South-South Universities Curriculum Characteristics and Global Collaboration in the 21st Century

Autor/inn/en	Obiekezie, Eucharia Obiageli; Essien, Margaret; Essien, Alexander Timothy
Titel	South-South Universities Curriculum Characteristics and Global Collaboration in the 21st Century
Quelle	In: African Higher Education Review, 7 (2013) 2, S.45-53 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2141-1905
Schlagwörter	Institutional Cooperation; Global Approach; Universities; Local Issues; Questionnaires; Hypothesis Testing; Correlation; College Curriculum; Foreign Countries; Partnerships in Education; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Objectives; Poverty; Access to Education; Sex Fairness; Mortality Rate; Children; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Disease Control; Prenatal Influences; Health; Pregnancy; Sustainable Development; Hunger; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Globales Denken; University; Universität; Fragebogen; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Korrelation; Ausland; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Armut; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Sexualaufklärung; Mortalitätsrate; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pränataler Einfluss; Gesundheit; Schwangerschaft; Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Abstract	Globalization imposes certain inescapable requirements on a university's curriculum. One such requirement is the elasticity of the curriculum to sustain local demands and accommodate global concerns. Using the ex post facto design, this paper examines the impact of global collaboration on the curriculum characteristics of selected universities in south-south Nigeria. Data were collected through questionnaires. Four hundred and ninety-six (496) respondents participated in the study. Three hypotheses were postulated and tested using the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. The analysis indicated a significant positive relationship between global collaboration and internationalization of the curriculum, as well as between global collaboration and responsiveness of the curriculum to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01