Internationalisation in higher education through a 'critical event' narrative inquiry: perspectives from three higher education systems

• Authors: Patricie Mertová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper discusses a study of senior academics’ perspectives on internationalisation in three higher education systems: Czech, English and Australian which utilised a critical event narrative inquiry method. It gives a brief background on the origins of the current focus on internationalisation in higher education. It outlines the trends and dimensions. Further, it explains the research method utilised in this study – a critical event narrative inquiry method. The paper outlines the different types of critical events drawn from interviews conducted with senior academics in the three higher education systems. And finally, the overall findings of the research study are summarised drawing out general/common (not specific to any one HE system) and culture-specific (unique to an individual HE system) aspects/issues within their higher education contexts of internationalisation highlighted in the critical events described by academics.

Keywords

EN

higher education; internationalisation; senior academic perspectives; critical events; narrative inquiry

Discipline

• EDUCATION: EDUCATION

• Publisher: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts
• Journal: Studia paedagogica
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 115-128

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Patricie Mertová

• Studia paedagogica Ústav pedagogických věd Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity Arna Nováka 1 602 00 Czech republic