This research explores how editorial advisory board members across four highly ranked international higher education-focused journals understand higher education internationalization generally, and internationalization of the curriculum (IoC) specifically. Notionally, as gatekeepers, editorial advisory board members hold a powerful strategic…

The founding editor of the "Cambridge Journal of Education" reflects on the educational context in which it was established 50 years ago and the changes that have taken place since then. The paper focuses in particular on: (1) the pre-service education of teachers, the processes of 'academicisation', the incorporation of monotechnic…

Many colleges and universities in Taiwan have implemented research courses into the school curriculum in an effort to meet the demands of higher education and requirements of graduation. However, not many researchers have proposed a guideline in mentoring English major undergraduates in their research proposal writing in Taiwan. Furthermore, to…

English 1311: Expository English Composition is the first semester course in a two-semester first-year composition (FYC) sequence. Both ENG 1311 and its second-semester counterpart, ENG 1312, are required for all students unless they have transfer credit covering this requirement or place out of one or both of the courses via the College-Level…

For a new course in media editing at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, a nonlinear, affordable AVID Media Suite Pro system was selected for the student video laboratory, a textbook was chosen, and an instructor was trained. However, there were difficulties concerning the acquisition, delivery, setup, and debugging of the editing…

"Digital communications" refers to a set of four modules--information gathering, message preparation, editing and production, and message delivery. The modular concept is intended to be flexible enough to accommodate the needs of various higher education journalism and mass communication programs. Digital communications does not replace…

Considers where journalism educators should focus when they design editing curriculum. Examines what professors say is important for students to know about editing. Compares what professors at accredited programs say about necessary skills with what professional copy editors say is important. Concludes that professors and professionals are largely…

Offers clarification on the central role of the liberal arts and sciences in education for the communication professions, and assesses curriculum needs in advertising, broadcasting, magazine journalism, news-editorial journalism, public relations, and visual communication. (MS)

This curriculum module offers concrete and specific examples for instructors who wish to integrate the films of Yasujiro Ozu of Japan and Zhang Yimou from China into film studies courses. Through this module, students should learn to compare and contrast conventional screen space, color, and editing to alternative forms. By becoming more familiar…

The results of a survey of technical writing and editing, as they are taught in academe and practiced in industry, are presented in this report. The introduction explains that the survey was conducted by the humanities department of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, as the principal research preliminary to the proposal of a…