College Students' Perceptions of Studying Abroad and Their Readiness

Autor/in	Chang, Dian-Fu
Titel	College Students' Perceptions of Studying Abroad and Their Readiness
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 13 (2012) 4, S.583-591 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
DOI	10.1007/s12564-012-9221-1
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Majors (Students); Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; College Students; Graduate Study; Global Approach; Study Abroad; Educational Trends; Undergraduate Study; Gender Differences; Asia; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Collegestudent; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Globales Denken; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Bildungsentwicklung; Grundstudium; Geschlechterkonflikt; Asien
Abstract	This study aims to determine what college students believe is essential on studying abroad and investigates which programs they prefer for outbound study. The trend of globalization and expansion of higher education have resulted in changes for studying abroad programs in numerous Asian countries. In particular, the overprovided undergraduate and graduate education system in Taiwan raises questions on how college students perceive such outbound study. This paper collected survey data from 219 college students at 2 universities in Taiwan to analyze their opinions and levels of readiness on studying abroad programs. This study applied fuzzy methods to transform the data and interpret the results, and the findings showed that gender and college major influence student perceptions on the importance of studying abroad, as well as their readiness to study abroad. Typically, women exhibit more preparedness for studying abroad than their male counterparts. Following the expansion of higher education in Taiwan, more students are considering studying abroad programs for short-term stay in foreign countries. According to the patterns of perception, this study built fuzzy models to explain the consistency of importance and levels of readiness on studying abroad. The results reveal that fuzzy statistics can be used for proper interpretation of the factors influencing students to study abroad and their readiness. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10