scholarly journals A Pedagogy of Student Mobility

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (Spring) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
William Geibel
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Magical Thinking ◽  
Domestic Students ◽  
Academic Effort ◽  
Humanistic Outcomes ◽  
Mobility Programs ◽  
The University

Student mobility is often hailed for its contributions to certain student outcomes such as improved international understanding and awareness (i.e. humanistic outcomes). Yet despite the heavy reliance placed upon student mobility to produce these humanistic outcomes, little academic effort has been devoted to how these outcomes are attained and what the role of the university should be in facilitating such outcomes. Far too often, universities rely on a type of magical thinking that assumes humanistic outcomes simply by bringing international students onto their campuses. As a result, shortcomings in student mobility programs persist including social and physical separation of international and domestic students, a lack of interaction between these two groups and even, at times, negative interactions that undermine the goals of these programs. Therefore, in place of magical thinking, this paper presents a pedagogy of student mobility to guide how universities approach international student programs. By conceptualizing student mobility as an educational activity in which the university must play the role of facilitator, the pedagogy borrows from a range of educational theories and tools to put forth four tenets that can assist universities in overcoming current shortcomings and fulfill the potential of student mobility programs.

Attracting and Retaining Student Talent from around the World

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Julia Vauterin ◽  
Karl-Erik Michelsen ◽  
Lassi Linnanen
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Collaborative Practice ◽  
Participatory Methods ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Industry Practice ◽  
The University ◽  
Attraction And Retention ◽  
University Industry

To be prepared for changing student talent pools in emerging geographical markets, and to remain attractive to the coming waves of student mobility, the European higher education sector must improve its ability to absorb international student talent in greater numbers. This paper presents an analysis of the nature and value of university–industry partnering as a means of attracting and retaining global student talent. The authors argue that global student talent recruitment lies at the heart of ‘knowledge transfer through people’. With this in mind, an inclusive picture of the university–industry partnering phenomenon is provided; and the role of collaborative experiencing and learning is examined. It was found that even university–industry collaborative practice dealing with global issues remains local in terms of engagement. The paper demonstrates that, by using interpretive and participatory methods, new insights can be gained into the university–industry practice of partnering to promote the attraction and retention of global student talent.

The Impact of International Student Mobility Programs on Brazilian Students’ Perceptions of Entrepreneurialism

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-268
Author(s):  
Luisa Veras de Sandes-Guimaraes ◽  
Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro ◽  
Justin Hugo Axel-Berg ◽  
Guilherme de Rosso Manços ◽  
Guilherme Ary Plonski
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Mobility Programs ◽  
Brazilian Students ◽  
Entrepreneurship Ecosystems ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

This article assesses whether or not students with international exchange experience return to their home countries with qualitatively different perspectives on the way universities can play a role in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. It includes survey data collected from 516 Brazilian undergraduates asked to rank characteristics of an entrepreneurial university on a scale from 1 to 5. The findings of this study suggest that those with international experience tended to emphasize connections between university and nonacademic partners, compared with nontraveling counterparts, who emphasized the importance of infrastructure in the university. Therefore, use of such programs may have an impact upon the structure of ST&I (Science Technology and Innovation) systems.

scholarly journals Work a Way Out: Breaking Monoethnic Isolation through On-Campus Employment

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengwei Su
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
International Student ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Domestic Students ◽  
Student Employees ◽  
The University

Since the global economic recession in 2008, Chinese undergraduate students have quickly risen to be the largest international student population in American colleges and universities, forming a monoethnic group that often isolates itself from domestic students on campuses. This study explores how twelve Chinese undergraduate students utilized on-campus employment as a means of engaging host nationals to improve language skills and engage in cross-cultural interactions. Thematic analysis affirms the efficacy of the university workplace as an educational space outside of the classroom. Based on these findings, various policy recommendations are proposed to improve the management of international student employees.

Exploring Global Korea Scholarship as a Public Diplomacy Tool

2021 ◽  
pp. 002190962110358
Author(s):  
Kadir Jun Ayhan ◽  
Moamen Gouda ◽  
Hyelim Lee
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
International Student ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Cognitive Evaluation ◽  
Mobility Programs ◽  
Cognitive Dimensions

Through international student mobility programs, such as Global Korea Scholarship (GKS), countries aim to influence international students’ beliefs about and attitudes toward the host country. In this article, we explore GKS’s role in bringing international students to the country and analyze changes in GKS students’ and alumni’s affective and cognitive evaluation of Korea after coming to the country. We compare results based on students’ and alumni’s length of stay, gender, and economic development level of their home country. Our findings suggest that after coming to Korea, GKS recipients evaluate Korea more positively in both affective and cognitive dimensions.

scholarly journals Educational Tourism and Local Development: The Role of Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Tomasi ◽  
Gigliola Paviotti ◽  
Alessio Cavicchi
Keyword(s):  
Local Development ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Educational Tourism ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
Mobility Programs ◽  
Secondary Objective ◽  
The University

On the basis of a scoping review of the literature about educational tourism—a type of tourism in which the traveller’s primary or secondary objective is learning—this study summarizes views on how Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can foster local development through educational tourism. The results show that international students can be considered as educational tourists, and their stay can benefit them and the destination. In this context, the university can actively facilitate relationships between tourists and local stakeholders to foster learning at the destination and improve the sustainability of the local economy; some reports about specific cases are described. We argue that the tourism component should be considered by any institution organising or managing educational programmes, in order to exploit the opportunities offered by the destination for the achievement of learning goals. More specifically, the paper focuses on educational tourism related to HEI students in international mobility programs, who are educational tourists inasmuch as their overall experience at the destination includes leisure and tourism activities. Further research is needed to formulate models of intervention.

scholarly journals El papel de la movilidad estudiantil en el desarrollo de la competencia comunicativa intercultural: un estudio de caso

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
Marjana Šifrar Kalan
Keyword(s):  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Limited Sample ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The University ◽  
Interpretative Research

The objective of this case study is to investigate the role of student mobility in the development of intercultural communicative competence in university students. In order to indicate the changes in the participants, especially about their attitudes towards Spanish culture, Spaniards and their stereotypes, an interpretative research with an ethnographic approach has been carried out, namely, we have interviewed several students of Hispanic Philology from the University of Ljubljana (level C1 of Spanish), who had spent at least one semester with the Erasmus scholarship studying in Spain. The article does not pretend to achieve a statistical generalization due to its limited sample, however it can be useful as a preliminary study.

scholarly journals Prerequisites for the development of educational ecosystems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Е.Н. Прокофьева
Keyword(s):  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Flexible Mechanism ◽  
Human Orientation ◽  
Human And Nature ◽  
The University

В современной методологии образования основным является подход «ориентация на человека», что порождает вектор экосистемности образования как новую норму образовательной деятельности. Сейчас только формируются и отрабатываются стратегии создания и развития образовательных экосистем и ее педагогических практик, как в цифровом пространстве, так и вне его. Обосновывается роль трансформационных процессов в научно-образовательной сфере, которые предопределяют необходимость формирования в вузах образовательных экосистем. В статье автор раскрывает предпосылки развития образовательной экосистемы с позиций реализации когнитивной парадигмы образования. Автором рассмотрены проблемы представления образовательных экосистем при отсутствии ориентира на гуманитаризацию обучения, недостаточно развитых системах управления, ориентире на человекоцентризм вместо человеко- и природосообразности. Представлен анализ результатов пилотного исследования факторов организации образовательных экосистем. Выделены основные ориентиры формирования образовательных экосистем. Описана сущность образовательной экосистемы через призму: отношений, педагогических взаимодействий, образовательной среды, ориентации на качество образования, образовательных стратегий и технологий. На основании выделенных предпосылок развития образовательных экосистем, делается вывод о том, что университетская экосистема – это гибкий механизм взаимодействия всех акторов образования, который позволяет своевременно и адекватно реагировать на внешние и внутренние изменения. Статья предназначена для педагогов, руководителей образовательных организаций, исследователей, занимающихся вопросами образовательной экосистемы. In the modern methodology of education, the main approach is "human orientation", which gives rise to the vector of ecosystem education as a new norm of educational activity. Strategies for the creation and development of educational ecosystems and its pedagogical practices both in the digital space and outside it are just being formed and worked out. The role of transformational processes in the scientific and educational sphere, which predetermine the need for the formation of educational ecosystems in universities, is substantiated. In the article, the author reveals the prerequisites for the development of the educational ecosystem from the standpoint of the implementation of the cognitive paradigm of education. The author considers the problems of representing educational ecosystems in the absence of a focus on the humanitarization of learning, insufficiently developed management systems, a focus on humanocentrism instead of human- and nature-conformity. The analysis of the results of a pilot study of the factors of the organization of educational ecosystems is presented. The main guidelines for the formation of educational ecosystems are highlighted. The essence of the educational ecosystem is described through the prism of: relationships, pedagogical interactions, educational environment, orientation to the quality of education, educational strategies and technologies. Based on the identified prerequisites for the development of educational ecosystems, it is concluded that the university ecosystem is a flexible mechanism for the interaction of all actors of education, which allows timely and adequate response to external and internal changes. The article is intended for teachers, heads of educational organizations, researchers dealing with the issues of the educational ecosystem.

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