Quality Assessment of Internationalised Studies: Experience of Socrates/Erasmus Programme Participants

Autor/inn/en	Juknyte-Petreikiene, Inga; Pukelis, Kestutis
Titel	Quality Assessment of Internationalised Studies: Experience of Socrates/Erasmus Programme Participants
Quelle	In: Quality of Higher Education, 4 (2007), S.74-101 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1822-1645
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Student Attitudes; Career Development; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Educational Quality; International Programs; Exchange Programs; Foreign Students; International Cooperation; Student Motivation; Competence; Foreign Countries; Surveys; Student Mobility; Job Skills; Skill Development; Lithuania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schülerverhalten; Berufsentwicklung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Schulische Motivation; Kompetenz; Ausland; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Produktive Fertigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Litauen
Abstract	The article discusses theoretical preconditions of added value of internationalized studies for students' knowledge and skills development in the area of professional training within the system of higher education. The premise is formulated that the value and quality of academic exchange is possible to assess grounding on the research into international exchange participants' experience. Such kind of research should become an integral component of the system of study quality assessment and could contribute to quality assessment and development of higher education institution internationalization. The article presents research results on ERASMUS students, representing 13 countries attitude to the impact of international dimension in studies on development of their competencies. The research into ERASMUS students' view revealed: 1) students' motives to experience internationalized studies; 2) students' attitude concerning added value of internationalized studies for their personal development and acquisition of subject knowledge and skills; 3) reasons presented by students explaining the necessity to internationalise higher education. Aiming at validating the applied value of research into exchange students' experience for the value and quality assessment of international academic exchange, some criteria and indicators of quality assessment of higher education internationalization are formulated. (Contains 3 footnotes, 1 table, and 8 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Vytautas Magnus University, Centre for Quality of Studies. South Daukanto g. 27-314, Kaunas, LT-44249, Lithuania. Tel: +370-37-327973; Fax: +370-37-327973; e-mail: zur+amk@skc.vdu.lt; Web site: http://www.vdu.lt/skc
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10