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Understanding Social Learning Relations of International Students in a Large Classroom Using Social Network Analysis
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Rienties, Bart; Héliot, YingFei; Jindal-Snape, Divya – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2013
A common assumption in higher education is that international students find it difficult to develop learning and friendship relations with host students. When students are placed in a student-centred environment, international students from different cultural backgrounds are "forced" to work together with other students, which allows…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Social Networks, Role, Friendship
The Role of Cultural Background and Team Divisions in Developing Social Learning Relations in the Classroom
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Rienties, Bart; Nanclares, Núria Hernández; Jindal-Snape, Divya; Alcott, Peter – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2013
A common assumption is that students prefer to work together with students from similar cultural backgrounds. In a group work context, students from different cultural backgrounds are "forced" to work together. This might lead to stress and anxiety but at the same time may allow students to learn from different perspectives. The prime…
Descriptors: Role, Cultural Background, Social Networks, Network Analysis