N.I. KAREEV: INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS AND MEETINGS AS A FORM OF SCIENTIFIC DIALOGUE

Показано, как Н.И. Кареев, петербургский историк, философ истории, позитивист, социолог рубежа XIX-XX вв., воспринимал и оценивал «встречу» разных культур во время своих заграничных научных командировок и частных поездок и как использовал этот потенциал в своих исследованиях. Встречи за границей для Кареева становились формой научного диалога, важного в перспективе международной исследовательской деятельности. Пространство заграничных общений осознавалось им многообразно: как культурная идентификация, совместная рефлексия над проблемой (М.М. Ковалевский), сравнение концепций (П.А. Кропоткин, А. Олар), встреча сознаний познающих субъектов (Н.-Д. Фюстель де Куланж), поиск новых методологических приемов (Ш.-В. Лангуа, Ш. Сеньобос). It is shown how N.I. Kareev, a St. Petersburg historian, philosopher of history, positivist, sociologist of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, perceived and evaluated the «meeting» of different cultures during his foreign scientific trips and private trips, and how he used this potential in his research. For Kareev, meetings abroad became a form of scientific dialogue, important events in the perspective of international research activities. The space of foreign communication was realized by him in many ways: as a cultural identification, a joint reflection on the problem (M.M. Kovalevsky), a comparison of concepts (P.A. Kropotkin, A. Olar), the meeting of the consciousness of cognizing subjects (N.-D. Fustel de Coulange), the search for new methodological techniques (S.-V. Langois, S. Senobos).

International Industrial Internship: A Case Study from a Japanese Engineering University Perspective

In this globalization-focused era, the demand for globalized engineers in the creation of borderless societies is increasing. Despite the initiatives by the Japanese government to promote internalization through increasing the intake of foreign students, the exposures gained by the Japanese students from these programs are minimal. For years, internship has been used globally as a platform for training and educating future engineers, but only a few studies have examined the proactive transformation from domestic to international internship. International internships overseas offer a completely new dimension of experiences when carried out in multicultural environments. This article reports and offers evidence of a Japanese engineering university’s rapid global internship reform strategy toward the expansion of international internships in Malaysia. This paper provides insights into the process, from initial setup to implementation of the internship program covering all the necessary preparation and support. From the establishment of an overseas collaboration base and rapport building with hosting industries, the systematic steps taken are reported. Regarding the internship program, feedback from Japanese engineering students who completed their internships show improved satisfaction due to continuous improvement of the internship program with progressing years. It was also discovered that the low participation rate in overseas internship by Japanese students is not due to their inward-looking temperament, but due to the lack of internship program availability that is administered with sufficient preparation enabling them to challenge themselves in a new environment. The challenges encountered in the program, and the sustainable improvements made in alignment with sustainable development goals toward equitable quality education and promotion of lifelong learning are also stated. In this paper, the future perspectives and outlook of internships are also described considering today’s rapid technological advancements and the fast-changing needs of industries, which require future internship programs to have flexible approaches and ideologies.