GED2865

Planning and implementing international education

Professor F Rizvi

12 points - Second semester - Distance

Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to develop an understanding of key issues involved in the management of international education, including forms of leadership, resources and organisational cultures necessary to support international education; provide an account of the various ways in which educational services can be marketed in a culturally informed and sensitive manner; critically assess opportunities and programs of international education for their cost-effectiveness and; address issues of quality control in international education and construct a set of procedures to evaluate the quality of international programs.

Synopsis In recent years internationalisation has become a major feature of Australian education. It has also given rise to a range of new practices of management in education some of which have been borrowed from the corporate world. This subject helps students identify, examine and develop approaches to the management of international education that are culturally informed and sensitive. It is structured around four modules which correspond to the four objectives of the subject. These modules will provide an assessment of the forms of leadership, marketing, resource management and other organisational practices necessary to support international education. It will also help students develop skills to assess market opportunities and address issues of quality control, cost-effectiveness and the evaluation of international programs.

Assessment Essay (3000 words): 50% - Practical exercise (3000 words): 50%

Recommended texts

Baker M, Creedy J and Johnson D Financing and effects of internationalisation in higher education: An Australian country study DEETYA, 1996
Cope B and Kalantzis M Productive diversity Pluto Press, 1996
de Wit H Strategies for the internationalisation of higher education OECD, 1995

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