Globalisation and MA TESOL programs in the UK

Hasrati, M. and Tavakoli, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-3709 (2015) Globalisation and MA TESOL programs in the UK. Higher Education, 69 (4). pp. 547-565. ISSN 0018-1560 doi: 10.1007/s10734-014-9790-5

Abstract/Summary

This article reports the results of a mixed-methods approach to investigating the association between globalisation and MATESOL in UK universities. Qualitative and quantitative data collected from academic staff through eight emails, four interviews and 41 questionnaires indicate that the globalised context of higher education have affected these programmes in a number of ways including an increasing interest in recruiting more international students and a growing awareness about the need for curriculum and content modifications. The analysis of the data suggests that although change has been an inherent characteristic of these MAs over the past decade, it has been implemented gradually and conservatively, often relying on a dialectic relationship between academic staff and universities’ policies. The results imply that factors other than globalisation have also been at work. Many of the participants contend that globalisation has not lowered the quality of these MAs or standards of good practice.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/37980
Identification Number/DOI	10.1007/s10734-014-9790-5
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Literature and Languages > English Language and Applied Linguistics
Uncontrolled Keywords	Globalisation Commodification of knowledge MATESOL Internationalisation of Higher Education Global education markets
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
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