Internationalization in Higher Education – “what does the Russians think..” : an interview study

• The aim of this study is to study academic teachers’ understanding and experiences of internationalization in relation to the current efforts to internationalize Higher Education. A qualitative interview study was conducted with seven academic teachers in Higher Education from a state university and a private university in Russia with experiences from international activities. The results were analysed by reflexive methodology related to theories about globalisation, conscious critical dialogue and the need for professional development among academic teachers. A common result was the notion of different strategies of the internationalization process in different countries. A common result was also the experiences of differences in the relationship between teachers and students at the foreign universities. Another shared result among the academic teachers was the experiences of self-development and professional development. Differences between the teacher´s experiences of internationalization seemed to be due to various causes e.g. which type of academic subject they were teaching.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogy (hsv//eng)

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Pedagogik

Education

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