A decade of internationalisation : has it influenced students' views of cross-cultural groupwork at university?

Montgomery, Catherine (2009) A decade of internationalisation : has it influenced students' views of cross-cultural groupwork at university? Journal of Studies in International Education, 13 (3). pp. 256-270. ISSN 1028-3153

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Abstract

This article considers how student views of collaborative study in a diverse international academic context may have changed in the past decade. A retrospective is provided on a research project carried out in 1998 that investigated students' views of working in international groups; this is linked with research carried out by the author in 2008. Despite the fact that examples of ethnic reductionism remain, there appeared to be a more positive social atmosphere in the 2008 data; students perceived cross-cultural interaction as valuable. Where there were conflicts within groups, these stemmed from clashes over disciplinary variation and differences in ideas about how to get things done. This article provides some suggestions for why there was a more positive working atmosphere between students.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: internationalisation, cross-cultural group work, intercultural interaction
Subjects: X900 Others in Education
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing
Depositing User: EPrint Services
Date Deposited: 11 Sep 2009 08:27
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2023 12:01
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/2772

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