ERIC Number: EJ1054247
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Apr
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Globalisation and MATESOL Programmes in the UK
Hasrati, Mostafa; Tavakoli, Parvaneh
Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, v69 n4 p547-565 Apr 2015
This article reports the results of a mixed-methods approach to investigating the association between globalisation and MATESOL in UK universities. Qualitative and quantitative data collected from academic staff through eight emails, four interviews and 41 questionnaires indicate that the globalised context of higher education has affected these programmes in a number of ways including an increasing interest in recruiting more international students and a growing awareness about the need for curriculum and content modifications. The analysis of the data suggests that although change has been an inherent characteristic of these MAs over the past decade, it has been implemented gradually and conservatively, often relying on a dialectic relationship between academic staff and universities' policies. The results also imply that factors other than globalisation have also been at work. Many of the participants contend that globalisation has not lowered the quality of these MAs or standards of good practice.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Masters Programs, Language Teachers, Teacher Education, Interviews, Questionnaires, Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries, Student Recruitment, Foreign Students, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Correlation, Universities, Program Content, Curriculum, Global Approach, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Electronic Mail
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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