Web-Based Analysis of Internationalization in Israeli Teaching Colleges

Autor/inn/en	Cohen, Anat; Yemini, Miri; Sadeh, Efrat
Titel	Web-Based Analysis of Internationalization in Israeli Teaching Colleges
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 18 (2014) 1, S.23-44 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315313479131
Schlagwörter	International Education; Foreign Countries; Teacher Education; Interviews; Administrator Attitudes; Web Sites; Context Effect; Jews; Arabs; Religious Factors; Geographic Location; School Size; Institutional Characteristics; Educational Policy; Questionnaires; Judaism; Institutional Evaluation; Israel; Palestine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Ausland; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Web-Design; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Arab; Araber; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Fragebogen; Judaismus; Palästina
Abstract	The international activities of academic institutions dramatically expanded in volume, scope, and complexity during the past three decades. This expansion raised the need to monitor and assess the process at various levels and ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of internationalization. This study has two main aims: first, to present a model large-scale feasibility test for internationalization assessment through institutions' websites; and second, to assess internationalization using the proposed methodology in teachers' colleges in Israel. A website-based analysis was combined with in-depth interviews with colleges' leadership. The use of the proposed methodology is demonstrated through systematic assessment of 21 teachers' colleges in Israel. The effect of contextual variables such as colleges' size, location (national periphery vs. center), and educational stream (Jewish-Secular, Palestinian-Arab, and Jewish-Religious) on internationalization expression and intensity are presented and discussed in detail. Internationalization levels were found to positively relate to the size of each institution and its proximity to Israel's geographic center. In addition, Jewish-Religious and Palestinian-Arab colleges were found to possess lower general levels of internationalization in comparison to the Jewish-Secular stream. This article presents discussion and policy implications of the findings. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10