Abstract
Introduction.The strive for high quality of Russian higher education, puts an emphasis on seeking the ways to improve it in the line with the topical Global educational agenda. In the context of this study provision of high quality education is defined as managing students experience in and out of the classroom as an integrative whole which is indispensable for maximising educational outcomes. Though Russian universities have a steady intake of international students on mobility programmes, there are not enough studies modelling the application of these dimensions in Russian academic setting. The current study seeks for the pathways to overcome this gap.Aim.The article is targeted to rethink the strategy of managing high quality education for international students and to work out and test an integrated model for the educational quality enhancement regarding two critical dimensions of their university training in curricular-related and co-curricular areas.Methodology and research methods.Mixed research methods were utilised. Individual interviews and a survey with close-ended and open-ended items were used to find out challenging issues impeding the development of high quality education offered in curricular and co-curricular related dimensions. Classroom observation, peer experts opinions and content analysis of the courses taught and their outcomes evaluation were applied at the University of Tyumen, being 5-100 project participant, to indicate the components, pedagogical toolkit and competencies for high educational quality of international students.Results and scientific novelty.The developed integrated model for high educational quality provision included the main interrelated curricular and co-curricular components of quality enhancement. They involved the designed up-to-date academic Russian course; teacher-student interactive support, socio-cultural and intellectual engagement such as “buddy” scheme studentto-student support, discussion workshops on intercultural awareness of students and teaching staff. Teaching methods of reflection, critical analysis, confirmatory feedback, communities, project-based and action oriented learning, group discussions, language tandems were proposed. Major competencies for international students’ curricular-based and co-curricular educational quality were suggested: critical reading and reflection, academic writing, negotiating, argumentation, logical cohesion, intercultural and cross-cultural awareness, conflict avoidance, tolerance to ambiguity.Practical significance.The integrated model can be applied for road-mapping the action plan of international policy at any university in Russia to provide high quality education for international students.
Highlights
The strive for high quality of Russian higher education, puts an emphasis on seeking the ways to improve it in the line with the topical Global educational agenda
The integrated model can be applied for roadmapping the action plan of international policy at any university in Russia to provide high quality education for international students
This section presents the findings accompanied with the authors’ discussion and reflections. These insights are informed by the individual interviews, the survey, observation of classroom teaching and out-of class activities conducted with international students studying at the University of Tyumen (UTMN)
Summary
The strive for high quality of Russian higher education, puts an emphasis on seeking the ways to improve it in the line with the topical Global educational agenda. There has been a growing interest to educational quality improvement for international students at Russian universities This phenomenon is looked at as a part of educational development in the line with Global agenda leading to a better efficacy and promotion of Russian education abroad. In the context of this study providing of high quality education is defined as managing international students experience in and out of the classroom for their academic enhancement. The Russian universities that joined the national project of academic excellence top-500, are determined to intensively increase their international standing As it is stated in the documents on Russian Academic Excellence project 5-100, “the system of higher professional education faces an arduous task: how to keep up with the current pace of international development and to maximise global competitiveness”. In 2013 the University of Tyumen (UTMN) was selected to join this Project and put an emphasis on the enhancement of educational quality, including international students education
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