Essays about: "medium of instruction policy"

Found 5 essays containing the words medium of instruction policy.

  1. 1. University Staff and the Internationalization of Higher Education in Australia and South Korea : A Critical Realist Scoping Study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Summer Bennett; [2022]
    Keywords : internationalization; Australia; South Korea; university staff; scoping review; critical realism;

    Abstract : Though more recognition has been placed on the cruciality of university staff in their roles supporting the internationalization of higher education (HE), research-based understandings of micro level engagement have been largely neglected. This critical realist scoping study explores the extent of peer-reviewed articles published between 2017 and 2022 regarding university staff experiences and perceptions of internationalization in Australian and South Korean HE. READ MORE

  2. 2. “Hoy seguimos hablando y hoy estamos retomando la escritura del namui wam”  (Today we continue to speak (Namui Wam) and today we take back the writing of Namui Wam) : A case study of Language Practices and Ideologies of Namui Wam in a Misak school of Guambía

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Nina Riedel; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study aims to shed more light on the role indigenous languages have in bilingual education by focusing on the language use of Namui Wam in a Misak school of the territory of Guambía in Cauca, Colombia. Based on a critical linguistic ethnographical approach, this study investigates language ideologies and linguistic practices among teachers and students. READ MORE

  3. 3. Comics’ and graphic novels’ effect on the perception of climate change and natural disasters

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Tatyana Sarayeva; [2017]
    Keywords : Comics; comics’ effect; graphic novel; climate change perception; disaster perception; risk awareness; science communication.; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : There is a paucity of research in the field of communicating disasters and climate change through comics and the effect sequential art has on the perception of these two subjects. Increasingly, communication through comics is becoming very trendy, and a few studies demonstrate evidence that comics have effects on the people’s perception of complex matters. READ MORE

  4. 4. Chronicles of the English Language in Pakistan : A discourse analysis of milestones in the language policy of Pakistan

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Alia Amir; [2008]
    Keywords : Language Policy; English; Pakistan; Discourse Analysis; Education; British India;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I will be investigating educational policies with a focus on English as a medium of instruction. The medium of instruction in Pakistan varies with respect to each province and the social status of the school. Consequently, English is not taught only as a foreign language but is a medium for upward mobility. READ MORE

  5. 5. THE CURRENT NATION-BUILDING PROCESS IN MALAYSIA : A Critical Look at the English-medium of Instruction Policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Mine Islar; [2007]
    Keywords : Malaysia; Nation-building; medium of instruction policy; CDA; dominance; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the dominant political discourses concerning the controversial Malaysian language policy that suggests English as the medium of instruction in mathematics and science courses at the primary level of education. On one hand, the Malaysian government perceives the policy as needed to strengthen its developmental path, on the other hand, the Chinese educationalist community argues that the policy aims to undermine the multicultural structure of Malaysia. READ MORE