Ramanau, Ruslan and Tyler, Sheila
(2011).
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Abstract
Literature on ‘internationalisation’ within the higher educator sector lacks a student perspective as a result of imperatives to attract students from outside the host countries of education providers. Most courses are ‘international’ only by virtue of having an international and culturally-diverse student body rather than being designed to provide cross-cultural knowledge and inter-cultural learning experiences. Progression from a monocultural perspective has not been demonstrated in student populations, nor what is involved cognitively and emotionally. Without such information effective methods of ‘internationalising’ curricula cannot be achieved. This study is a first, small step to discovering what students’ needs and aspirations are and what drives these. Findings were counter-intuitive: among distance-learning students desiring ‘internationalised’ course content were those with least intercultural awareness and experience.
| Item Type: | Conference Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Keywords: | internationalisation; cross-cultural research; management learning; cultural perspectives international curriculum |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Business Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) |
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| Item ID: | 31645 |
| Depositing User: | Ruslan Ramanau |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2012 11:24 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 14:11 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/31645 |
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