Technology and Workplace Skills for the Twenty-First Century: Asia Pacific Universities in the Globalized Economy

Deane E. Neubauer and Kamila Ghazali (eds.)

Education & Exchange
East Asia
Pacific
South Asia
Southeast Asia
West Asia
Format
hardback
Pages
224
ISBN
978-1-137-49191-6

Technology and Workplace Skills for the Twenty-First Century examines many of the rapid changes taking place at the intersection of workplace demands and higher education throughout the Asia Pacific region. The globalized, interdependent twenty-first century workforce is built around computing, communication, and automation. These characteristics have changed the ways in which higher education is connected to the workforce and raised the stakes for educating students for the changing workforce. In this book, scholars and education leaders throughout Asia Pacific and the US investigate how the changing needs of the workforce have shaped higher education's curriculum, methods, and orientation, and show how different Asia Pacific countries have responded differently to these challenges.

About the authors:
Deane E. Neubauer is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA, and Co-Director of the Asian Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership (APHERP) at the East-West Center.

Kamila Ghazali is Associate Professor of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.

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Contents
  1. Introduction

    PART I: THE PROBLEMATIC
  2. Twenty First Century Work Skills and Competencies
  3. Social Media, Social Intelligence, and Emerging Trends in Higher Education Communication
  4. How to Survive and Thrive: Educating the Technologically Adept for Success in the Twenty-first Century
  5. Reshaping Higher Education for a Globalized Future

    PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES
  6. Twentieth-first Century Engineering Education: KMUTT Imagineering Program
  7. Student Learning Through Active Learning: How Learning Commons Support Students' Independent Learning
  8. The Politicization of the PhD and the Employability of Doctoral Graduates: An Australian Case-Study in a Global Context
  9. US Public Higher Education: The Challenge to Lower Costs and Increase Access and Quality
  10. Teacher Education Innovation in Northeast Normal University of China: University-Governments-School Cooperation Model
  11. Graduate Competencies: Issues and Solutions of Graduate Employability in Malaysia
  12. Vietnam Higher Education and the Role of Learners in the Twenty-First Century
  13. Determining Quality and Relevance in US Universities: Who Should Decide? And How Should They Decide?
  14. Internship Programs of Higher Education in Taiwan: Cases from Fu Jen Catholic University
  15. Where from Here?