Outcomes-Focused Evaluation of Study Abroad Experiences

Autor/in	Nerlich, Steve
Titel	Outcomes-Focused Evaluation of Study Abroad Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 43 (2021) 2, S.166-181 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-080X
DOI	10.1080/1360080X.2020.1771511
Schlagwörter	Outcomes of Education; Study Abroad; Transformative Learning; Program Evaluation; Foreign Countries; Barriers; Employer Attitudes; Student Motivation; Educational Benefits; Student Mobility; Employment Potential; Alumni; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Pädagogische Transformation; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Ausland; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Schulische Motivation; Bildungsertrag; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Australien
Abstract	Although common barriers to studying abroad are well documented, this paper proposes a more-overarching barrier is that prevalent evaluation strategies provide little evidence of how study abroad contributes to discipline-specific learning outcomes. Such direct evidence is likely to encourage more employers to view studying abroad as adding value to a graduate resume and hence motivate more students to participate. Studying abroad is often represented in the literature as delivering a transformative impact for all students, regardless of their specific academic programme. While this may be true, it frames the benefits of studying abroad as being generic and supplementary to any discipline-specific curriculum. This paper provides a specific example derived from an Australian national data set and reviews other methodologies that can deliver outcomes data for specific disciplines and for different study programmes, enabling more effective programme evaluation and more effective promotion of the benefits of studying abroad for different students. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01