Short-Term Study Abroad: Enhancing Engineering Students’ Motivation for Global Experience

Oda, Sayoko; Yamazaki, Atsuko; Inoue, Masahiro

doi:10.1109/weef-gedc49885.2020.9293689

Cited by 3 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 7 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…An appropriate data collection method is necessary that matches with the purpose of the research study. When the research purpose is inductive, subjective, and contextual, qualitative methods like interviews and observations are well suited (Morgan, 2014) since they enable researchers to get in-depth insights into students' stories, behaviors, and individual experiences (Oda et al, 2020). Alternatively, if the research purpose is rather deductive, objective, and generalized, quantitative methods like surveys and experimental interventions are appropriate (Kumar, 2014;Morgan, 2014).…”

Section: Measuring the Student Impact From An International Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With the current focus on globalization, international research collaborations are becoming increasingly important to facilitate a solution to complex problems and to maintain competitiveness in innovation and knowledge (Lynn and Salzman, 2006;Oda et al, 2020;Fitzgerald et al, 2021;Liu et al, 2023). International collaborations open the doors to worldclass equipment, laboratories, and facilities access to unique data, ideas, and methods, which can flourish in creative opportunities for knowledge discovery and innovation (Wagner and Leydesdorff, 2005;Leak et al, 2018;Meyers and McCready, 2020).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Designing an international research experience for graduate students

2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

As a result of the ongoing globalization, international student experiences are becoming fundamental to advance students’ development and knowledge. Even though such growing importance, the body of knowledge regarding international interventions is dominated by subjective accounts and lacks contrasted results. In order to design an international research experience for graduate students, recommendations on the design and content of such experiences based on the review of literature were explored. A qualitative and bibliographical analysis of 40 studies evaluating the influence of international student interventions informed about the variables that such interventions should measure and the impact of such experiences on student development. Researchers especially measured the competencies intercultural development (83%), intellectual growth (58%), personal development (58%), professional development (50%), and academic development (15%). However, most of the studies failed to develop an appropriate research design that enables researchers to capture the breadth and depth of an international intervention. Results include addressing various competencies that students can gain during their experience abroad, using mixed methods to collect the data, whereby data should be collected at different time points including before, and multiple times after the international experience by different means.

show abstract

Section: Measuring the Student Impact From An International Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%