Syllabus for Transnational Educational Strategies

Transnationella utbildningsstrategier

A revised version of the syllabus is available.

Syllabus

  • 7.5 credits
  • Course code: 4UK111
  • Education cycle: Second cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Sociology of Education A1N

    Explanation of codes

    The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:

    First cycle

    • G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
    • G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
    • G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
    • GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

    Second cycle

    • A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
    • A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
    • AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG)
  • Established: 2010-12-14
  • Established by: The Faculty Board of Educational Sciences
  • Revised: 2015-03-11
  • Revised by: The Department Board
  • Applies from: Autumn 2015
  • Entry requirements:

    A Bachelor's degree corresponding to at least 180 credits, including at least 90 credits from a discipline pertaining to the social sciences or the humanities.

  • Responsible department: Department of Education

Decisions and guidelines

The course is part of the Master's Programme in Sociology of Education. It can also be given as an independent course.

Learning outcomes

The course aims at providing the student with a multidisciplinary understanding of educational strategies that transcend national boundaries.

After completion of the course the students are expected to be able to:

  • describe the main features of internationalisation of higher education and research in a global, European, and Swedish perspective
  • from a historical perspective analyse the relationship between regionalisation, nationalisation, internationalisation, globalisation and trans-nationalisation of education
  • explain and analyse the content of and conditions for social groups’ transnational educational strategies
  • describe and analyse how the internationalisation of education is affected by the ways it is organised

Content

The course focuses on transnational educational strategies in a multi-disciplinary, historical and comparative perspective.

The following areas are covered in the course:

  • the main features of the internationalisation of higher education and research,
  • processes of regionalisation, nationalisation, internationalisation, globalisation and transnationalisation in education
  • social groups’ transnational educational strategies
  • organisation of the internationalisation of higher education

Instruction

The course consists of a series of lectures and seminars.

Assessment

The assessment is based on a written assignment. Participation in the defence of written assignments is compulsory.

Syllabus Revisions

Reading list

Reading list

Applies from: Autumn 2017

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

Education Working Paper Series 6

Bashir, Sajitha: Trends in International Trade in Higher Education: Implications and Options for Developing Countries Washington D.C.: The World Bank, 2007). (http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-1099079877269/547664-1099079956815/WPS6_Intl_trade_higherEdu.pdf

  • Brooks, Rachel; Waters, Johanna. Student mobilities, migration and the internationalization of higher education

    Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Börjesson, Mikael; Broady, Donald The Social Profile of Swedish Law Students. National Divisions and Transnational Educational Strategies

    Part of:

    Retfærd : nordisk juridisk tidsskrift

    vol. 29 (2006) nr. 3/114 s. 80-107

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Chen, Tse-Mei; Barnett, George A. Research on International Student Flows from a Macro Perspective : A network analysis of 1985, 1989 and 1995.

    Part of:

    Higher Education

    vol. 39 (2000) nr. 4 s. 435-453

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Findlay, Allan M. An Assessment of Supply and Demand-side Theorization of International Student Mobility

    Part of:

    International migration.

    vol. 49 (2011) nr. 2 s. 162-190

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Healey, Nigel M. "Is Higher Education in Really 'Internationalising'?"

    Part of:

    Higher Education

    vol. 55 (Mar. 2008) nr. 3 s. 333-355

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Marginson, Simon Dynamics of national and global competition in higher education

    Part of:

    Higher Education

    (2006) nr. 52 s. 1–39

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Sassen, Saskia Sociology of globalization

    New York: W.W. Norton, 2006

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Wedlin, Linda "Going global: Rankings as rhetorical devices to construct an international field of management education"

    Part of:

    Management learning : the international journal for managerial and organizational learning and development

    vol. April 2011 nr. 42 s. 199-218, first published on January 10, 2011 doi:10.1177/1350507610389683

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Americanization and UK higher education : Towards a history of transatlantic influence on policy and practice Smith, David; Baston, Lewis; Bocock, Jean; Scott, Peter

    Part of:

    Journal of education policy

    vol. 17 (2002) nr. 4 s. 443-461

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Teichler, U The changing debate on internationalization of higher education

    Part of:

    Higher Education

    vol. 48 (2004) nr. 1 s. 5-26

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Weenink, Don Cosmopolitanism as a Form of Capital : Parents Preparing their Children for a Globalizing World

    Part of:

    Sociology.

    vol. 42 (2008) nr. 6 s. 1089-1106

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Brown, Phillip; Lauder, Hugh "Globalisation, knowledge and the myth of the magnet economy"

    Part of:

    Globalisation, societies and education.

    vol. 4:1 (2006) s. 25-57. To link to this article: DOI: 10.1080/14767720600555046

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Robertson, Susan L.; Bonal, Xavier; Dale, Roger GATS and the Education Service Industry : The Politics of Scale and Global Reterritorialization

    Part of:

    Comparative education review.

    vol. 46 (2002) nr. 4 s. 472-495

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • MacHardy, Karin J. Cultural capital, family strategies and noble identity in early modern Habsburg Austria 1579-1620

    Part of:

    Past & present

    (1999) nr. 163 s. 36-75

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Spring, Joel H. Globalization of education : an introduction

    New York, NY: Routledge, 2008

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • International Higher Education

    Center for International Higher Education,

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Börjesson, Mikael The Global Space of International Students

    Part of:

    Journal of ethnic and migration studies.

    vol. 43 (2017) nr. 8 s. 1256-1275

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Mazzarol, Tim; Soutar, Geoffrey N. "Push-Pull" Factors Influencing International Student Destination Choice

    Part of:

    The international journal of educational management.

    Bradford: MCB University Press, 1994 -

    (2002) nr. 16 s. 82-90

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    Mandatory

  • Perkins, Richard; Neumayr, Eric Geographies of Educational Mobilities : Exploring the Uneven Flows of International Students

    Part of:

    The geographical journal : published on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)

    Oxford: Blackwell, 2001-

    (2014) nr. 180 s. 246-259

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    Mandatory

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Additional articles of about 100 pages

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