Sensation Seekers Who Learn Abroad: Exploring the Role of Risk Perception in Co-Op Students' International Plans

Autor/inn/en	Behrisch, Tanya; Gemino, Andrew
Titel	Sensation Seekers Who Learn Abroad: Exploring the Role of Risk Perception in Co-Op Students' International Plans
Quelle	In: International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 21 (2020) 1, S.117-129 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2538-1032
Schlagwörter	Study Abroad; Risk; Student Attitudes; Learner Engagement; Cooperative Education; Student Exchange Programs; Inhibition; Student Behavior; Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Statistical Analysis; Canada (Vancouver) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Risiko; Schülerverhalten; Kooperativer Unterricht; Schüleraustausch; Hemmung; Student behaviour; Ausland; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Universities around the world seek to increase their students' learning abroad in forms like international co-op and exchange. The authors build on findings in a 2016 publication by Behrisch in this journal to focus on the correlation of perceived risk with students' completion of a learning abroad experience. Using binary logistic regression analysis, findings suggest that students' perceived risk is negatively correlated with their likelihood of completing a learning abroad experience. Drawing on approach/inhibition theory and sensation seeking literature, the authors form a picture of how risk perception interacts with other factors to influence students' completion of learning abroad. Risk is typically regarded at the institutional and student levels as something negative to avoid. Reframing risk within the university as a conversation about learning, opportunity, and cognitive processing is recommended, since learning and teaching are essential elements of universities. The goal is to increase student engagement in learning abroad. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01