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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"education abroad"”.
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A Mixed Methods Investigation of Participation of Black Students and Education Abroad
<p>The participation rate of Black higher education students in education abroad programs has been significantly compared to their White peers. The purpose of this concurrent mixed methods research study was to examine the participation rate of Black higher education students in education abroad …
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“First, do no harm.” Navigating paradigms of power in U.S. education abroad to the Global South: a global health education case study in Córdoba, Argentina
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Assessing Global Competence and Teamology for Collaborative Engineering
… exposure (coursework, virtual collaboration, or education abroad) provide substantial benefit. Additionally, with the increasing reliance on teams to solve problems in both industry and academia, there is a need to ensure high-performance and inventiveness. This thesis addresses these two …
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An Investigation of International Students' Self-Esteem and Public Self-Consciousness on Classroom Communication Apprehension
… presents a need for people to pursue higher education abroad. Statistics show that there is an increase in the numbers of foreign international students on U.S. campuses. This study examines the impact of self-esteem and public self-consciousness on classroom communication apprehension of …
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The Global Project: Observing Geographic Literacy Obtained by Study Abroad Learning
One of the major debates regarding studying abroad concerns criticism that it lacks measurable and demonstrable learning outcomes and is usually viewed as less rigorous than other university courses (McKeown 2009). As one Western Kentucky University (WKU) faculty member noted when responding to the …
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College students' transformative learning: an ethnographic case study of an alternative break program to Kenya
… to understand students' learning on short-term education abroad programs because of three national trends: 1) growing study abroad offerings of eight weeks or less, 2) increased popularity of programs to non-traditional locations, and 3) desire among universities, employers, and legislators to …
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Effect of Western Culture on Women in Saudi Arabian Leadership Positions and Their Contribution Towards the Vision 2030 Agenda
… study aims to investigate the impact of Western education and acculturation on Saudi women in the context of Vision 2030, with an emphasis on their careers and leadership positions in higher learning institutions. Employing qualitative interviews, the research obtains first-hand narratives from …
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Healing at the Margins: A Cultural/Historical Perspective on International Medical Graduates in the US Healthcare System
… of residents who received their medical education abroad nears fifty. Furthermore, international medical graduates or IMGs, known as foreign medical graduates or FMGs before the mid-nineteen-nineties, are far from a novel presence within the American medical center, often credited with …
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Individualized masculine citizenship: study abroad men and military service in South Korea
… outside of South Korea, whom I call ""study abroad men"" in this thesis, and their military service in South Korea. My ethnographic research demonstrates that these study abroad men are both legally and culturally limited in their belonging abroad when they come of age and attempt to work and …
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Single Saudi Women in the Diaspora: A Photographic Study
… for Saudi citizens, male and female, to pursue education abroad. The resulting high numbers of KAFSP-sponsored Saudi women living abroad, most notably in the United Kingdom (UK), without chaperones or male guardians, challenges many beliefs about the social restrictions imposed on Saudi women. …
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How do we teach English under the waves of innovation?: discovering perceptions of English learning and teaching in China and the UK
… amount of Chinese students pursuing higher education abroad influenced by the rapid economic, social and cultural development in China, this study explores Chinese Second Language (L2) learners and teachers’ perceptions of English Language Teaching (ELT) from secondary school level through …
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The Expansion of Higher Education for Kenyans, With Special Emphasis on Women, From 1959--1969
… over 320 more to an additional 60 higher U.S. educational institutions. The 1959 and 1960 Airlifts, as they are called, included large numbers of women. This study explores Kenya's early nation-building period and argues that the Airlifts served as the catalyst in an explosion for Kenyans to …
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Parents' social representations of their children's schooling-the case of Albanian non-emigrants, emigrants and returned emigrants
… as they play a key role in their children’s education. Drawing on cultural psychological approaches of Bronfenbrenner, Vygotsky and Moscovici, individual learning and development involves the consideration of mutual relationships between micro and macro socio-cultural settings, which …
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The relationship between community and family factors and expatriate adjustment
… such as spousal adjustment and children’s education are related to the international adjustment of expatriates, and to examine to what extent the demographic factors of expatriates are associated with these non-work factors and expatriate adjustment. This study followed the exploratory …
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Nigerian postgraduate mobility to the UK for higher education: students’ perspectives
In a landscape of higher education in developing countries where students increasingly seek further education abroad, international student mobility (ISM) has become an important phenomenon, with economic, social, and political implications for home countries. Yet ISM is complex and students’ …
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Study Abroad Length of Program Influence on Cross-Cultural Adaptability
The literature available on study abroad addresses reasons students chose to study abroad, outcomes of participation in study abroad, and study abroad program characteristics. However, there is a lack of research linking outcomes of study abroad to program characteristics. The present study will …
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Overcoming Barriers to Faculty Engagement in Study Abroad
… who developed, directed and instructed study abroad programs for undergraduate students from three different institutions: a large research university, a private comprehensive university, and a community college. A qualitative study was based on in-depth interviews with eighteen faculty …
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World language requirements for study abroad: impact on student intention and participation
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms
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Short-term, faculty-led undergraduate study abroad programs using reflection and community engagement as transformation: A mixed method study
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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Study abroad as a critical global pedagogy: An analysis of a critical orientation towards the study abroad experience
This dissertation argues that study abroad presents an enormous opportunity for the vigorous interrogation of received traditions on a global scale, that not only augments skills and equips students with knowledge, but also enriches attitudes and strategies to understand and manage themselves and …
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