A Study of Educational Impacts of International Students on Domestic Students: A Case of Malaysia

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381124
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: Akiba Hiroko 一橋大学, 大学院商学研究科, 特任准教授 (10313826)
• Research Collaborator: Nur Sofurah Hj Mohd Faiz Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia, 上級講師 ; Irene Tan Berjaya University College of Hospitality, 大学教育センター長
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 高等教育 / 国際化 / マレーシア / 協働学習 / 留学生 / 教育成果 / 国際共修

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to empirically analyze the current trends and challenges of having more international students in the higher education institutions’ classrooms in Malaysia, and its educational impacts on domestic students. As major outcomes, this research finds out that (1) the recent trends of policies on higher education with a specific focus on international education in Malaysia, (2) challenges of enhancing interactions between domestic and international students in the classrooms, and (3) the importance of intentional interventions by teaching instructors to facilitate such interactions.

Free Research Field

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