This is a guidebook for prospective and current international students studying in Australia. It covers topics including: choosing the right university and course; making application; getting to know Australia; travel; budgeting; accommodation; shopping; banking; communications;…
This book presents a comprehensive treatment of issues related to the inception, design, implementation and reporting of large-scale education assessments. In recent years many countries have decided to become involved in international educational assessments to allow them to as…
"This book addresses the models, support, cases, and delivery of K-12 online education, seeking to further the conversation about the most effective ways to integrate ICT into the classroom"--Provided by publisher
Student learning abroad: what our students are learning, what they're not,…
by Stuart, Douglas K., Robinson, Jennifer Meta, Vande Berg, Michael, Paige, R. Michael, Lou, Kris Hemming, Vande Berg, Michael, (ed), Paige, R. Michael, (ed), Lou, Kris Hemming, (ed), Bathurst, Laura, Bennett, Milton J., Bosley, Gabriele Weber, Engle, John, Engle, Lilli, Hammer, Mitchell R., Harvey, Tara A., Kolb, David A., La Brack, Bruce, McCleary, Kate S., Medina-Lopez-Portillo, Adriana, Menyhart, Catherine, Passarelli, Angela M., Quinn, Meghan, Salonen, Riikka, Savicki, Victor, Zull, James E.
A central purpose of this book is to question the claims commonly made about the educational benefits of study abroad. Traditional metrics of enrollment increases and student self-report, and practices of structural immersion, are being questioned as educators voice growing unce…
The dynamics of international student circulation in a global context
by De Wit, H., (ed), Agarwal, P., (ed), Said, M. E., (ed), Sehoole, M. T., (ed), Sirozi, M., (ed), Agarwal, P., De Wit, H., Rumbley, L. E., Said, M. E., Sehoole, M. T., Sirozi, M.
fromGlobal perspectives on higher education
Student mobility is the most important factor in the internationalization of higher education. In this book, existing assumptions will be questioned: that mobility is primarily South-North and North- North, and that South-South flows are rather marginal; that the economic ration…
This open access book describes and reviews the development of the quality control mechanisms and methodologies associated with IEA's extensive program of educational research. A group of renowned international researchers, directly involved in the design and execution of IEA's …