This thesis explores the nature of internationalization activities at two Christian higher education institutions comparatively—one in South Korea and the other in Canada. A qualitative study, it examines the question of the extent to which an institution’s internationalization …
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This study explores the experience of becoming English teachers in two multicultural countries through narratives from preservice teachers in the United States and Malaysia. In general, the United States and Malaysia share similarities in the demographic landscapes whereby both …
In Jordan, top-down calls for education reform increasingly intersect with national and transnational discourses and debates on enhancing economic growth, national unity, gender equality, and civic participation in Jordan and the broader Middle East. Such initiatives have increa…
Despite an influx of refugees into the United States during the last few decades, there has not been a parallel growth in the study of refugees there. Further, most studies of refugees remain under the rubric of ‘immigrant’ studies, and sometimes even non-immigrant minority stud…
This qualitative, grounded theory study focuses on global leadership and global leadership development strategies from the perspective of people from three developing countries, Brazil, India, and Nigeria. The study explores conceptualizations of global leadership, the skills re…
Teacher education is a global enterprise, and has far-reaching consequences throughout society. Student teachers find themselves working on two fronts; the university setting and the schools where they practice teach. Through talking to pre-service teachers in the United States,…
Policymakers have been concerned with improving student achievement. Some have advocated that teacher quality is the means to increase student achievement, since teachers are critical in the learning process. Yet, there is no agreed upon definition of what constitutes teacher qu…
This dissertation investigates goals and efforts of international assistance to Indonesia's higher education from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, and explores how they have affected and responded to changing State-university relations in Indonesia over that period. In depth an…
This study highlights the challenges inherent in attempting to explore and characterize special education models of practice in developing nations. Many such nations, where individuals with disabilities have traditionally been excluded from mainstream education, are increasingly…