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Direct linkNada, Cosmin Ionut; Araújo, Helena Costa – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2017
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to explore qualitatively and holistically the experience of international students in the context of Portuguese higher education. This paper interrogates the potential that an experience abroad provides for multicultural learning and for enhancing interaction between students with different cultural backgrounds.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Multicultural Education, Student Experience
Tavares, Orlanda; Cardoso, Sónia – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2013
As part of a progressive change occurring in the way public sector beneficiaries are conceived, higher education students started to be more and more perceived as clients or consumers. This implies assuming them as rational and conscious actors aware of what to expect from higher education attendance and of its returns. Framed by the metaphor of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Choice, Enrollment
Ribiero, Sandre P. M. – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2016
Higher Education mirrors the shifting nature of society and work. Mobility may provide unparalleled learning opportunities for all stakeholders; however, in order to live and work in plural societies as socially responsible and intercultural knowledgeable citizens, intercultural awareness and intercultural communication skills need to be mastered.…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Story Telling, Teaching Methods
Cardoso, Sonia; Santiago, Rui; Sarrico, Claudia S. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
Despite being one of the major reasons for the development of quality assessment, students seem relatively unaware of its potential impact. Since one of the main purposes of assessment is to provide students with information on the quality of universities, this lack of awareness brings in to question the effectiveness of assessment as a device for…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, Universities
Fernandes, Sandra; Mesquita, Diana; Flores, Maria Assunção; Lima, Rui M. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This paper reports on findings from a three-year study of project-based learning implemented in the first year of the Industrial Engineering and Management programme, at the University of Minho, Portugal. This particular model was inspired on project-led education (PLE), following Powell and Weenk's [2003. "Project-Led Engineering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Active Learning
Garcia-Sanchez, Soraya; Rojas-Lizana, Sol – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2012
This article aims to demonstrate how the use of an online journal, a bilingual blog, can contribute to filling in the language and cultural gaps of foreign language learners. This case study focuses on the participation, interaction, motivation, language acquisition, feedback and cultural input improved by students of Spanish as a Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Second Language Instruction, Web Sites
