Investigating Student Development Of Intercultural Communicationcompetence Through Collaborative Online International Learning,
2022
University of Connecticut
Investigating Student Development Of Intercultural Communicationcompetence Through Collaborative Online International Learning, Yizhe Huang
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
This dissertation is a qualitative case study detailing the intercultural communication competence (ICC) development of seven Chinese foreign language learners who participated in Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) activities at a regional U.S. university with a group of native Chinese speakers. Multiple qualitative data sources - including semi-structured interviews, observations, questionnaires, and reflection journals - were collected over two years. Drawing on sociocultural and transformative learning theories, this study disclosed four findings that practitioners and researchers can build upon to promote language development and intercultural learning in foreign language coursework through virtual exchange.
The Inter-Play Of Teacher Agency And Student Agency In Enhancing Graduate Employability: A Study Of The International Career-Oriented Programs In Vietnam,
2022
University of Connecticut
The Inter-Play Of Teacher Agency And Student Agency In Enhancing Graduate Employability: A Study Of The International Career-Oriented Programs In Vietnam, Thi Duc Phung
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
Although the Vietnamese government has launched numerous initiatives to develop employability for students, half of its university graduates are unable to find jobs in their area of specialization. In order to address this issue, the Vietnamese higher education sector has introduced international career-oriented programs (ICOPs) to position the quality of Vietnamese graduates on par with international standards. This research focuses on three ICOPs to explore the interaction between teacher and student agency in enhancing graduate employability. This research draws on Bourdieu's concepts of field, capital, and habitus to investigate how academics and students perceive and exercise their individual agency. The …
Gendered Experiences Of Human Dignity Within Canadian Universities: The Case Of Iranian International Students,
2022
University of Connecticut
Gendered Experiences Of Human Dignity Within Canadian Universities: The Case Of Iranian International Students, E. Razavipour
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
This article explores Iranian international students’ (IISs) experiences of human dignity (HD) within Canadian universities, compared to Iranian ones. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 24 current and former IISs (10 women and 10 men in Montreal and two women and two men who had left Canada), I created a conceptual HD framework to analyze the data. Three themes emerged as key to IISs’ experiences of HD in the context of postsecondary education: 1) the relationship between students and university faculty/staff, 2) gender equality and freedom, and 3) having a minority or marginalized identity. I conclude with observations about how an …
Worldview Diversity Education At Global Liberal Arts Campuses,
2022
University of Connecticut
Worldview Diversity Education At Global Liberal Arts Campuses, Renee L. Bowling
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
In this emerging scholar summary, the author joins together scholarship on religion and culture and advocates for socially just education for religious understanding that is linked to global citizenship and diversity education. A comparative case study methodology that incorporates a survey and elite interviews is used to explore the manner and degree to which global liberal arts colleges and universities are engaging with religious diversity. Three axes are applied to analyze the ways education for religious understanding may function across place, space, and time within global education policy networks.
Canadian And Iranian Graduate Students’ Conceptions Of Critical Thinking: A Comparative Study,
2022
University of Connecticut
Canadian And Iranian Graduate Students’ Conceptions Of Critical Thinking: A Comparative Study, Farzaneh Ojaghi Shirmard
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
This study compares Canadian and Iranian international students’ conceptions of critical thinking during their graduate studies in Canada. Critical thinking is an essential skill in Canadian higher education. It enables students to make reasoned judgments from their observations and experimentation. This narrative inquiry using open-ended interviews describes the narratives of eight students from different master’s programs at a university in western Canada to examine their experiences and notions of critical thinking. The preliminary findings reveal that while all Canadian participants had knowledgeable perspectives about critical thinking, Iranian participants required more knowledge to build their critical thinking conceptualizations. Moreover, content knowledge, …
Dealing With Acculturative Stress: How International Students’ Personality Traits Help?,
2022
University of Connecticut
Dealing With Acculturative Stress: How International Students’ Personality Traits Help?, Thu Thi Kim Le
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
Studies on international students have gained popularity over the past decades, especially; international students’ experience on acculturative stress has been a significant research topic for researchers in different countries. However, there remains a gap in how personality traits influence the ways that international students deal with acculturative stress. This study aims to investigate acculturative stress-related experiences of five international students from five countries studying in Canada. Applying a collective case study as a qualitative research method and collecting data from semi-structured in-depth interviews, this study expects to describe levels of stress that these students encounter and explore how their personality …
The Role Of Academic Mobility In The (De)Construction Of Internationalization: Dialogues And Perspectives From, In And On Global South & Global North,
2022
University of Connecticut
The Role Of Academic Mobility In The (De)Construction Of Internationalization: Dialogues And Perspectives From, In And On Global South & Global North, Ana Rachel M. Mendes
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
International mobility has played a central role in the views, policies, and actions of internationalization of higher education, despite representing a highly excluding, elitist process with flows that tend to reinforce asymmetrical relationships and colonial domination by the Global North of the Global South. Therefore, this study seeks to investigate how the international mobility is related to the construction of internationalization. To this end, the views of students and professors participating in the academic mobility of one university in Brazil, the Global South, and another in Spain, the Global North, will be analyzed through interviews and later they will be …
Introduction: 14(6) 2022: Emerging Scholars Issue,
2022
University of Connecticut
Introduction: 14(6) 2022: Emerging Scholars Issue
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
Contributions Of Capitals To Chinese International Graduates’ Employability In Australia,
2022
University of Connecticut
Contributions Of Capitals To Chinese International Graduates’ Employability In Australia
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
International Teaching Internship: Development Of Pre-Service Teachers’ Competences,
2022
Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh
International Teaching Internship: Development Of Pre-Service Teachers’ Competences, Luthfi Auni, Teuku Zulfikar, Saiful Akmal, Alfiatunnur Alfiatunnur, Farah Dina
The Qualitative Report
Teachers’ competences should be shaped from a very early stage of their training (Mâţă, Cmeciu, & Ghiaţău, 2013). For that reason, pre-service teachers are required to get involved in teaching internships and gain professional experience from training programs and workshops. These experiences are assets for these pre-service teachers when they resume teaching positions upon graduation. The present narrative study, therefore, aims to investigate the benefits of international teaching internship, known as South-East Asian Teacher (henceforth SEA-Teacher Program) on Indonesian pre-service English teachers’ identity and competence development. There were four male and four female participants of SEA-Teacher program participated in the …
Global Learning: Definition, Assessment, And Approaches,
2022
Stockton University
Global Learning: Definition, Assessment, And Approaches, Jiangyuan Zhou
Journal of Global Education and Research
Global learning has become a fundamental aspect of international education. Yet, a clear understanding of global learning and how to develop it remain unclear. Using the dynamic systems approach, this paper analyzed the reasons, methods, and knowledge, skills, and attitudes(KSA) of global learning in higher education. Global learning is the higher education institutions’ critical response to globalization. It is the essential learning outcome of comprehensive internationalization of curriculum requiring students to develop KSA about the external world and their internal selves in their daily lives across local and global communities. With survey results from 142 undergraduate students in one U.S. …
Immigrant Students And Global Education,
2022
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Immigrant Students And Global Education, Felipe A. Filomeno, Christopher Brown
Journal of Global Education and Research
Research on immigrant students in higher education often articulates a deficit narrative emphasizing the challenges immigrant students face in comparison to their native-born peers. In education for global competence, however, immigrant students’ life experiences give them a potential advantage. This study investigated whether project-based learning designed to take advantage of immigrant students’ intercultural life experiences could contribute to the development of global competence among undergraduate students. Developing and teaching a collaborative, project-based course where undergraduate students researched the intercultural experiences of their immigrant peers, researchers measured specific learning outcomes using quantitative and thematic analysis of student research papers and reflective …
Vulnerability And Well-Being: International Students’ Experience In North Queensland, Australia,
2022
University of Connecticut
Vulnerability And Well-Being: International Students’ Experience In North Queensland, Australia
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
Foreign Donations In The Higher Education Sector Of The United States And The United Kingdom: Pathways For Reputation Laundering,
2022
University of Connecticut
Foreign Donations In The Higher Education Sector Of The United States And The United Kingdom: Pathways For Reputation Laundering
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
A Bibliometric Exploration Into The Global Research Impact Of China’S Thousand Talents Brand,
2022
University of Connecticut
A Bibliometric Exploration Into The Global Research Impact Of China’S Thousand Talents Brand, Ryan M. Allen, Yang L. Allen
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
The Thousand Talents Plan was an ambitious government initiative to repatriate and/or recruit experts from the global Chinese diaspora, along with some non-Chinese experts. The plan has received much criticism from abroad, accusing it of taking advantage of the open international education sector and facilitating espionage. While the Thousand Talents Plan received the most international attention, it was just one of over 200 Chinese governmental talent recruitment plans, which we label broadly as the Thousand Talents Brand (TTB). Using bibliometric analysis from the Web of Science, we find that research connected to the TTB decreased following the recent outcry but …
What’S In An Image? A Critical Look At Study Abroad Programs Going To Africa,
2022
University of Connecticut
What’S In An Image? A Critical Look At Study Abroad Programs Going To Africa
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
Public Discourse And Public Policyon Foreign Interference In Higher Education,
2022
University of Connecticut
Public Discourse And Public Policyon Foreign Interference In Higher Education, Kyle A. Long, Carly O'Connell
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
In recent years, news media have increased reporting about alleged foreign interference in universities worldwide. A flurry of new policies has followed. This article reviews discourse and policy on foreign interference in higher education in select countries. It identifies the alleged perpetrators and victims, the victims’ concerns and responses, and the voices shaping the narrative about foreign interference. We combine the concepts of sharp power and right-wing authoritarianism to inform a discourse analysis and comparative policy analysis of a data set of 161 news articles and related media sources spanning a 30-month period of 2019-2021. Our findings highlight how government …
Introduction: 14(5) 2022: Independent And Special Issue,
2022
University of Connecticut
Introduction: 14(5) 2022: Independent And Special Issue, Rosalind Latiner Raby
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
The Education Process Of Children With Imprisoned Parents After The July 15, 2016 Coup Attempt In Turkey,
2022
University of Connecticut
The Education Process Of Children With Imprisoned Parents After The July 15, 2016 Coup Attempt In Turkey
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
Acculturation And Social Media: How Do International Students Engage With Facebook While Abroad?,
2022
University of Connecticut
Acculturation And Social Media: How Do International Students Engage With Facebook While Abroad?
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
