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Integrating international students

Integrating international students - possible problems or problematic possibilities Jonas Stier 6 october 2010. Integrating international students. We need to address the basic questions! Integration… Into what? By whom? Why? How? Whose responsibility?

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Integrating international students

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  1. Integrating international students - possible problems or problematicpossibilitiesJonas Stier6 october 2010

  2. Integrating international students We need to address the basic questions! Integration… • Into what? • By whom? • Why? • How? • Whose responsibility? ---- Internationalization at Home (IaH)

  3. Target group Differences in… • Language skills • Academicbackground • Personal background • Prior experiences • Attitudes • Motivation

  4. International students in the eyes of the localcommunity Diverse group……………..yet… Position Strangers Duration Limited time Characteristics Different Motives Personal

  5. International students in the eyes of the university Problems – pertaining to… inadequateorganization admission, social services, information and marketing, grading, plagiarism, teaching etc.

  6. possibilities with integration International students: maturity, acquisition of academic, language and (inter)culturalcompetencies Domestic students:obtaininternational/intercultural experiences at home Staff: languagetraining, new perspectives, alternative modes of teaching University: revenue, visibility, alumni,attractiveness, competetiveness. Overall society: tax incomes, stimulatelocaleconomy, competence

  7. dilemmas • Rhetoric vs reality • Vision vs implementation • Administration vs research/teaching • Form vs contents • Creativity vs structure • Measureable vs unmeasurable results • Time and money • Reactive vs proactive approaches • Diversity vs internationalisation • Form vs contents • Curriculum vs learning outside the classroom • Customer vs user role

  8. InternationalizedEducation: the 6 i’s • Intercultural • Interdisciplinary • Investigative • Integrative • Integrated • Interactive

  9. Modes of Internationalization at Home • Intercultural courses • Interuniversity courses • Summer course • Netbased courses • Guest teachers • Field studies • Theses • Field works • Multidisciplinary Studies programme • Staff mobility • Life Long Learning program • ’Open’ program modules • Practicum

  10. teachers and integration • Use classroom diversity • Use group processes • Address language issues • Alter modes of examination • Include international themes/ dimensions • Adopt a dynamic teacher role • Lower power distance • Use new technologies

  11. Administrators and integration • Change your mindset on diversity • Train and dedramatize language skills • Explain administrative processes • Arrive at a reasonable service level (eg. special or equal service and flexibility vs setting boundaries) • Arrive at a code of conduct • Don’t rely on the new technologies • Prepare yourself • Ask for assistance

  12. Worth thinking of…. Education is growth...education is, not a preparation for life. Education is life in itself. (John Dewey)

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