Globalization, nationalism and Romania's educational reform(s)

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Contemporary heroes and students' motivation for learning

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Imagine the future: role models and students' captured imagination

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Students' engagement, functional imagination and curriculum design for creativity and innovation

The last decade marked substantial changes for higher education, such as the international rankings of universities, developments associated with internationalization and commercialization of educational services or the new emphasis on the concept of ‘student engagement’. However, the inherent contradictions implied by various and often opposite demands from universities tend to move the problem of learning experiences to tokenism and flawed representations of the state of facts. The overarching aim of this paper is to reflect on the results of one of the most extensive studies conducted on motivation for learning and students imaginations in relation with some of the most influential international developments in higher education for the last decade. Comparative data is used to operate an analysis of consequent implications on curriculum design for student engagement and sustainable learning environments. The aim of the paper is to open an alternative exploration of possibilities to designing curriculum capable to bring ‘creativity agenda’ from rhetoric to practice and engage actively students in sustainable learning.19 page(s

Teaching responsible citizenship through imaginative narrative mythological structures

This essay investigates the challenge for schools in Romania to educate their students in the civic virtues. Educators have to deal not only with the legacy of Soviet ideologies, but also with the avalanche of messages concerning citizenship that are embedded in the market-driven media that are increasingly being watched by Romanian students. These media, however, use old archetypical forms concerning narratives and hero characters in order to communicate with their audience. This essay suggests that the school curriculum should also make use of such forms in order to teach students about civic responsibility. These forms use the imagination as a key tool in the transmission of cultural values.8 page(s

Educational strategies for ADHD students : a guide for parents and teachers in primary and secondary education

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What undermines higher education : and how this impacts employment, economies and our democracies

Introduction; Part I. The crisis of higher edcation; Ch. 1. Potemkin villages in campus; Ch. 2. Graduates, unemployment, underemployment and NEETs; Part II. Times of change; Ch. 3. MOOCs, learning and change machines; Ch. 4. Marketization and academic freedom; Conclusion; References133 page(s

Romanian philosophical culture, globalization, and education

Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Romanian Philosophical Culture -- Chapter 1. Aesthetics and Philosophy of Culture in Tudor Vianu -- Vlad Alexandrescu (University of Bucharest, Romania) -- Chapter 2. The Philosophical Periods of Emil Cioran -- Ciprian Valcan (Tibiscus University Timisoara, Romania) -- Chapter 3. The Phenomenological Movement in Romania. A Historical and Systematic overview -- Madalina Diaconu (University of Wien, Austria) -- Chapter 4. Noica, a Thinker in a Time of Need and the Philosophy of Becoming unto Being -- Laura Pamfil (University of Bucharest, Romania) -- Chapter 5. Alexandru Dragomir : Notebooks from the Underground -- Gabriel Liiceanu (University of Bucharest, Romania) -- Chapter 6. Christianity and Postmodernism in the Work of Horia-Roman Patapievici -- Alin Tat (University of Cluj, Romania) -- Part II. Romanian Philosophical Inquiries into Globalization and Education -- Chapter 7. Globalization, Nationalism and Romania¿s -- Educational Reform(s). -- Stefan Popenici (Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education, Canada) -- Chapter 8. Global Processes: What Has Education to Learn from Globalization -- Ciprian Fartusnic (Institute for Educational Sciences, Romania) -- Chapter 9. Education and Globalization in Pseudo-Modern Romania: The Issue of Difference -- Catalina Ulrich (University of Bucharest, Romania) -- Chapter 10. Romania: a developing country and the challenges of globalization -- Paul Blendea (Institute for Educational Sciences, Romania) -- Chapter 11. The Dilemma of the Cultural Researcher: Are Global Answers Suitable for Local Queries? -- Serban Iosifescu (Institute for Educational Sciences, Romania) -- Chapter 12. Globalization and Cultural Diversity -- Zeno Reinhardt and Oana Almasan (National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, Romania) -- Index.242 page(s