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Bergman, Becky, Negretti, Raffaella, Spencer-Oatey, Helen and Stöhr, Christian (2023) Integrating home and international students in HE : academic and social effects of pair work PBL assignments online. Journal of Studies in International Education . doi:10.1177/10283153221150117 ISSN 1552-7808. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/10283153221150117
Abstract
Integration is vital to student well-being in higher education but integrating new students from different countries can be challenging. To ascertain students’ integration into their new environment, this mixed method study combined the data collected from weekly diary entries of home and international students at the start of one engineering program, with follow-up interviews. These students studied primarily online due to the pandemic. The diary entries focused on their adjustment to the program from an academic, social and pair work perspective. Results show that the students reacted slightly negatively to the academic experience but very positively to their pair work. It seems that the teacher-formed pair work helped to bridge the academic and social gap and not only alleviate some of the stress caused by assignments, but in some cases, provided new social contacts. The article concludes that structural factors within the course can facilitate interaction and thus support integration.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Social integration , Web-based instruction, Group work in education | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Studies in International Education | ||||||
Publisher: | Sage | ||||||
ISSN: | 1552-7808 | ||||||
Official Date: | 3 January 2023 | ||||||
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DOI: | 10.1177/10283153221150117 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 January 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 January 2023 |
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