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Factors Predicting Participation in Higher Education in Malaysia
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Hashim, Intan H. M.; Alvani, Seyed Reza; Bono, Suzanna Awang; Zaharim, Norzarina Mohd; Karupiah, Premalatha; Selamat, Nor Hafizah; Md Taib, Fauziah – International Review of Education, 2022
Although Malaysia is moving towards a universal system of higher education, the issue of participation and access is complex. Related research has tended to focus mainly on socio-demographic aspects and less on the personal and social variables preventing people from participating. The study presented here was an attempt to learn more about the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Access to Education, Predictor Variables
Investigating Students' Experiences of Students as Partners (SaP) for Basic Need Fulfilment: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
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Kaur, Amrita; Noman, Mohammad – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2020
There is sufficient evidence that suggests Student as Partners' (SaP) practices promote student motivation, engagement, and learning outcomes. This study attempts to understand the underlying mechanism of SaP and its potential to provide the motivational foundation for the students who engage in it and produce quality outcomes. We employ the…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Self Determination, Student Experience, Student Motivation
The Rise of Transnational Higher Education in Asia: Student Mobility and Studying Experiences in Singapore and Malaysia
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Mok, Ka Ho – Higher Education Policy, 2012
In recent decades, trade in higher education services has become increasingly popular in Asia. Realizing the importance and the economic potential of higher education not only for generating national incomes, but also for asserting soft power in the highly competitive world, the governments of Malaysia and Singapore have put serious efforts in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, International Education, Student Mobility
Why University Students Choose an International Education: A Case Study in Malaysia
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Pyvis, David; Chapman, Anne – International Journal of Educational Development, 2007
Why has Australian offshore higher education become the educational investment of choice for many students? What benefits do students anticipate from this education? What is the relationship between educational goals and educational experience? To address these questions, this paper draws on findings from empirical research conducted with students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Experience, International Education
Quality, Identity and Practice in Offshore University Programmes: Issues in the Internationalization of Australian Higher Education
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Chapman, Anne; Pyvis, David – Teaching in Higher Education, 2006
This paper reports the findings of qualitative case studies aimed at exploring student experiences of offshore programmes delivered in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia by Australian universities. The paper draws on a cross-case analysis of the studies to develop propositions about student experience and identity formation in the context of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Experience, Educational Quality, Higher Education
The Mountaineer-Malaysia Connection.
Young, Jeff – West Virginia University Alumni Magazine, 1997
A 26-day summer field course of West Virginia University's (WVU) Recreation and Parks Department took students to Malaysia's mountains and rainforests to observe how Malaysians are managing national parks, problem elephants, and population pressures on parks. The adventure provided powerful learning experiences. Further exchanges between WVU and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, College Programs, College Students, Experiential Learning