Australian undergraduate students on the move

Experiencing Outbound Mobility

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4096840
AutoresGloria Dall’alba (0000-0001-8337-0530, The University of Queensland), Gloria Dall''Alba, Gloria Dall'Alba, Rajdeep Sidhu (0000-0001-8790-021X, The University of Queensland, autor correspondente), Ravinder Sidhu
Ano2015
Volume40
Fascículo4
Páginas721-744
Data de publicação2015-04-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2013.842212
OpenAlexW2088500349
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas42

Universities now regard student mobility programmes as a context for their students to acquire intercultural skills, cosmopolitan outlooks and potential labour market advantage. If executed thoughtfully, immersing students in unfamiliar cultural environments and different academic systems can make them aware of their own taken-for-granted practices and assumptions by bringing them into contact with people and issues that broaden their perspectives. Little is known, however, about the preparation and support that students receive to maximise their learning from mobility programmes. Using Bourdieu's writings on forms of capital, field and institutional position-taking, the authors analyse a recent initiative to increase undergraduate outbound student mobility at a research-intensive Australian university against the experiences and perceptions of participating students. They conclude with a discussion of possible improvements to mobility programmes, including greater emphases on broadening student participation and more engagement with academic learning

Academic Mobility · Business · Higher education · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Student engagement · Study abroad · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Higher Education Governance and Development · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Psychology