Chaos or complex systems? Identifying factors influencing the success of international and NESB graduate research students in Engineering and Information Technology fields.
The paper explores the results an on-going research project to identify factors influencing the success of international and non-English speaking background (NESB) gradúate students in the fields of Engineering and IT at three Australian universities: the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), t...
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| author | Woodman, K. Trevelyan, J. Sahama, T. Gudimetla, P. Sharda, H. Lucey, Anthony Taji, A. Narayanaswamy, Ramesh Yarlagadda, P. |
| author2 | L Gómez Chova |
| author_facet | L Gómez Chova Woodman, K. Trevelyan, J. Sahama, T. Gudimetla, P. Sharda, H. Lucey, Anthony Taji, A. Narayanaswamy, Ramesh Yarlagadda, P. |
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| description | The paper explores the results an on-going research project to identify factors influencing the success of international and non-English speaking background (NESB) gradúate students in the fields of Engineering and IT at three Australian universities: the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the University of Western Australia (UWA), and Curtin University (CU). While the larger study explores the influence of factors from both sides of the supervision equation (e.g., students and supervisors), this paper focusses primarily on the results of an online survey involving 227 international and/or NESB graduate students in the areas of Engineering and IT at the three universities. The study reveals cross-cultural differences in perceptions of student and supervisor roles, as well as differences in the understanding of the requirements of graduate study within the Australian Higher Education context. We argue that in order to assist international and NESB research students to overcome such culturally embedded challenges, it is important to develop a model which recognizes the complex interactions of factors from both sides of the supervision relationship, in order to understand this cohort’s unique pedagogical needs and develop intercultural sensitivity within postgraduate research supervision. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-271752023-01-27T05:26:33Z Chaos or complex systems? Identifying factors influencing the success of international and NESB graduate research students in Engineering and Information Technology fields. Woodman, K. Trevelyan, J. Sahama, T. Gudimetla, P. Sharda, H. Lucey, Anthony Taji, A. Narayanaswamy, Ramesh Yarlagadda, P. L Gómez Chova D Martí Belenguer I Candel Torres non-english speaking background (NESB) communication higher degrees research (HDR) research culture research supervision The paper explores the results an on-going research project to identify factors influencing the success of international and non-English speaking background (NESB) gradúate students in the fields of Engineering and IT at three Australian universities: the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the University of Western Australia (UWA), and Curtin University (CU). While the larger study explores the influence of factors from both sides of the supervision equation (e.g., students and supervisors), this paper focusses primarily on the results of an online survey involving 227 international and/or NESB graduate students in the areas of Engineering and IT at the three universities. The study reveals cross-cultural differences in perceptions of student and supervisor roles, as well as differences in the understanding of the requirements of graduate study within the Australian Higher Education context. We argue that in order to assist international and NESB research students to overcome such culturally embedded challenges, it is important to develop a model which recognizes the complex interactions of factors from both sides of the supervision relationship, in order to understand this cohort’s unique pedagogical needs and develop intercultural sensitivity within postgraduate research supervision. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27175 http://library.iated.org/view/WOODMAN2011CHA http://eprints.qut.edu.au/48240/1/ICERI_2011_paper.pdf International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED) restricted |
| spellingShingle | non-english speaking background (NESB) communication higher degrees research (HDR) research culture research supervision Woodman, K. Trevelyan, J. Sahama, T. Gudimetla, P. Sharda, H. Lucey, Anthony Taji, A. Narayanaswamy, Ramesh Yarlagadda, P. Chaos or complex systems? Identifying factors influencing the success of international and NESB graduate research students in Engineering and Information Technology fields. |
| title | Chaos or complex systems? Identifying factors influencing the success of international and NESB graduate research students in Engineering and Information Technology fields. |
| title_full | Chaos or complex systems? Identifying factors influencing the success of international and NESB graduate research students in Engineering and Information Technology fields. |
| title_fullStr | Chaos or complex systems? Identifying factors influencing the success of international and NESB graduate research students in Engineering and Information Technology fields. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chaos or complex systems? Identifying factors influencing the success of international and NESB graduate research students in Engineering and Information Technology fields. |
| title_short | Chaos or complex systems? Identifying factors influencing the success of international and NESB graduate research students in Engineering and Information Technology fields. |
| title_sort | chaos or complex systems? identifying factors influencing the success of international and nesb graduate research students in engineering and information technology fields. |
| topic | non-english speaking background (NESB) communication higher degrees research (HDR) research culture research supervision |
| url | http://library.iated.org/view/WOODMAN2011CHA http://library.iated.org/view/WOODMAN2011CHA http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27175 |