University pathway programs : local responses within a growing global trend /: local responses within a growing global trend. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Cintia Inés Agosti, Eva Bernat.
• Editors: Agosti, Cintia Inés; Bernat, Eva
• Contents: Part 1 -- University Pathway Programs: a response to global, national and local needs in students' transition to Higher Education -- 1. University Pathway Programs: Types, Origins, Aims and Defining Traits -- 2. Positioning Pathways Provision within Global and National Contexts -- Part 2 -- The Role of University Pathway Programs in Addressing Issues Related to Access, Equity, Inclusion and Participation in Higher Education -- 3. The use of enabling programs as a pathway to higher education by disadvantaged students in Australia -- 4. Great Expectations: African Youth from Refugee Backgrounds and the Transition to University -- 5. Alternative access to tertiary science study in South Africa: Dealing with 'disadvantage', student diversity, and discrepancies in graduate success -- 6. Huakina mai te tatau o tōu whare: Opening university doors to indigenous students -- 7. Qatar University Foundation Program: A Means to Access Higher Education and a Pathway for Transformation -- 8. Come one, come all: The question of open entry in enabling programs -- Part 3 -- Transitions from the Vocational to the Higher Education Sector -- 9. Filling the Skills Gap in Australia -- VET Pathways -- 10. The TAFE/VET pathways student experience in Higher Education -- 11. Seamless segues from Polytechnic to University: A New Zealand case study of a dual provider partnership -- Part 4 -- Issues of Curriculum and Pedagogy in University Preparation Programs -- 12. Pathways and praxis: designing curriculum for aspirational programs -- 13. Students on the threshold: Commencing student perspectives and enabling pedagogy -- Part 5 -- Internationalisation and Privatisation of University Pathway Programs -- 14. Quality and innovation for international pathway programs: good practice and recommendations for the future in the UK context and beyond -- 15. Canada's First International Partnership for a Pathway Program.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 285 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 378.01; Education, Higher -- Cross-cultural studies; International education; EDUCATION -- Higher; Education, Higher; International education; Higher Education; Study and Learning Skills; Learning & Instruction; International and Comparative Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Education; Electronic books; Cross-cultural studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319725055; 3319725041; 9783319725048
• Related ISBNs: 331972505X; 9783319725048
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 19, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.