TRANSNATIONAL PROJECTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: DEVELOPMENT OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS BY MEANS OF JOINT RESEARCH

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 124-138
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Gradaleva ◽  
Maria Houston
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Virtual Projects

The article analyses the efficiency of implementing transnational virtual projects in higher education. The research aims at defining the most appropriate ways of developing intercultural communication skills among students in the process of doing joint research. The authors describe the International Conference Project on Global Issues held at Samara State Technical University (Russia) and Notre Dame College (USA). Special emphasis is laid upon the stages of the project programme worked out by the authors, difficulties in communication faced by students in the course of collaboration and the ways to eliminate them. The authors assess project efficiency not only by analysing psychological and cultural factors, but also by examining the data of the questionnaire survey held among Russian and American students who have finished their joint research. This kind of multifaceted approach helped identify advantages and disadvantages of the project programme and reveal the friction points that can arise in the process of professional interaction of the representatives of different cultures. The authors conclude that transnational virtual projects give valuable opportunities to develop intercultural communication skills as students learn to make adaptive behavior changes in different cultural contexts, analyse friction points and construct effective strategies for their solution. They gain the ability to synthesize the cultures/languages/rhetorics/spaces in conflict for a constructive communicative outcome.  

scholarly journals Global Changes in Higher Education: Post-Covid Times

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-70
Author(s):  
J. P. Bayer ◽  
N. A. Churaev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Education Development ◽  
International Context ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Coronavirus Infection

In this article we talk about education as a global phenomenon that includes many actors with their own political interests. In this regard, the question of the anthropological component of modern education, including in the international context, arises extremely sharply: what kind of person is formed by the new global education, to whom it applies, and what values it forms. Main trends in global education policy are defined. The formation of a global educational policy has not yet been completed, and the pandemic of coronavirus infection has brought both positive and negative aspects. We name both of them: the advantages and disadvantages of pandemic situation that shifted the global higher education into the different format. Also, we make the forecast on further higher education development.

Effect of GI and Glogster on Improving the Intercultural Communication Skills in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 576-604
Author(s):  
Ghada M. Awada ◽  
Hassan B. Diab ◽  
Kawthar H. Faour
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Intercultural Sensitivity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Experimental Group

The study reports the effect of group investigation (GI) cooperative learning method and the Glogster online poster on improving the intercultural communication skills of international students (n=54) of eight different countries. The study is premised on the proposition that the integration of GI and Glogster in classrooms consisting of Lebanese and non-Lebanese students could be effective in improving the intercultural communication skills of international students and enhancing their perceptions of intercultural communication. The study employed the mixed methods pretest-posttest control group experimental design whereby six Interactions Among Civilizations intact classes were randomly assigned to control and experimental conditions. Employing the intercultural sensitivity scale yielded findings indicating the significance of the GI and Glogster in developing the cultural adaptability and intercultural sensitivity of the experimental group participants (n=25) whereas the control group participants (n=28) did not show similar improvement.

scholarly journals Distance education as an answer to today’s challenges: cultural and artistic aspect

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryna Chumachenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Functional Method ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Education Activity

The purpose of the article lies in the comprehension of theoretical aspects of distance learning as the most efficient cultural and organizational paradigm of educational field development, specific nature of its realization, and prospects for cultural and artistic education development. The methodology of the research is based on the application of methods of hermeneutic interpretation (to determine specific features of distance education in foreign and national higher education establishments), comparative analysis (with the purpose to discover reasons for active development and peculiarities of realization of distance education technologies in European and US higher education establishments), structural and functional method (to discover the role of distance education in a time of civilizational globalization and social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic). The scientific novelty lies in carrying out a theoretical analysis of distance education development in European countries, the USA and Ukraine, determination of advantages and disadvantages of implementation of distance education in the educational environment, the discovery of priority ways of distance education development for cultural and artistic disciplines. Conclusions. The COVID-19 pandemic provided conditions due to which adoption of distance education technologies to the traditional education system – internal and external – became the only possible form of implementation of the education activity. The new conditions caused the creation of a brand new educational environment that determined potential ways of higher education development in the future. The conceptual framework of search and realization of a new educational strategy needs to take into account a paradigm basis for cultural and artistic education and science development that is possible on the condition of adoptive integration of information and communication technologies into the cultural and artistic field.

scholarly journals The Transnational Corporations’ Activities and Their Impact on the Development of the Ukrainian Consumer Market: The Globalization Aspect

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Consumer Market ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Methodological Principles

The paper deals with the methodological principles of the dual education development in the hotel and restaurant business taking into account the modernization paradigm. The preconditions for the formation of dual education systems in different countries suggest that such an approach should be more appropriately applied to practically oriented specialties. Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of existing dual education systems offers an opportunity to suggest ways to modernize them in the conditions of the information society development. The paper proposes a system of principles (general and specific) on which the cooperation of higher education institutions and hotel and restaurant business should be based. The stages and methodological approaches to the analysis of hotel and restaurant business modernization processes in the context of the formation of a dual education system are substantiated.

Effect of GI and Glogster on Improving the Intercultural Communication Skills in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 130-158
Author(s):  
Ghada M. Awada ◽  
Hassan B. Diab ◽  
Kawthar H. Faour
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Intercultural Sensitivity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Experimental Group

The study reports the effect of group investigation (GI) cooperative learning method and the Glogster online poster on improving the intercultural communication skills of international students (n=54) of eight different countries. The study is premised on the proposition that the integration of GI and Glogster in classrooms consisting of Lebanese and non-Lebanese students could be effective in improving the intercultural communication skills of international students and enhancing their perceptions of intercultural communication. The study employed the mixed methods pretest-posttest control group experimental design whereby six Interactions Among Civilizations intact classes were randomly assigned to control and experimental conditions. Employing the intercultural sensitivity scale yielded findings indicating the significance of the GI and Glogster in developing the cultural adaptability and intercultural sensitivity of the experimental group participants (n=25) whereas the control group participants (n=28) did not show similar improvement.

Trends of philological education development in the context of European integration

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The Media

The monograph presents innovative research in modern pedagogy, language education, methods of teaching Ukrainian literature, highlights the peculiarities of training students of philology. The papers concern the problems of learning with the Sіор model, the peculiarities of the organization of education and research, independent activities of the students, mixed forms of education. There are found out strategic approaches to the formation of intercultural communication of future philologists. The study of cognitive linguistics and linguoculturology, discourse in the media demonstrates the development of new areas of modern linguistics. The monograph is recommended for teachers of higher education institutions, postgraduate students, doctoral students, lecturers, students.

scholarly journals Forming intercultural communication skills in students of non-language universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-A) ◽  
pp. 136-140
Author(s):  
Elvira Yu. Mizyurova ◽  
Kapitalina A. Rokityanskaya ◽  
Galina V. Levchenko ◽  
Igor Yu. Tyurin ◽  
Elena V. Kusmartseva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Work Placement ◽  
Foreign Culture ◽  
Modern Methods ◽  
Development Of Students

The relevance of this article derives from the consideration of the problem of development of students’ intercultural communication skills under significant influence of the globalization process on the development of higher education system, especially in those universities where there is a rapid growth of the export of learning services. Foreign language is thought of as the main means of intercultural communication. The object of this paper is to analyze the process of formation of intercultural communication, modern value attitudes towards foreign culture and its bearers among students with allowance for the reality of learning experiences in an agricultural university. The consideration of this issue made it possible to determine modern methods and forms of work in practical classes in a foreign language which will facilitate a solution to the problem. The authors of the article point out that industrial work placement abroad is an effective tool to develop intercultural communication skills. The role of a teacher is considered to be a key one in the formation of students’ intercultural communication skills.  

scholarly journals Modernization Principles of the Dual Education System Development in Hotel and Restaurant Business

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4S) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Information Society ◽  
System Development ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Methodological Principles

The paper deals with the methodological principles of the dual education development in the hotel and restaurant business considering the modernization paradigm. The preconditions for the formation of dual education systems in different countries suggest that such an approach should be more appropriately applied to practically oriented specialties. Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of existing dual education systems offers an opportunity to suggest ways to modernize them in the conditions of the information society development. The paper proposes a system of principles (general and specific) on which the cooperation of higher education institutions and hotel and restaurant business should be based. The stages and methodological approaches to the analysis of hotel and restaurant business modernization processes in the context of the formation of a dual education system are substantiated.

scholarly journals Swot-analysis of the implementation of blended learning in institutuins of higher education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mykola Ivashchenko ◽  
Tetjana Bykova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Education Development ◽  
National Education ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Face To Face Instruction

According to the tendencies of digital education development - from MOOC (Massive open online courses) technology to biometrics, blended learning is defined as a perspective innovative way of improvement the national education. It is considered as a flexible combination of traditional (face-to-face instruction) with computer study (computer-mediated instruction). In order to the fact that blended education is not widely spreaded all over Ukraine, there is a need for an objective assessment of the perspectives of this technology. The revealed possibilities of using the SWOT analysis method in the process of making managerial decisions and strategic planning determined it as a way to research the advantages and disadvantages of introducing of blended learning in higher education institutions in the context of a comprehensive transformation of educational sector in the direction of combining educational technologies with the theoretical and practical attainment of management methodology. The study uses the standard list of criteria as a basis, adapts them to the conditions of the educational process. According to the criteria we choose , indicators are defined strengths and weaknesses of blended learning; opportunities and threats of the environment, which directly and indirectly influence the implementation of the technology of blended learning in the modern educational system. The results of the SWOT analysis show that the strong aspects of blended learning are predominate. Most of the weaknesses are minimized by dominating the strengths and opportunities that can be identified in the development of the environment. Revealed threats are not fatal but most difficult to be minimized. Consequently, the introduction of blended learning in the educational process of higher education is a sufficiently substantiated and perspective way out for improving the education system of Ukraine

scholarly journals SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE HIGHER EDUCATION IN MODERN BELARUS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-125
Author(s):  
Anatolij I. Lysiuk ◽  
Maryia G. Sakalouskaya ◽  
Dzmitry A. Lysiuk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Online Higher Education

In the article, based on the results of a sociological nationwide survey (September-November 2019), status and prospects of online higher education development in the Republic of Belarus are studied. It has been found out that despite respondents are generally positively assess the system of higher education, they are convinced that within its framework it is impossible to prepare good professionals in a number of areas. A positive attitude to the format of online higher education has been revealed, particularly on the basis of reputable Western universities. Categories of individuals potentially interested in online learning services are defined. It is emphasized that this form of learning fits only for highly motivated students. A set of motives is highlighted that encourage students to choose an online learning abroad. Both its advantages and disadvantages are indicated. A sociological study also fixes some risks for Belarus related to the fact that, having received Western diplomas, a significant part of their holders will seek to find a job in European countries. Assessment of employment prospects in Belarus and abroad for holders of “online” diplomas is given. Most Belarusians admit paid tuition for high-quality online education at Western universities and believe that payment should be adequate to the Belarusian standard of living.The set of disciplines which can be popular in online format were defined. It has been established that social modernization of Belarus is to a great extent interested in this group of specialists. It is proved that today Belarusian universities are not able to compete with online offers from Western universities, because they are not ready for this from statutory, financial, organizational, logistical and human resources point of view. The study has practical importance, as empirical analysis results can be used for decision-making process in the country. This kind of study was conducted in Belarus for the first time.

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