Development Of A Transcript To Record Learner Creativity And Curiosity,
2022
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Development Of A Transcript To Record Learner Creativity And Curiosity, Prue Anderson, Toby Carslake, Anit Cherian, Bethany Davies, Laura Good, Jonathan Heard, Sladana Krstic, Brendan Mcginley, Dara Ramalingam, Sarah Richardson, Claire Scoular, Shani Sniedze, Jennifer Star
Assessment and Reporting
Funded with generous support by the Jacobs Foundation, the ultimate goal of this project was to develop transcripts to track learner progress in the domains of creativity and curiosity. To support this overarching goal, the research team sought to define creativity and curiosity in language that would resonate with learners and teachers and that would be appropriate across numerous cultural settings. The result of the project is a series of prototype materials and resources, specifically: literature reviews, frameworks, enabling environment summaries, reflective quizzes and transcripts. Based on insights from the literature reviews, the researchers developed frameworks to define the constructs …
Exploring The Effect Of Team Identification On Internationalstudents’ Adjustment To Higher Education In The United States,
2022
University of Connecticut
Exploring The Effect Of Team Identification On Internationalstudents’ Adjustment To Higher Education In The United States, Kibaek Kim, Merry Moiseichik, Jinwook Han, Sarah Stokowski
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
International students have been continuously transitioning to U.S. colleges in pursuit of high- quality education and social mobility opportunities. Multiple studies have dealt with the adjustment of international students in their process of transitioning to a new environment. The purpose of our study is to explore if college sports fan identification can contribute to this population’s adjustment process. This study used lived experiences from 10 international graduate students regarding their college sports fan experiences and how that helped them adjust to American colleges. Results showed that answers from international students derived two themes: social and academic adjustments. Social adjustment was …
Why Institutional Scholarship Policy Matters: Its Influence On Graduate International Students At A Regional University In Taiwan,
2022
University of Connecticut
Why Institutional Scholarship Policy Matters: Its Influence On Graduate International Students At A Regional University In Taiwan, Gam Thi Phan, Wei-Yu Liu
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
This qualitative study explored the importance of scholarship policies toward international graduate students during their studies at a regional university in Taiwan from the “push-pull” framework. Ten participants representing Indonesia, Vietnam, and India, the University’s three largest international student groups, were interviewed. The analysis of the 10 semi-structured interviews investigates international students’ choices to attend a regional university, and whether scholarship policy impacts their decision-making. Findings revealed the different influences of scholarship policy on international graduate students from majors and departments in their academic and financial adjustment. Key advantages and disadvantages of current scholarship policies are discussed with regards to …
Pedagogy Of Global Positioning Leadership As Applied To Study Abroad,
2022
University of Connecticut
Pedagogy Of Global Positioning Leadership As Applied To Study Abroad, J.P. Bongila
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
This article examines how the pedagogy of Global Positioning Leadership (GPL) enhanced the educational and global leadership mindset of graduate students who participated in three short-term study abroad programs in Cuba (2015), and Brazil (2016 and 2017). In this study, GPL also made use of grounded theory to analyze the change of worldview students experienced upon taking this interdisciplinary course. The focus was to assist students to achieve cross-cultural success, address serious issues in culturally relevant ways, and to gain a peak learning experience that could propel them toward relevant action. To assess students’ change of worldview, GPL proceeded through …
Fostering Diversified Cultural Perspectives In A New Era Of The Globalized Higher Education System: Comparative Analysis Of Arab And American Student Perceptions,
2022
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Fostering Diversified Cultural Perspectives In A New Era Of The Globalized Higher Education System: Comparative Analysis Of Arab And American Student Perceptions, Samar A. Abid, Edgar Apanecatl Ibarra, Stephen P. Wanger
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
Among the leading issues that dominated debate throughout 2020, diversity on higher education campuses surfaced once again demanding change of existing as well as future practices. Addressing and incorporating diversified cultural perspectives require universities to do much more than issuing diversity statements. This research study employed Q-methodology to explore and compare the perspectives that one group of international students and one group of domestic students hold regarding the American model of the research university. The groups included Arab students studying at a public research university in the United States, and domestic American students studying at a public research university in …
The Auto-Ethnographic Inquiry Of A Female Chinese Graduate Studentin Canada: Challenging, Accepting, And Transforming,
2022
University of Connecticut
The Auto-Ethnographic Inquiry Of A Female Chinese Graduate Studentin Canada: Challenging, Accepting, And Transforming, L. Ge, D. Durst
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
China remains the top country of citizenship for international students and female students (married and single) comprise part of Chinese international students. However, female international students as a marginalized group face multiple challenges and parental, marital, personal, and cross-cultural situational barriers. Relying on an auto-ethnographic inquiry, this study digs into my experiences and stories as a Chinese female graduate student in Canada to examine and connect with the academic climate and broader communities. Specifically, the gender-based, culture-based, and race-based challenges that I faced during my studies at a Canadian university including my coping strategies are explored. The constructivist paradigm as …
Chinese Graduate Students’ Narratives And Sociolinguistic Advice Onintercultural Communication At Southern U.S. Universities,
2022
University of Connecticut
Chinese Graduate Students’ Narratives And Sociolinguistic Advice Onintercultural Communication At Southern U.S. Universities, Chih-Hsin Hsu
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
Although intercultural communication competence can be developed through cross-cultural experiences and dialogues (Jin, Cooper & Golding, 2016) and involving interactions (Rodenborg & Boisen, 2013), studies show that Chinese graduate students considered advanced English speakers continuously report difficulties in engaging in “intercultural communication” with Native English Speakers (NESs) in the U.S. (e.g., Gareis, 2012; Xiao & Petraki, 2007). Drawn upon co-cultural theory, the narrative-research-design study utilizing 17 scenario-hypothesized interviews reveals the experiences of eight Chinese advanced-ESL graduate students as they describe sociolinguistic struggles and cultural variations in verbal communication with the dominant linguistic group-NESs on their campuses. Four main instructive themes …
International Students’ Perspectives On Online Interfaces, Identity, Andenvironment In A U.S. Writing Center,
2022
University of Connecticut
International Students’ Perspectives On Online Interfaces, Identity, Andenvironment In A U.S. Writing Center, Kristen Nichols-Besel, Xi Yu, Kirsten Jamsen
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
This article investigates the perspectives of international students in the United States who use writing centers to support their identities and to meet their writing needs and goals. Using survey and focus group data to look closely at how students use one writing center’s online Profile and more broadly at the accessibility and responsiveness of writing center services, this study found that students have much to say about their place within writing centers and how writing consultants can best support them. Listening to these international student voices reveals how writing centers and other student support services must take the initiative …
Introduction,
2022
University of Connecticut
Introduction, Rosalind Latiner Raby
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
Introduction 14(1) 2022,
2022
University of Connecticut
Introduction 14(1) 2022, Rosalind Latiner Raby
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
The Quest To Increase Diversity At The University Of Oxford,
2022
University of Connecticut
The Quest To Increase Diversity At The University Of Oxford, Jeffery L. Wilson
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
In this paper, an understanding of how an elite institution pursues diversity initiatives is explored. Research afforded a better understanding of strategies adopted for recruitment and retention whereby positive results were reported after implementation. Removing barriers that may prevent marginalized populations from enrolling were critical towards these efforts. Oxford has taken steps to increase diversity, and it appears they are having modest success. One method that has been an asset is to invite students to spend time on campus through residential programs. Additional efforts underway to increase diversity include an intensive urban recruitment initiative and securing school/parent/community buy-in. Venturing into …
Studying Abroad At ‘Home’: Going To Japan In New Zealand,
2022
University of Connecticut
Studying Abroad At ‘Home’: Going To Japan In New Zealand, Douglas J. Rapley, Gillian Skyrme
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
This article examines the experiences of a group of Japanese study abroad students in response to the purposeful replication of a Japanese environment by the New Zealand-based institution where they studied. Data were collected from 12 students via interviews spread over approximately 20 months, and revealed that management provided specifically for the Japanese students, isolating them from other groups within the college in different ways, which is contrary to frequently cited study abroad objectives. Some initial resistance by participants gave way to acceptance, demonstrated through personal activities which propagated the institution’s Japaneseness and an appreciation of management’s efforts to provide …
Education, Aspiration, And Everyday Diplomacy:An Ethnographic Study Of Female Malaysian Muslim Students In Theuk,
2022
University of Connecticut
Education, Aspiration, And Everyday Diplomacy:An Ethnographic Study Of Female Malaysian Muslim Students In Theuk, Ireena Nasiha Ibnu
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
This paper seeks to explore the aspects related to education and aspiration through the on-going experiences of Female Malay Muslim students in UK higher institutions. Building on an ethnographic approach, an in-depth interview with 30 female Malay students, I focus on the various aspects of the students’ lives as scholarship holders, addressing in particular how they handle diplomatic practices in their everyday lives as Malaysian mini ambassadors overseas. The notions of aspiration, well-balanced citizenship and ‘everyday diplomacy’ are deployed in this research to understand the everyday experiences of these students. Hence, it is argued that the privileges in education policy …
Exploring Self-Perceived Employability And Its Determinants Amonginternational Students In The United States,
2022
University of Connecticut
Exploring Self-Perceived Employability And Its Determinants Amonginternational Students In The United States, Yuanlu Nui, Xu Xu, Yidan Zhu, Yvonne Hunter-Johnson
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
The purpose of this study is to explore the perceived employability and its factors (e.g. demographic factors, educational factors, work-related factors, language and U.S. experience factors, and family factors) among international students in the U.S. Also, the study examines how gender moderates the relationships between perceived employability and other factors. A survey was conducted among international students at a midwestern public university in the U.S. and 138 participants’ responses were included in the data analysis. The result shows that international students are confident in their employability. Interestingly, compared to female international students, the advantages brought by being in the field …
Within And Between School Variation In Achievement On The Programme For International Student Assessment (Pisa) In Australia: Pisa Australia Technical Paper,
2022
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Within And Between School Variation In Achievement On The Programme For International Student Assessment (Pisa) In Australia: Pisa Australia Technical Paper, John Ainley, Greg Macaskill, Sue Thomson
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia
Australian secondary school students vary widely in their academic achievement. Using the scores from the Programme for International Student Achievement (PISA) in 2018, for example, the range from the 5th to the 95th percentile of student reading scores in Australia was 359 points compared to the OECD average of 327 points (OECD, 2019a; Thomson et al., 2019). This considerable range in achievement scores has been described as reflecting a long tail in the distribution of achievement. In this paper, attention is focused on the variation in the achievement scores of 15-year-old students in Australia based on data from PISA 2018. …
Introduction To Jcihe Special Issue,
2022
California State University, Northridge
Introduction To Jcihe Special Issue, Rosalind Latiner Raby
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
From 2000 To 2018: Examining The Relationship Between Net Tuition Revenue And The International Undergraduate Student Enrollment At Public Doctoral Universities,
2022
University of Connecticut
From 2000 To 2018: Examining The Relationship Between Net Tuition Revenue And The International Undergraduate Student Enrollment At Public Doctoral Universities, Zongxiang Mei, Yan Liu
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
Increased international students could potentially contribute to the institutional financial stability. However, there is limited research evidence regarding the association between net tuition revenue and international undergraduate student enrollment at public doctoral universities through a longitudinal perspective. This research, therefore, fills the gap and investigates the association between international student enrollment and the financial status of institutions. Informed by Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), this study used correlational analysis, One-way ANOVA and Post Hoc tests to examine the relationship from different perspectives. These findings indicated a statistically significant positive correlation between net tuition revenue and international undergraduate student enrollment numbers at public …
The Education Process Of Children With Imprisonedparents After The July 15, 2016 Coup Attempt In Turkey,
2022
Mevlana University
The Education Process Of Children With Imprisonedparents After The July 15, 2016 Coup Attempt In Turkey, Seyat Polat
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
This article explores the educational processes of the high-school youth and higher education youth of parents who were imprisoned following the coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016. Data was collected from parents who are involved in their\ children's education and who have been subjected to political persecution. The research is focused on educational processes with respect to students' academic success, psychological problems, and changes to moral and universal values, all from the point of view of the parents. The main conclusions seem to be that the majority of students whose parents were imprisoned had to change their schools, their …
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?, Kikuko Omori, Michael W. Schwartz
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
This study investigates the relationship between Facebook use and acculturation using Berry’s acculturation orientations and Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) as theoretical frameworks. The researchers followed 15 international students’ Facebook walls during their first and second semester in the U.S. by creating a fake Facebook page to be added as the international students’ social network. The major findings of this study include a) the pattern of Facebook postings was the same during the semester, b) international students used convergence communication strategies to better communicate with people in their network, and c) some participants’ Facebook postings indicate a strong identification with their …
Introduction To Special Issue On
Foreign Interference In Higher Education,
2022
University of Connecticut
Introduction To Special Issue On Foreign Interference In Higher Education, Kyle A. Long
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
