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Concerns and Expectations of Students Participating in Study Abroad Programs: Blogging to Reveal the Dynamic Student Voice

Bell, Robin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7325-4277 (2016) Concerns and Expectations of Students Participating in Study Abroad Programs: Blogging to Reveal the Dynamic Student Voice. Journal of Research in International Education, 15 (3). pp. 196-207. ISSN Print 1475-2409 Online 1741-2943

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Abstract

Study abroad programmes (SAP) have become increasingly popular with university students and within academia. They are often seen as an experiential opportunity to expand student learning and development, including increases in global, international, and intercultural competences. However, despite the increasing popularity of and participation in study abroad programmes, many student concerns and uncertainties remain. This research investigates initial pre-departure concerns and apprehensions of students undertaking a one-semester study abroad programme and uses these as context for an examination of violated expectations of students during their programme. The research uses interpretative phenomenological analysis to interpret data collected from regularly-updated blogs composed by students throughout their SAP experience. The process of using blogs to collect data is less formalised than many other approaches of interpretative phenomenological analysis, enabling ‘in the moment’ feedback during the SAP and lending greater depth to the understanding of student perceptions.

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Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: study aboard, Erasmus, student expectations, student blogs
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Divisions: College of Business, Psychology and Sport > Worcester Business School
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Copyright Info: Open Access journal article
Depositing User: Robin Bell
Date Deposited: 13 Sep 2016 15:10
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2020 17:13
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/4882

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