Australian Undergraduate Students on the Move: Experiencing Outbound Mobility

Autor/inn/en	Dall'Alba, Gloria; Sidhu, Ravinder
Titel	Australian Undergraduate Students on the Move: Experiencing Outbound Mobility
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 40 (2015) 4, S.721-744 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2013.842212
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Labor Market; Social Capital; Student Mobility; Intercultural Communication; Cultural Awareness; Undergraduate Students; Research Universities; Program Improvement; Cultural Capital; Focus Groups; Online Surveys; Study Abroad; Educational Experience; Student Attitudes; Employment Potential; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Sozialkapital; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Forschungseinrichtung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Bildungserfahrung; Schülerverhalten; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Australien
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01