1st Edition

Internationalisation and the Student Voice Higher Education Perspectives

Edited By Elspeth Jones Copyright 2010
240 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

This groundbreaking volume seeks to take the first steps in analyzing the impact of internationalization initiatives from student perspectives. As programs are increasingly delivered overseas and we seek to offer domestic students an international experience, how do we know what works for students and what does not? Encompassing the fast-growing global imperative is a significant challenge for... Read more

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

Biography

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

"All in all, this is a valuable collection that stands out as making a timely and important contribution to our understandings of internationalisation in higher education." - Kelly Coate, Higher Education Research and Development Journal, 2011