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THE INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY OF TAIWANESE STUDENTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: THE CASE OF A UNIVERSITY IN TAIWAN🔗
LA MOVILIDAD INTERNACIONAL DE ESTUDIANTES TAIWANESES EN EL SURESTE DE ASIA: EL CASO DE UNA UNIVERSIDAD DE TAIWAN🔗
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Paper Selected at VII International Conference on Applied Innovation - IMAT 2021
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Yi-Ju Wang 
, Providence University, Taiwan
https://doi.org/10.35564/jmbe.2022.0009
Abstract🔗
The international mobility of university students is one of the bases to enhance international competitiveness. This study aims to further understand the trends in Taiwanese international education. The case study was conducted at Providence University (PU), which have practiced internationalized education for years. This study adopts qualitative methodologies: documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews. The article analyzes the perceptions of PU students about their experiences as participants in an international mobility process in Thailand. We conduct questionnaires and in-depth interviews with them, in order to understand the satisfaction of students in terms of motivation, funding resources, cultural communication, team cooperation, and cross-border learning. This study shows joining cross-border learning does greatly improve on international mobility, especially in the acceptance in another culture and global exploration. Through communication between different cultures, the students have an improved understanding of Thai people’s communication behaviour.
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international mobility, university students, community participation, cross-border learning, mobility programs
Resumen🔗
La movilidad internacional de los estudiantes universitarios es una de las bases para capacitarlos en competitividad internacional. El objetivo de esta investigación es estudiar las tendencias en la educación internacional taiwanesa por medio del estudio del caso de la Universidad de Providence (Taiwán), centro pionero que ha implementado desde hace años la internacionalización educativa. En este estudio se adoptan metodologías cualitativas: el análisis documental y la entrevistas semiestructurada. El artículo analiza las percepciones de los estudiantes de la Universidad de Providence, acerca de sus experiencias como participantes en un proceso de movilidad internacional en Tailandia. Realizamos cuestionarios y entrevistas en profundidad para investigar la satisfacción de los estudiantes en términos de motivación, recursos de financiación, comunicación cultural, cooperación de equipo y aprendizaje transfronterizo. El estudio muestra que las actividades del aprendizaje transfronteriza ha mejorado mucho la movilidad internacional, la aceptación de otras culturas y la exploración global. La comunicación entre diferentes culturas, ayuda a los estudiantes a mejorar la comprensión del comportamiento de los tailandeses.
Palabras clave
movilidad internacional, estudiantes universitarios, participación comunitaria, aprendizaje transfronterizo, programas de movilidad
Received
15 January 2022
Accepted
28 March 2022
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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
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Wang, Y. J. (2022). The international mobility of Taiwanese students in Southeast Asia: The Case of a university in Taiwan. Journal of Management and Business Education, 5(2), 137-155. https://doi.org/10.35564/jmbe.2022.0009
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