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Gilder, Eric – European Journal of Higher Education, 2011
In this article (part one of two) I will consider, using the dramatistic model pioneered by Kenneth Burke, the "scene" or historical cultural ground of each "highly developed' national/regional area (The EU, the USA, Hong Kong [SAR], and Singapore) in terms of their Higher Education (HE) systems. After these analyses, then I look to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Hardy, Lawrence – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2005
Thirty years ago, at the close of the tumultuous 1960s, futurist Alvin Toffler wrote a bestseller, "Future Shock," which warned of the effects of accelerating change, or what Toffler described as "the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future." In the section of the book which was on education,…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries