchers, lecturers and professors, and promotes knowledge flows between institutions. This book offers a contemporary perspective on the mobility of academics across the globe with contributions by authors based in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.
• Titolo autorizzato: Academic mobility
• ISBN: 1-78350-854-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458533203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International perspectives on higher education research ; ; Volume 11.