The problems of international students studying in higher education &lt;p&gt; Yükseköğretimde öğrenim gören uluslararası öğrencilerin sorunları

Kocabıyık, Oya Onat; Bacıoğlu, Seda Donat; Güvendir, Meltem Acar

doi:10.14687/jhs.v16i2.5455

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“…In parallel with this study, Hussain and Shen (2019) revealed that academic difficulties, sociocultural difficulties and language inadequacy negatively affect academic adaptation. There are also similar studies in the literature that emphasize the findings that foreign students experience academic incompatibility and language problems (Ercan, 2012;Onat-Kocabıyık et al, 2019;Yavcan & El-Gali, 2017). According to Huisman et al (2021), language ability can also significantly shape an international student's academic experience, for example, students may not be able to fully participate in academic life in the classroom and other formal/informal environments due to limited language skills.…”

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“…When the studies about the adaptation process of international students in Turkey were examined, it was determined that some of them focused on the problems of foreign students (Onat-Kocabıyık et al, 2019;Paksoy et al, 2012) and some of them included both problems and solutions (Şahin & Demirtaş, 2014;Yardımcıoğlu et al, 2017), but no study was found that related the adaptation process with the school dropout. In this context, in the current study, the relationship of adaptation problems to the school dropouts is tried to be determined by clarifying which adaptation issues would promote students' dropout behavior.…”

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Uluslararası öğrencilerin üniversiteye uyum süreçleri bağlamında okulu bırakma eğilimlerinin incelenmesi

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Kocaeli Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi

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Internationalization in higher education has gained importance across the world because it provides opportunities for interaction and development in many fields. While universities endeavor to be preferred by international students, the adaptation processes of students have become a current issue. The problems experienced by international students in the process of adapting is an issue that should be emphasized because it can play a role in school dropout. In this study, adaptation processes of international students in the education faculty of a public university in Turkey and the relationship between adaptation and the tendency of students to dropout were examined. Eight international students participated to this qualitative research, which was carried out with a phenomenological design. Participants were from Afghanistan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Uganda. The data were collected with a semi-structured interview form developed by researchers and analyzed with descriptive analysis. In the study, the reasons for studying abroad and the adaptation processes of the participants in seven themes, and their opinions on dropping out of university education were examined. According to the results of research, most of the participants of this study stated that they have thought dropping out the university. When the reasons that make them think dropping out are evaluated, academic adaptation and cultural harmony was the most important dimensions. Based on this, it can be said that it is necessary to give importance to the academic and cultural adaptation of international students in order to prevent their school dropout in higher education.

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Uluslararası öğrencilerin üniversiteye uyum süreçleri bağlamında okulu bırakma eğilimlerinin incelenmesi

Kısa

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Turabik³

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Investigating the needs, expectations, problems and experiences of international students in the process of distance education

Coşkun

Akçaoğlu

2023

Multicultural Learning and Teaching

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This study aims to determine the needs, expectations, problems and experiences of international students in the process of distance education. To this end, phenomenology design was used, and university students representing different departments and countries were selected through a purposive sampling method. A total of 11 international students participated in the study. An interview form was used for data collection. According to the findings, it was found that the participants did not experience any problems during the registration and admission process and could get enough support from the institution during the orientation and services process. The most common problem in the academic process is the language used by the lecturer. Also, the students mostly preferred the department they studied in line with their choices. Thanks to the repetition of the courses in distance education, they could overcome the language and communication barriers they experienced during the face-to-face education process. It was also determined that the students’ social relations with their peers and lecturers were positive, and they did not experience any adaptation problems. Finally, participants’ statements on financial challenges focused on the difficulties in both finding scholarships and supporting themselves.

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Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of East Turkistan Students’ Somatic Complaints

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Azhari

2022

AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi

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People in cultural or geographic transition are at a greater risk for somatization (Hull, 1979). The aim of this qualitative study is to understand the emotional experiences of 19-25 years old international students from East Turkestan with somatic comlaints, which constitutes a minority group in Turkey. To that aim, we used Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis as our research method. 14 semi-structured interviews with seven students were conducted and analyzed. Four superordinate themes have emerged as a result of our analysis: (1) ‘Pain as a reflection of negative emotions’, (2) Withdrawal with a sense of difference and anxiety about making mistakes’, (3) ‘The burdens of the sense of responsibility’, and (4) ‘The pressure and self-blame when the goals are not achieved. We discussed the emerging themes in the context of scientific literature and evaluated somatic complaints in terms of their clinical effects

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The problems of international students studying in higher education <p> Yükseköğretimde öğrenim gören uluslararası öğrencilerin sorunları

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Uluslararası öğrencilerin üniversiteye uyum süreçleri bağlamında okulu bırakma eğilimlerinin incelenmesi

Uluslararası öğrencilerin üniversiteye uyum süreçleri bağlamında okulu bırakma eğilimlerinin incelenmesi

Investigating the needs, expectations, problems and experiences of international students in the process of distance education

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of East Turkistan Students’ Somatic Complaints

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