Volume 4, Issue 1 (March 2025)
IJER 2025, 4(1): 29-44 |
Back to browse issues page
Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
Karimi F, Gholamhosseinzadeh M, Taghvaee Yazdi M. (2025). Prioritizing the Dimensions of Internationalization of Education: Emphasis on the Role of Managers in Higher Education Policymaking by Presenting a Model. IJER. 4(1), 29-44. doi:10.22034/4.1.29
URL: http://ijer.hormozgan.ac.ir/article-1-317-en.html
URL: http://ijer.hormozgan.ac.ir/article-1-317-en.html
1- PHD student of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran ( Correspondig Author) ,mahsa.1971@gmail.com
3- Associate professor, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran ( Correspondig Author) ,
3- Associate professor, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
Abstract: (1434 Views)
Objective: The primary objective of this investigation was to delineate the hierarchical importance of the dimensions constituting the internationalization of education, particularly accentuating the influence of managerial personnel in the formulation of higher education policy.
Methods: This study is categorized as applied research and employs a mixed-methods approach. The qualitative segment of the study targeted professors affiliated with Islamic Azad Universities in Bushehr Province, specifically those possessing over a decade of teaching experience and holding academic ranks of associate or assistant professor; conversely, the quantitative segment comprised a sample of 120 professors. Within the qualitative dimension, a sample of 12 individuals was exactly chosen utilizing the snowball sampling technique, adhering to the principle of saturation, while the quantitative portion involved the selection of 92 participants through a stratified random sampling method informed by university units, following the Cochran formula. The instrument for data collection in the qualitative segment was a semi-structured exploratory interview, whereas the quantitative segment utilized a structured questionnaire.
Results: The findings from the qualitative analysis indicated that political components, managerial and organizational components, socio-cultural dimensions, educational and pedagogical factors, structural elements, informational components, and administrative and supportive aspects were ranked according to their influence on the internationalization of education, with a pronounced emphasis on the pivotal role of managers in higher education policy formulation.
Conclusions: The results may facilitate the endeavors of higher education administrators in the formulation of strategic planning and policy development pertaining to the internationalization of educational practices within the realm of higher education.
Methods: This study is categorized as applied research and employs a mixed-methods approach. The qualitative segment of the study targeted professors affiliated with Islamic Azad Universities in Bushehr Province, specifically those possessing over a decade of teaching experience and holding academic ranks of associate or assistant professor; conversely, the quantitative segment comprised a sample of 120 professors. Within the qualitative dimension, a sample of 12 individuals was exactly chosen utilizing the snowball sampling technique, adhering to the principle of saturation, while the quantitative portion involved the selection of 92 participants through a stratified random sampling method informed by university units, following the Cochran formula. The instrument for data collection in the qualitative segment was a semi-structured exploratory interview, whereas the quantitative segment utilized a structured questionnaire.
Results: The findings from the qualitative analysis indicated that political components, managerial and organizational components, socio-cultural dimensions, educational and pedagogical factors, structural elements, informational components, and administrative and supportive aspects were ranked according to their influence on the internationalization of education, with a pronounced emphasis on the pivotal role of managers in higher education policy formulation.
Conclusions: The results may facilitate the endeavors of higher education administrators in the formulation of strategic planning and policy development pertaining to the internationalization of educational practices within the realm of higher education.
Type of Study: Original |
Subject:
Educational Studies
Received: 2024/08/13 | Accepted: 2024/11/28 | Published: 2025/03/1
Received: 2024/08/13 | Accepted: 2024/11/28 | Published: 2025/03/1
References
1. Alsharari, N. M. (2018). Internationalization of the higher education system: an interpretive analysis. International Journal of Educational Management, 32(3), 359-381. [DOI:10.1108/IJEM-04-2017-0082]
2. Altbach, P. G., & Knight, J. (2007). The internationalization of higher education: Motivations and realities. Journal of studies in international education, 11(3-4), 290-305. [DOI:10.1177/1028315307303542]
3. Armstrong, J. P. (2020). Assessing intercultural competence in international leadership courses: Developing the global leader. Journal of leadership education, 19(4), 1-19. [DOI:10.12806/V19/I4/R1]
4. Azizi, M., Badizadeh, A., & Rezghi, H. (2019). Identifying the components of internationalization of higher education (case study: Medical services education industry). Journal of Healthcare Management Research, 9(4), 7-19.
5. de Wit, H. (2013). The different faces and phases of internationalisation of higher education. In The forefront of international higher education: A festschrift in honor of Philip G. Altbach (pp. 89-99). Springer. [DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-7085-0_6]
6. Ghasemzadeh, F., Shahriari, J. E., & Mohammadi, M. (2019). Designing Model for the Internationalization of Iran's Higher Education (Case Study: One of the University Payam-E-Nour Branch's in Georgia). Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health, 3(3), 145-162. https://www.islamiilife.com/article_189601_48f7ec75b5ee3ca5f2009288ff5bd029.pdf
7. Hoai, N. T., Duy, L. V. Q., & Cassells, D. (2023). Internationalization as a strategy to enhance higher education quality in Vietnam-reflections from university leaders. The Learning Organization, 30(5), 554-570. [DOI:10.1108/TLO-12-2021-0151]
8. Hosseini, M., Maghool, A., Nasseri, N., & Zendedel, A. (2019). Designing an International Model of Higher Education among the National North-Eastern Universities of Iran. Iranian Journal of Medical Education, 19, 494-505.
9. Khorasani, A., & Zamani Manesh, H. (2012). Effective strategies in internationalization of Universities and institutes of higher education in Iran. Education Strategies in Medical Sciences, 5(3), 183-189.
10. Knight, J. (2008). Higher education in turmoil: The changing world of internationalization (Vol. 13). Brill. [DOI:10.1163/9789087905224]
11. Knight, J., & De Wit, H. (2018). Internationalization of higher education: Past and future. International higher education(95), 2-4. [DOI:10.6017/ihe.2018.95.10715]
12. Oleksiyenko, A. V., & Ros, V. (2023). Human agency and legacy-innovation tensions in the internationalization of higher education: Re-orientations managed by internationally-educated scholars of Central Asia. International Journal of Educational Development, 97, 102716. [DOI:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2022.102716]
13. Ozturgut, O., Cantu, M., Pereira, L., & Krohn, D. (2014). Effective strategies in internationalization of higher education in the United States. International Journal of Research Studies in Education, 3(2), 29-39. [DOI:10.5861/ijrse.2013.569]
14. Popa, A. (2014). Remarks on the internationalization of higher education as a source of soft power. Acta Universitatis Danubius. Relationes Internationales, 7(1), 5-12.
15. Rezaei, H., Yousefi, A., Larijani, B., Dehnavieh, R., Rezaei, N., & Adibi, P. (2018). Internationalization or globalization of higher education. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 7(1), 8. [DOI:10.4103/jehp.jehp_25_17]
16. Uralov, O. S. (2020). Internationalization of higher education in Uzbekistan. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 2(1), 100015. [DOI:10.1016/j.ssaho.2020.100015]
17. Wong, M. S., & Wu, S. F. (2011). Internationalization of higher education in East Asia: Issues, implications, and inquiries. In The internationalization of East Asian higher education: Globalization's impact (pp. 197-213). Springer. [DOI:10.1057/9781137002006_9]
18. Zamani Manesh, H., Jamali-Tazeh Kand, M., & Nazari, R. (2018). Effective factors on Internationalization of Medical Education from Faculty Members' Viewpoints in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Members [Research]. Research in Medical Education, 10(2), 38-45. [DOI:10.29252/rme.10.2.38]
19. Zhou, J. (2016). A Dynamic Systems Approach to Internationalization of Higher Education. Journal of International Education and Leadership, 6(1), n1.
Send email to the article author
| Rights and permissions | |
 |
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International. |
