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Finding common ground: enhancing interaction between domestic and international students in higher education

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posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by S Arkoudis, Kim WattyKim Watty, C Baik, X Yu, H Borland, S Chang, I Lang, Josephine Lang, A Pearce
A feature of Australian Higher Education over the last 10 years has been the increased numbers of international students. This feature has been perceived to have great potential for enhanced learning for all students – both international and domestic. Yet, student surveys and research clearly indicate that there is very little interaction occurring between domestic and international students. This article reports on a study that investigated the extent to which university teaching can promote interaction between students from diverse cultural and linguistic background. Using an innovative video-analysis methodology, the research found that academics engage in a variety of activities to encourage interaction between student groups. In order to assist academics in planning interaction, one of the main findings of the study was the development of ‘The Interaction for Learning Framework (ILF)’, that identifies key dimensions for curriculum design that can be used by academics to inform ways that they can enhance interaction between diverse student groups within teaching and learning contexts.

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Journal

Teaching in higher education

Volume

18

Issue

3

Pagination

222 - 235

Publisher

Routledge Taylor & Francis

Location

London, England

ISSN

1356-2517

eISSN

1470-1294

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2013, Taylor & Francis

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DU:30033378

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