Ali Khorsandi Taskoh (Ph.D.)
Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies
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Editorial Note: June Issue
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Abbas
Abbaspour
Ali
Khorsandi Taskoh
Editorial Note: June Issue 2021
Ali Khorsandi Taskoh (Ph.D.)
Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies
2717-1426
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2021
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Mexican Higher Education and the Production of Knowledge
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Elida
Sánchez Cruz
Higher education is a central institution to formulate new responses and novel solutions to current social problems. In this context, the objective of this paper is to evaluate the production of knowledge carried out in the Technological Institutes of Higher Education (TIHE) in Mexico through online documentary research. Considering that most of the research is carried out based on international theories, a national evaluation system was taken into consideration to better understand the production of knowledge in this country. The results show that almost half of the TIHE professors have a BA degree, which make it impossible for them to be part of the national evaluation system and possibly do not have the required training to be producing quality knowledge. Only 2, 151 TIHE professors have the required PhD to participate in the national evaluation system; out of this total, only 769 TIHE professors were nationally recognized. Based on the findings, one can only question the role that TIHE have in the development of the country as an academic institution.
Ali Khorsandi Taskoh (Ph.D.)
Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies
2717-1426
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2021
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Leadership Decision-Making and Insights in Higher Education: Making Better Decisions and Making Decisions Better
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Stephanie
Chitpin
This article proposes a new framework for Principals called the Objective Knowledge Growth Framework (OKGF) that is designed to help them make more effective decisions in resolving problems of practice. It also provides a structure to help principals break away from education systems that impose inductive practices, as it provides a framework for supporting the decision-making processes of others as well as enabling rationality in their own practice. The use of the OKGF framework is designed to enhance individual reflection which, in turn, is multiplied by others through dialogue, interaction and engagement with others. Through interaction, dialogue and engagement, greater and improved insights into decisions are more likely to occur than if knowledge and information continues to be compartmentalized within schools and, consequently, performance assessments are more likely to be enhanced. Not only does the OKGF have the capacity to improve principals’ performance, it also provides a framework by which principals may maximize student success.
Ali Khorsandi Taskoh (Ph.D.)
Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies
2717-1426
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2021
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The ‘Golden Braid’ Model: Courage, Compassion and Resilience in Higher Education Leadership
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Fiona
Denney
This paper explores the state of leadership in UK universities in the face of external pressures and turmoil, and makes the case for a new model of leadership constructed of a ‘golden braid’ of three threads of courage, compassion and resilience. Each thread is discussed with the intention of developing a framework that can be used to support leadership development to lead our universities effectively through the current chaos. Even before Covid-19 hit the world, UK higher education was perceived as being in a state of huge flux and chaos: the “old order” of a traditionally male-dominated elitist system funded by central government (O’Connor, 2015), has been dismantled and replaced with mass participation and student fees leading to an increase in marketization and government regulation for which academic leadership is generally under-prepared (Deem, 2004; Flückiger, Y. 2021). As such, this is the crucial time for us to embark upon a sector-wide discussion of what we want our universities to look like in this post-pandemic period – how we want to be teaching, researching and working and what we want the core values to be. In this paper, I suggest that the ‘values’ we had before will no longer be the ones we want to take forwards. For this, therefore, we need the ‘golden braid’ of courage, compassion and resilience in leadership discussed herewith.
Ali Khorsandi Taskoh (Ph.D.)
Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies
2717-1426
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2
2021
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Developing Instructor TPACK: A Research Review and Narrative Synthesis
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Claire
Major
Elizabeth
McDonald
The number of instructors teaching online in higher education has increased in recent years, and this trend is likely to continue. To be at their most effective at online teaching, instructors need a specialized form of knowledge. This knowledge, theorized as Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), can help instructors design meaningful learning experiences for students that help them engage and learn. For this reason, administrators and policy makers need information about kinds of educational opportunities and experiences that can help instructors develop their knowledge bases for teaching online and with technology. Researchers have begun to study this phenomenon. In particular, an increasing number of researchers have focused on professional development experiences designed to improve instructor knowledge bases for teaching online. In this narrative research review, we synthesize the results of 13 studies to identify practices related to improved TPACK among university instructors, organizing results by type of intervention. We make recommendations for the ways in which policy makers and administrators can help instructors develop this important knowledge base for teaching.
Ali Khorsandi Taskoh (Ph.D.)
Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies
2717-1426
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2
2021
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Self-Financed Private Universities in India: Genesis, Growth and Policy Implications
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Furqan
Qamar
The extent and intensity of private sector participation in higher education has been much more rapid in Asia than in any other parts of the world. Most countries in Asia proactively promote private higher education but at the same time they are also wary about their quality. India has been no exception where private participation in higher education date back to the origin of modern higher education in the country. The country has wide variety of private higher educational institutions to which a new kind was added as late as in 2007. These are called ‘Self-financed Private Universities or ‘State Private Universities. This paper seeks to present a peep into their genesis and growth and examines issues related to the access, equity and quality emanating from their mushroom growth. Though the article is India specific but its content may find resonance in many countries of the world.
Ali Khorsandi Taskoh (Ph.D.)
Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies
2717-1426
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2
2021
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Policy as Slogan: Re-Imagining the ‘Battle Cry’ for Entrepreneurship
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Astrid
Kendrick
This persuasive paper discusses the integration of the Alberta Education slogan, “Engaged thinkers and Ethical citizens with an Entrepreneurial spirit” from a lens of critical analysis. Through a governmental structure of managed participation, the educational slogan reflects an intrusion of neo-liberal economic values onto the public education arena that serves to undermine education’s democratic nature. The final section of the paper suggests that educators could take a personal interest in the implementation of the slogan by defining the spirit of their students to ensure that more than economic values valued in educational settings. This paper should be interesting to policy-makers, academics, and school leaders involved in school and curriculum reform.
Ali Khorsandi Taskoh (Ph.D.)
Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies
2717-1426
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2021
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Challenges and Opportunities Facing Higher Education in the New Normal Created by the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interview with Prof. John Pijanowski
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John
Pijanowski
Interview with Prof. John Pijanowski
Ali Khorsandi Taskoh (Ph.D.)
Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies
2717-1426
2
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2021
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Book Review: The Working Class: Poverty, Education and Alternative Voices
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Christine
Challen
Author: Ian Gilbert
Publisher: Independent Thinking Press
Country of Publication: UK
Year of Publication: 2018
ISBN: 978-178135278-6
Pages: X-544