Exploring The Social And Academic Experiences Of International Students In Higher Education Institutions

Author : Bista, Krishna
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466697508

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Exploring the Social and Academic Experiences of International Students in Higher Education Institutions by Bista, Krishna Pdf

Cross-cultural experiences in university settings have a significant impact on students’ lives by enriching the learning process and promoting cultural awareness and tolerance. While studying abroad offers students unique learning opportunities, educators must be able to effectively address the specific social and academic needs of multicultural learners. Exploring the Social and Academic Experiences of International Students in Higher Education Institutions is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on the issues surrounding study abroad students in culturally diverse educational environments. Featuring various perspectives from a global context on ensuring the educational, structural, and social needs of international students are met, this book is ideally designed for university faculty, researchers, graduate students, policy makers, and academicians working with transnational students.

Author : Tavares, Vander
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799850311

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Multidisciplinary Perspectives on International Student Experience in Canadian Higher Education by Tavares, Vander Pdf

Canada has become one of the most popular destinations for international students at the higher education level. A number of complex factors and trends, both in Canada and globally, have contributed to the emergence of Canada as a destination for international higher education. However, more research is still needed to better understand the experiences of international students in Canada considering the rapid growth in numbers as well as the social, political, and linguistic singularity of Canada as a destination. Multidisciplinary Perspectives on International Student Experience in Canadian Higher Education is an essential scholarly publication that explores international students' experiences in Canadian colleges and universities. It seeks to explore the various factors, aspects, challenges, and successes that characterize the international student experience in Canadian higher education from the perspective of international students and the academic communities to which they belong. Featuring a wide range of topics such as information literacy, professional development, and experiential learning, this book is ideal for academicians, instructors, researchers, policymakers, curriculum designers, and students.

Author : CindyAnn Rose-Redwood,Reuben Rose-Redwood
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475839432

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International Encounters by CindyAnn Rose-Redwood,Reuben Rose-Redwood Pdf

This book examines the diversity of international student experiences in the top four destination countries in the English-speaking world (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada). Bringing together scholars from the fields of education, sociology, communications, linguistics, international relations, and geography, this edited collection explores the challenges and opportunities of “international encounters” on college and university campuses. Additionally, the contributors rethink many of the key concepts in the field of international student studies such as “international student,” “host community,” and “cultural adjustment” while also critically examining the role that race, gender, and national identity play in shaping international student experiences. Through a series of case studies, the contributions to this book highlight the diverse experiences of international students from different world regions, including East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The broader aim of the book is to enrich our understanding of cross-cultural interactions within the context of higher education institutions in order to enhance the international student experience.

Author : Mei Tian,Fred Dervin,Genshu Lu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000042412

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Academic Experiences of International Students in Chinese Higher Education by Mei Tian,Fred Dervin,Genshu Lu Pdf

Since China proposed its “Belt and Road Initiative” in 2013 to boost its influence on international affairs and “cultivate international contacts who are friendly toward China”, the number of foreign students in China has surge exponentially. Yet global political changes have added tensions and challenges to the education of international students. This book is one of the first works to discuss the educational experiences of international students in China. Using survey research and qualitative studies to study participants in degree-bearing and language programmes at regular universities and Sino-foreign universities located in different parts of the country, the book covers a variety of topics across education, including international students’ intercultural experience, teacher–student classroom interaction, learning and teaching Chinese as a foreign language, academic adaptation and identity formation in higher educational contexts. This book is essential for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers of international student education in China. It can also benefit prospective international students considering pursuing higher education in China.

Author : Krishna Bista
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351625081

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Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education by Krishna Bista Pdf

Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education examines a wide range of international student experiences empirically from multiple perspectives that includes socio-cultural identities, contextual influences on their learning experiences, their wellbeing experiences, and their post-study experiences. This collection sheds light on the over five million students who cross geographical, cultural, and educational borders for higher education outside of their home countries. This book consists of nineteen chapters spread across four sections. Throughout the book, contributors question the existing assumptions and values of international student programs and services, reexamine and explore new perspectives to present the emerging challenges and critical evaluations of student experiences and their identities. Offering a rich understanding of these students and their global college experiences in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Americas, this book offers research-based strategies to effectively recruit, engage, support, and retain international students as they participate in higher educational settings around the world. This book provides resource material to benefit educators, policymakers, and staff who work closely with international students in higher education.

Author : Vander Tavares
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781793641120

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International Students in Higher Education by Vander Tavares Pdf

Applying a critical and holistic framework, International Students in Higher Education: Language, Identity, and Experience from a Holistic Perspective explores the lived experiences of four multilingual international students at a Canadian University. Vander Tavares investigates how the students experience life in the host community, construct their multiple identities, and develop their proficiency in the English language. Additionally, Tavares examines the ways in which the institutional context impacts the students’ experiences by foregrounding the voices of domestic students, faculty and support staff, and their experiences and perspectives on international students, multiculturalism, and multilingualism. Drawing from theories of cultural and social psychology, post-structuralism, multilingualism, and a sociocognitive approach to second language acquisition, this project presents rich ethnographic portraits of the students’ experiences. This contextualised and humanised portrayal of the students’ individual journeys challenges the prevailing discourse of deficit that has traditionally been used to characterise the multilingual international student experience. Overall, this book demonstrates that an ethical understanding of multilingual international students’ experiences requires critical attention to the sociocultural and sociolinguistic contexts of their academic communities and a holistic approach that considers the multiple domains of lived experience that the students navigate.

Author : Shanton Chang,Catherine Gomes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000210125

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Digital Experiences of International Students by Shanton Chang,Catherine Gomes Pdf

Exploring the impact of the digital environment on international students, carefully selected global contributors examine how digital experiences have been used to internationalize higher education. Using fascinating case studies and current research, this book considers the digital experiences of students as a result of their engagement with international education providers and stakeholders from a transnational and trans-disciplinary perspective. Looking specifically at the digital transitions and networks that international students experience during their time studying overseas, this book examines the ways in which the curriculum and higher education institutions’ engagement strategies have been shaped by the digital environment. Split into three sections, this book: looks at the broad experiences of international students, covering the digital transitions and networks that students experience during their time studying overseas explores the ways in which the curriculum has been shaped by the digital environment considers the ways in which higher education institutions and other service providers implement digital engagement strategies to communicate more effectively with international students. Digital Experiences of International Students is essential reading for practitioners, academics, researchers, administrators, policy-makers, and anyone with an interest in learning and teaching in a digital age.

Author : Lesley Andres,Finola Finlay
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 0774811153

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Student Affairs by Lesley Andres,Finola Finlay Pdf

Who has access to higher education today? At what financial and personal cost? Based on what conditions and criteria? How do students describe and interpret their experiences? And how can institutions facilitate and constrain successful participation and completion? These research studies extend current understandings of what it is to be a student in higher education by embracing the dynamic relationship between students as agents and institutions as living structures which impact on their lives. Focusing on the diverse experiences of today's non-traditional and traditional students, researchers explore how and why institutional rhetoric of inclusion, engagement, gender, and access may or may not be reflected in the reality of students' experiences. Student Affairs moves from theory to application by suggesting realistic strategies for addressing the challenges surrounding the interrelation of students and institutions. Each essay analyzes issues of access and participation in programs ranging from community college development studies to graduate studies. As a whole, this collection is a testament to how much institutional change has occurred in the social organization of postsecondary education, and how much more change is required to meet the challenge of equitable access and inclusion.

Author : Bista, Krishna
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466697539

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Campus Support Services, Programs, and Policies for International Students by Bista, Krishna Pdf

Study abroad programs have proven beneficial for both the international student as well as the domestic community and school population interacting with the student. In an effort to promote cultural awareness, intercultural communications as well as opportunities for future study abroad program success, universities must take care to provide international students with the resources necessary to succeed while studying abroad. Campus Support Services, Programs, and Policies for International Students explores the role of university administration in successful implementation, regulation, and support of study abroad experiences. Highlighting essential topics relating to legal issues, safety concerns, curriculum development, and intercultural communication, this research-based publication is an ideal reference source for university administrators, school counselors, policymakers, and researchers interested in study abroad program implementation, regulation, and success factors at the administrative level.

Author : Mutiara Mohamad,Janet Boyd
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000827125

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International Student Support and Engagement in Higher Education by Mutiara Mohamad,Janet Boyd Pdf

International Student Support and Engagement in Higher Education examines innovative practices in campus, academic, and professional support services which serve the various and unique needs of international students seeking undergraduate and graduate degrees. Divided into three sections pertaining to campus, academic, and professional support services, the authors present case studies and original research that examine strategies for how institutions of higher education can operate to promote international student success beyond the classroom. The international range of contributors showcase research from across Canada, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Senegal, Thailand, and the United States. Foregrounding support services with innovative and successful methods for collaborating with one another, the book crucially addresses how the myriad support services available on campuses can work together to support international students and foster a sense of belonging and connection, rather than maintaining a focus on acculturation. It examines the origins of these partnerships, asking whether the services are designed to support the international student community specifically, or to serve the student population more generally. Identifying new emerging trends and with a view to establishing a broad and global context for best practices in international student support, this book will appeal to faculty, researchers, scholars, and scholar-practitioners with interests in higher education, student support services, and international and comparative education.

Author : Darbi L. Roberts
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031463952

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Supporting International Students in US Higher Education by Darbi L. Roberts Pdf

Author : Camille Kandiko,Mark Weyers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135069537

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The Global Student Experience by Camille Kandiko,Mark Weyers Pdf

There are 100 million students in higher education throughout the world today. This collection provides some indication of what are they are learning and of their wider experiences. It also outlines the changing global context of provision for undergraduate students as countries and universities respond to what they anticipate will be new demands f

Author : Jaimie Hoffman,Patrick Blessinger,Mandla Makhanya
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781787560529

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Perspectives on Diverse Student Identities in Higher Education by Jaimie Hoffman,Patrick Blessinger,Mandla Makhanya Pdf

This volume provides educators with a global understanding of the challenges associated with the growing diversity of student identities in higher education, and it provides evidence-based strategies for addressing the challenges associated with implementing equity and inclusion at different higher education institutions around the world.

Author : Ann Kim,Elizabeth Buckner,Jean Michel Montsion
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000930849

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International Students from Asia in Canadian Universities by Ann Kim,Elizabeth Buckner,Jean Michel Montsion Pdf

This book explores how the recruitment and retention of Asian international students in Canadian universities intersects with other institutional priorities. Responding to the growing need for new insights and perspectives on the institutional mechanisms adopted by Canadian universities to support Asian international students in their academic and social integration to university life, it crucially examines the challenges at the intersection of two institutional priorities: internationalization and anti-racism. This is especially important for the Asian international student group, who are known to experience invisible forms of discrimination and differential treatment in Canadian post-secondary education institutions. The authors present new conceptualisations and theoretical perspectives on topics including international students’ experiences and understandings of race and racism, comparisons with domestic students and/or non-Asian students, institutional discourse and narratives on Asian international students, comparison with other university priorities, cross-national comparisons, best practices, and recent developments linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Foregrounding the institutional strategies of Canadian universities, as opposed to student experience exclusively, this direct examination of institutional responses and initiatives draws out similarities and differences across the country, compares them within the broader array of university priorities, and ultimately offers the opportunity for Canadian universities to learn from each other in improving the integration of Asian international students and others to their student body. It will appeal to teacher-scholars, researchers and educators with interested in higher education, international education and race and ethnic studies.

Author : Michael Allison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Chinese students
ISBN : 1536162418

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Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of International Students by Michael Allison Pdf

Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of International Students opens with a focus on Taiwanese international students by defining the Taiwanese within historical and political context, providing an overview of the trends in studying abroad, as well as a literature review on Taiwanese international students' adjustment process. Following this, the authors present an argument for integrating psychological, social and academic perspectives, highlighting the interrelation between these domains in empirical data collected using a new, integrated measure of students' academic, social and psychological adjustment. Using a multi-university sample, the subsequent chapter presents a study of how types of emotional support play a role in how young Chinese international students' experience academic stresses. In the penultimate study, in order to investigate students' expectations and experiences when studying abroad, a group of outbound exchange students at Umeå University, Sweden, were surveyed before and after the experience of studying in a foreign country. In the concluding paper, the authors examine the challenges faced by international students in integrating into computer science programs at various institutions, identifying differences in student and faculty perceptions.