Identity and social practice in higher education: Student experiences of postgraduate courses delivered 'offshore' in Singapore and Hong Kong by an Australian university

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-52

  Chapman, Anne ^a   Pyvis, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

International education; Offshore delivery; Social practice; Student experience; Student identity

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION;

EID: 10144250989     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. T. Aspland T. O'Donoghue Quality in supervising overseas students? In: O. Zuber-Skerritt Y. Ryan (Eds.). Quality in Postgraduate Education 1994 Kogan Page London
2. R.B. Burns Study and stress among first year overseas students in an Australian university Higher Education Research and Development 10 1 1991 61-77
3. Chen, Q., Caulley, D.N., D'Cruz, J.V., 2001. Criteria of quality for Australia's offshore education programs. Paper presented at the 15th Australian International Education Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, September 2001
4. E. Clark P. Clark Taking the educational show on the road: The promises and pitfalls of intensive teaching in off-shore post graduate coursework International Education-ej 4 1 2000 1-13
5. Council of Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies, 1998. Guidelines: professional doctorates. Unpublished paper prepared by Terry Evans, Adrian Fisher and Wolfgang Gritchting
6. D. Davis A. Olsen A. Bohm Australia's international student program. In: D. Davis A. Olsen A. Bohm (Eds.). Transnational Education Providers, Partners and Policy Challenges for Australian Institutions Offshores 2000 IDP Education Australia Canberra
7. G. Hitchcock D. Hughes Models of social research. In: G. Hitchcock D. Hughes (Eds.). Research and the Teacher A Qualitative Introduction to School-Based Research 1993 Routledge London
8. P.W. Jackson Handbook of Research on Curriculum 1992 Macmillan Publishing Company New York
9. D. Kember L. Gow A challenge to the anecdotal stereotype of the Asian student Studies in Higher Education 16 2 1991 117-128
10. J. Lave E. Wenger Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation 1991 Cambridge University Press Cambridge
11. S. Niles Cultural differences in learning motivation and learning strategies: A comparison of overseas and Australian students at an Australian university International Journal of Intercultural Relations 19 3 1995 369-385
12. T. O'Donoghue Malaysian Chinese students' perceptions of what is necessary for their academic success in Australia: A case study at one university' Journal of Further and Higher Education 20 2 1996 67-80
13. J. Sachs The Activist Teaching Profession 2003 Open University Press Buckingham
14. Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education References Committee, 2001. Universities in crisis: Report into the capacity of public universities to meet Australia's higher education needs. Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education References Committee, Canberra
15. E. Wenger Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning and Identity 1998 Cambridge University Press Cambridge