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International Academics in Mainland China: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?
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Xu, Xin; Braun Strelcová, Andrea; Marini, Giulio; Huang, Futao; Cai, Yuzhuo – European Journal of Higher Education, 2022
This article examines the trend of academic migration to mainland China. Notably, the most recent literature identified a new cohort of international academics in China, who are non-Chinese academics with long-term and full-time positions. Despite growing research interests, there is a lack of critical and synthesised reviews about the extant…
Descriptors: Foreign Nationals, College Faculty, Teacher Characteristics, Research Projects
Facilitating the Scholarship of Discovery: Using the Mini-Ethnographic Case Study Design
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Dobbins, Catherine E.; Edgar, Leslie D.; Dooley, Kim E. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2021
Background: Case study is widely used in teaching and learning literature; however, the extant literature contains few examples of student-developed case studies. This study used the situated perspective of experiential education (EE) to highlight context and legitimate peripheral participation encouraging enculturation into research communities…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Ethnography, Experiential Learning, Communities of Practice
Understanding Research Strategies to Improve ERA Performance in Australian Universities: Circumventing Secrecy to Achieve Success
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Diezmann, Carmel M. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2018
Many Australian universities have prioritised improving discipline performance on the national research assessment--Excellence for Research in Australia. However, a "culture of secrecy" pervades "Excellence in Research for Australia" (ERA). There are no specified criteria for the assignment of ratings on a 5-point scale ranging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Skills, Profiles, Institutional Characteristics
Who Are the Persistently NEET Young People? Literature Overview Support Document
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Stanwick, John; Forrest, Cameron; Skujins, Peta – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report, "Who Are the Persistently NEET Young People? NCVER Research Report," and is an added resource for further information. The purpose of this document is to review some of the main research and literature on young people aged 15-24 that are not engaged in…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Research Projects, Late Adolescents, Heterogeneous Grouping
"Is It Just 'Black' or 'White'?" Multilingual Collaborative Research Seen through the Practices of an International Research Team
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Melo-Pfeifer, Sílvia – European Journal of Higher Education, 2020
In this contribution, the self-reported linguistic practices of researchers engaged in an international research project are analysed and discussed. These researchers constitute a community of practice of intercomprehension, using mostly romance languages to communicate and, at the same time, also researching the phenomena. The data was collected…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Usage, Profiles, Research Projects
Cyberlearning Community Report: The State of Cyberlearning and The Future of Learning with Technology
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Ahn, June; Asbell-Clarke, Jodi; Berland, Matthew; Chase, Catherine; Enyedy, Noel; Fusco, Judith; Gardner, Shari; Grover, Shuchi; Halverson, Erica; Jona, Kemi; Lane, H. Chad; Martin, Wendy; Mercier, Emma; Moher, Tom; Ogan, Amy; Pinkard, Nichole; Polman, Joseph; Roschelle, Jeremy; Schank, Patricia; Taylor, Katie Headrick; Wilkerson, Michelle; Worsley, Marcelo – Grantee Submission, 2017
Cyberlearning researchers envision and investigate the future of learning with technology. As of summer 2017, the Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies (CFTL) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) had made 279 research grant awards. In addition, several hundred other NSF research projects have cyberlearning themes. Many of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Science Course Improvement Projects, Instructional Design, Research Projects