Internationalisation and the Student Voice: Higher Education Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415871280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 214 str.

Jones, Elspeth

Opis

This groundbreaking volume seeks to take the first steps in analysing the impact of internationalization initiatives from student perspectives.

Spis treści

Part I: Student Response to Internationalization of the Curriculum
1. ‘Beside Me Is an Empty Chair’: The Student Experience Of Internationalization - Betty Leask
2. Students as Global Citizens - Douglas Bourn
3. The Relevance of the Internationalized Curriculum to Graduate Capability: The Role of New Lecturers’ Attitudes in Shaping the ‘Student Voice’ - Viv Caruana
4. Student Voices, Internationalisation and Critical Conversations in Initial Teacher Education - Jon Tan and Christine Allan

Part II: The Impact of Study Abroad and International Volunteering
5. Beyond Immersion: Global Engagement and Transformation Through Intervention via Student Reflection in Long-Term Study Abroad - Gabriele Weber-Bosley
6. Discovering the World – Discovering Myself - Danuta De Grosbois, John Kaethler and Alexandra Young
7. ‘Don’t Worry About The Worries’: Transforming Lives Through International Volunteering - Elspeth Jones
8. Guided Reflective Journaling: Assessing the International Study and Volunteering Experience - Mark Russell and Linda Vallade

Part III: Student Learning in the Cross-Cultural Classroom
9. Sometimes It Means More Work…: Student Perceptions of Group Work in a Mixed Cultural Setting - Jane Osmond and Jannie Roed
10. Interactions in the International Classroom: The UK Perspective - Neil Harrison and Nicola Peacock
11. Has Everybody Seen A Swan? Stories from the Internationalised Classroom - Sheila Trahar
12. Mutual Cultures: Engaging With Interculturalism in Higher Education - Viv Thom

Part IV: Transnational Education and Support for International Students
13. The Internationalised Curriculum: (Dis)locating Students - Valerie Clifford
14. International Students and Academic Acculturation: The Role of Relationships in the Doctoral Process - Michaela Borg, Rachel Maunder, Xiaoli Jiang, Elaine Walsh, Heather Fry, and Roberto Di Napoli
15. Refugees: Home Students With International Needs - Jacqueline Stevenson and John Willott

O autorze

Elspeth Jones is Professor of the Internationalisation of Higher Education and International Dean at Leeds Metropolitan University.