Hope you all had a very nice weekend ka. I now am addicted to an American series called, ‘Grey Anatomy’ about interns, residents and attending doctors’ lives ka, sanuk dee!
I just had a chance to go through the most recent issue of International Higher Education No. 69, Fall 2012. Jane Knight wrote about ‘Five Truths about Internationalization’. This led me to read a back issue of her article on, ‘Five Myths about Internationalization’, which I shared with you a while ago na ka.
The five truths are:
1. Building on and respecting the local context –it is clear that internationalization should not dominate local agenda and priorities ka.
2. A customized process—each institution has its own uniqueness and so it needs to make sure internationalization process responds to its needs and interests.
3. Benefits, risks, and unintended consequences – while there are obvious benefits, there’ll also be some negative consequences like low quality of international students, diploma mills, commercialization of low quality education provision, overreliance of income from related activities.
4. Not an end unto itself—it only ensures that international dimension is integrated in a sustainable manner into the missions of the university, which needs to be regarded as means, rather than end ka.
5. Globalization and internationalization are different but linked—may I quote what she wrote which is clear dee ka:
‘Globalization focuses on the worldwide flow of ideas, resources, people, economy, values, culture, knowledge, goods, services, and technology. Internationalization emphasizes the relationship between and among nations, people, cultures, institutions, and systems.’ They are closely connected and that internationalization can be influenced by globalization ka.
It’s always nice to review the internationalization process periodically to make sure that we have common understanding and that our strategic objectives do meet with our own contexts, limitations, advantages and challenges na ka. I now think of ‘ASEAN-mania’ that has been around everywhere (I think the ones benefiting from the mania could be the shops that sell flags and make the vinyl displays ka!)
Does the Ministry of Education’s policy help gear schools and universities? Would all the efforts bear impacts on our quality of education? Could our students, faculty and staff maximize the upcoming opportunities while preparing for some negative consequences? Many more questions continue ka!
It finally comes to the tough question of What and How?
Happy Monday.
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Mon 9/10/2012 10:18 AM
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