Number Of Foreign Students Research Articles

Export of medical education in the world market of educational services

The article examines current trends and challenges related to the export of medical education in the global educational services market. The analysis of the data on the number of foreign students at medical universities leading exporting countries, including USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Russia and China. The factors influencing the choice of a country for study, such as the quality of educational programs, tuition fees, and the availability of visa and immigration procedures, are highlighted. Special attention is paid to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the growth of online education on international student mobility and accreditation of medical programs. In conclusion, recommendations are proposed for exporting countries to strengthen their positions in the global medical education market.

Социальная адаптация китайских студентов в России как управленческая проблема

At the present time, there is an increasing need to study modern concepts of adaptation of foreign students in Russia due to the growing number of foreign students in our country. This material is devoted to the reflection of this problem in the works of modern researchers from the point of view of the factors that hinder the increase in the degree of manageability of the adaptation process and the availability of formulated strategies that contribute to the solution of this problem. In this paper, the principle of metasystematization is used to analyze individual works on this problem, and the above strategies are formulated on the basis of these studies in the context of the strategic approach. The paper concludes that modern studies on the adaptation of Chinese students highlight the language barrier, the degree of cultural fatigue, the lack of motivation to adapt to the temporary environment, as well as the differences between Russian and Chinese students in the attitude to social discipline, reactions to social stimuli and etiquette and ritual forms of social interaction as significant factors of maladaptation. It is pointed out that there are myths that hinder the adaptation process, among which are the established ideas about the Chinese unwillingness to actively interact, inability to communicate in a foreign environment and to adopt new ways of learning and communication. In order to increase the degree of manageability of the adaptation process, the authors, based on the modern studies, propose several interrelated strategies: moral-ethical strategy, team-oriented strategy, imagegamification strategy, pragmatic-oriented strategy, and the strategy of social significance. The application of these strategies is aimed at overcoming the factors of Chinese students' maladaptation in Russian society.

ON THE ISSUE OF INTERCULTURAL ADAPTATION OF FOREIGN STUDENTS COMING TO CHINA UNDER THE “ONE BELT, ONE ROAD” INITIATIVE

In recent years, the number of foreign students from Belt and Road countries has increased further. The cultural adaptation problems caused by living in a foreign culture will have an impact on their psychology. Therefore, for international students in China, cross-cultural adaptation is the first challenge they have to face after studying and living in China. This article takes the intercultural adaptation of Chinese international students as a starting point, analyzes the dilemmas and problems they face, and proposes strategies to improve the intercultural adaptation ability of international students from the perspective of strengthening cultural contacts, promoting exchanges between Chinese and international students, and also increasing psychological adaptability.

The Improvement of the Selection Mechanism of International Students Coming to China: Take Countries along the Belt and Road as an Example

As China's influence grows globally, particularly after the introduction of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, an increasing number of foreign students are choosing to pursue their higher education in China. Given this context, China is beginning to place an increasing emphasis on the quality control of its international student population. Thus, this essay examines China's current system of international student selection. The examination reveals that there are issues with China's system for selecting international students. Both the language assessment and the academic ability evaluation are devoid of professionalism and refinement, as well as consistent criteria. Additionally, the preliminary mechanism has not gained traction or been useful, and other complementing, alternative mechanisms are disregarded. This paper offers recommendations from three perspectives—the language evaluation mechanism, the academic assessment mechanism, and the alternative assessment mechanism—to encourage the enhancement of the selection process for foreign students entering China. In order to support both the internationalization of higher education and the Belt and Road initiative, the Chinese government and universities should raise the bar for selecting international students and implement policies that are appropriate for the current state of affairs and the challenges facing the countries that form the route.

Формирование научного стиля русской речи у иностранных учащихся на занятиях по физике

Currently, the number of foreign students at Russian universities is increasing. Some of them have been studying in Russian since the first year. At the preparatory department of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, students study Russian, physics, chemistry, biology. At the physics department, students not only repeat the school physics course, but also form a scientific style of Russian speech. Learning without the use of an intermediary language stimulates the development of communication. While studying at the preparatory department, students gradually move from physical terms to scientific formulations. The article discusses some methodological techniques for teaching physics in Russian to foreign students of the preparatory department.

MARKET OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AT THE PRESENT STAGE IN UKRAINE

In modern conditions, the role of education is growing along with the development of human activity. The issue of the further development of the educational services market is becoming even more urgent, and especially in the conditions of the war in Ukraine. The article focuses attention on the important role of the market of educational services in providing alternative learning opportunities due to security measures. The concept of the market of educational services was analyzed and its main subjects were determined. It is noted that the market of educational services exists in conditions of fierce competition. The author identified the factors affecting the market of educational services. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the educational services market is a leading factor in economic growth, employment and income. The number of students of higher education institutions in Ukraine, the number of foreign students and other indicators of the educational services market were analyzed. It has been noted and proven that education acts as a stabilizing force, and it is especially important during the years of war in Ukraine, despite the fact that some students are abroad. The author singled out serious challenges faced by the education market in Ukraine in the context of Russia’s military aggression. Proposed directions for solving challenges in Ukraine at the current stage.

Das höhere Bildungswesen der Schweiz in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit: Institutionen und Formen der Peregrinatio academica

This study presents an overview of the institutions and forms of higher education in Switzerland. In addition to the University of Basel, founded in 1460, the author deals with Protestant Hohen Schulen (academies) (established in Zurich in 1525, in Bern in 1528, in Lausanne in 1537, and in Geneva in 1559) and Jesuit colleges which were founded between the last third of the sixteenth century and the first third of the seventeenth century. Apart from the Basel university, which was transformed into a Protestant university after the Reformation, Swiss Protestants had no possibility of studying law or medicine or even obtaining an academic degree in their own country. The Protestant academies were essentially training centres for the next generation of pastors and the same applied to the Jesuit colleges, which likewise granted no university privileges. Many students therefore had to seek academic training in the neighbouring countries. Both the University of Basel and the Protestant academies (though less so the Jesuit colleges) nevertheless attracted high numbers of foreign students, especially religious refugees who immigrated to Switzerland in several waves from the second half of the sixteenth century onwards, initially from Italy and England, but later also from France, Savoy-Piedmont, and Hungary. As a result, all Protestant educational institutions functioned as ‘exile colleges’ until the early eighteenth century. This specific situation of institutions of higher learning remained largely in place until the end of the nineteenth century – largely in consequence of the peculiarities of Switzerland’s strong federal constitution.

Universities of Barcelona – Problems and Efforts

It is necessary to know the state of the universities of Spain. In this paper the general objective was determine the situation of the universities of Barcelona: Problems and efforts. Methodology, in this research, 35 documents have been selected, carried out in the period 2018 – 2023; including: scientific articles, review articles and information from websites of recognized organizations. The keywords used in the searches were: Universities of Barcelona, problems and efforts. Results, the universities of Barcelona occupy the first places in the ranking of universities in Spain and Europe, with three standing out the most: University of Barcelona, Autonomous University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra University. Barcelona universities have a significant number of foreign students. Conclusions, the universities of Barcelona have important international recognition, numerous foreign teachers and students, a high level of job placement, specialized research centers, a large number of doctoral and master's programs, articles published in scientific journals, agreements with companies and international double degrees with universities, student exchange, development cooperation projects, participation in international networks, UNESCO chairs, adequate infrastructure and laboratories, cultural diversity, study scholarships, among others. In the ranking of universities in Spain we have the University of Barcelona and Autonomus University of Barcelona among the first three places. In the ranking of universities in Barcelona we have the University of Barcelona, Autonomus University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra University among the first three places.

Theoretical Research and Path Exploration of Chinese Culture Input and Acculturation for Foreign Students from the Perspective of Chinese Character Teaching as a Foreign Language

With the quick development of China, the number of foreign students in China has soared. Teaching Chinese as a second language for foreigners with different backgrounds includes language knowledge, the individual cross-cultural adaptation the Chinese culture spread. Chinese characters is the key point in Chinese language learning for foreign students. The charming of Chinese culture is reflected and transmitted by Chinese characters which can help foreign students understand Chinese culture better. By sorting out the theories on Chinese cultural course and acculturation with the perspective of Chinese characters teaching, exploring the corresponding research paths, this paper proposes a reference for the research on conducting cultural course through the way of teaching Chinese characters for foreign students acculturation.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE GLOBAL EDUCATION MARKET

The global education market is undergoing significant changes due to modern digitalisation. The latest technologies are significantly changing learning technologies, the structure of education, international flows and their volume in general. The subject of the study is to assess the impact of digital transformation on the global world market. The aim of this article is to analyse the development processes of the global market for educational services in the context of modern challenges, in particular digital transformation, and its consequences for the higher education market. The methodology of the study included research, a review of scientific literature, graphic visualisation of digitalisation. The methods of system analysis and generalisation have made it possible to identify the main directions of transformation of the global and regional educational markets, to characterise the dynamics of the spread of the latest forms of education and the growth of their profitability, to confirm the turbulence and instability of internationalisation trends and the intensification of competition between traditional and new providers of educational services. Research has shown that the online education sector is developing and expanding rapidly. The amount of capital raised and its profitability are increasing, confirming the prospects of these investments. There is a growing variety of online education providers, which generally creates significant competition for traditional institutions such as universities. Educational products are becoming more diversified and there is a growing trend towards personalised and adaptive learning on online educational platforms using artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of students enrolled in various online courses, and there is a growing demand for distance learning and flexible, personalised learning options. The global education market is characterised by unstable dynamics of internationalisation due to various external factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, military aggression, demographic factors, political and economic instability. Competition between traditional and new providers for students, market share and financial resources is intensifying. In general, despite the negative factors, the number of foreign students tends to increase, albeit rather unevenly across countries. The widespread use of ICT in education and other activities can pose potential threats and challenges: increased competition and lower quality of education, spread of unwanted and anti-social information.

Exploring Chinese human capital flight using university alumni data

ABSTRACT China is one of the major sources of student migrants to many Western countries, growing rapidly during the last couple of decades. In China, several national and regional level policy schemes have been set up to incentivise the return of the high-skilled overseas population. Data to monitor these migration patterns are typically lacking. In this article, we explore the spatial patterns of overseas alumni populations from 106 leading Chinese universities using data gathered from the LinkedIn advertising platform. We first assess the suitability of the LinkedIn data for measuring overseas migrant distributions and then adapt an extended gravity model to aid the interpretation of the relationships between countries, universities and intermediate characteristics and the size of the overseas alumni populations. We find that the LinkedIn data provide plausible measures of Chinese university alumni networks. Alumni populations are in general larger from highly ranked universities, in greater numbers from universities in Beijing and Shanghai and universities with higher numbers of foreign students. These findings help better understand human capital flight, where conventional studies use migration data that do not typically have breakdowns to sub-national units or specify where emigrants received their education.

Generating places of integration. A network model toward the skills assessment of foreign students

The study shows one or more models of network intervention, qualified as good practice, capable of generating places of integration between Italian and foreign students, with a specific reference to family engagement. We assessed the quality and sustainability of different partnership styles among the school, the public, the third sector and families, working on the assumption that this alliance is particularly appropriate in everyday life to achieve cultural integration between young Italians, foreigners and their families and to spread a network perspective able to successfully address the encounter among cultures. The research has studied 30 partnerships active in Lombardy Region, that has the largest number of foreign students in Italy, adding 3 cases out of Region and 3 projects conducted in other European countries (Feel, La Maleta intercultural, Rucksack). The study has identified specific guidelines to enable and support integrated networks between public or third sector and schools, capable of promoting and managing places of integration. Among the factors considered above there is the consistency and the structure of the network, the type and degree of collaboration between these actors, the type of governance put in place, the level of articulation of the relationship between the network and the socio cultural context in which it operates. Secondly we considered the project methodologies, the operation time, the extent of the catchment area, the level of the experience growth, the expansion of the partnerships. Also important were the methods of assessing the degree of social and cultural integration, educational and academic achievement in relation to skills, business integration, involvement of family background.

An investigation of the problems encountered by the teachers in secondary education in the trnc in the classroom management, according to the opinions of school administrators

The main aim of this research is to determine the understanding of school administrators regarding classroom management and their attitudes towards encountered-difficulties, as well as to provide coping strategies to teachers facing these problems. The study group of the current research consisted of a total of 20 school administrators, including 5 principals and 15 vice-principals, working in secondary education institutions during the spring semester of the 2022-2023 academic year, affiliated with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Northern Cyprus. A qualitative research model was applied in the study, specifically using the snowball model from qualitative research models. A semi-structured interview form was used as the data collection tool. The obtained data were categorized into themes and interpreted. According to the data, school administration eased their views on the disruptions in classroom management caused by overcrowded cl ass rooms, a high number of foreign students, lack of parental involvement, the presence of students causing discipline problems,as well as the students' lack of knowledge of rules and responsibility, which became more evident with the onset of the pandemic. School administrators stated that the problems encountered were related to inadequate in infrastructure and students' lack of respect towards teachers. They suggested that teachers should participate in in-service training programs to enhance their classroom management skills and emphasized the need for the establishment of new secondary education institutions.

International student mobility to China: The effects of government scholarship and Confucius Institute

Government scholarship plays an active role in attracting foreign students and promoting higher education exports. As a culture and education platform, Confucius Institute is also likely to affect the number of foreign students in China. Using the data from 188 countries over the 2003-2018 period, we find globally both attract more international students to China. In addition, government scholarship has stronger impacts on degree-seeking students whereas Confucius Institute affects non-degree-seeking students more. At the continental level, government scholarship remains effective, particularly for degree-seeking students. Confucius Institute, however, display opposing impacts for different continents. As the number of the Institute increases in a country, there will be more foreign students if the continent is of higher income, geographically more distant from China, or culturally less exposed to China; and vice versa. Globally and for most continents, we observe Confucius Institute affects the positive effect of Chinese government scholarship. The results offer policy implications for government scholarship allocation decisions.

A Study on the Participation of Foreign Students in Local Cultural and Folk Activities in Wenzhou

The number of foreign students studying in Wenzhou, China has increased dramatically as a result of the Belt and Road Initiative. Learning the motivations and leisure constraints of foreign students' participation in local cultural and folk activities in Wenzhou is beneficial to promoting cultural adaptation, strengthening Chinese cultural self-confidence, and improving Wenzhou's international image. Based on the hierarchical model of leisure constraints (personal constraints, interpersonal constraints, and structural constraints), this study has tended to focus on the leisure constraints for foreign students participating in local folk and cultural activities in Wenzhou. A total of seven participants were included in the analysis.

Stories of successful adaptations of immigrant students in the Polish educational system – perspective of EFL teachers

As a result of increasing numbers of immigrants, Poland is currently in the process of transition from a predominantly mono-lingual/cultural to multilingual/cultural country. Consequently, a constantly rising number of foreign students is joining Polish schools, who face the need to adapt to new social and institutional settings. In response to this demographic trend, the main aim of this paper is to point to the role of different factors recognised as facilitating in the process of school adaptation in the case of immigrant students in the Polish educational system. The research participants, 23 Polish teachers of English, in semi-structured interviews, described over 60 cases of multilingual children they used to work with. Out of these, the accounts describing primary school learners who had adapted well to new educational environments were selected for qualitative analysis, conducted with the aid of NVivo Software. In this case study, the stories of four successful adaptations have been selected to illustrate the importance of factors recognised in the analysis as those which favourably assist the process of school adjustment. These include: (1) the individual dispositions of the newcomer, (2) the behaviours of their classmates, (3) the supportive actions of teachers, (4) parents’ engagement and assistance.

ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVE METHODS OF FORMING UKRAINIAN-LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN FOREIGN STUDENTS

This article is devoted to the analysis of effective methods of forming Ukrainian-language communicative competence in foreign students. This problem is important in the modern educational environment due to the growing number of foreign students studying in Ukraine. The necessity of developing and applying effective approaches that help learn Ukrainian language and culture effectively is emphasized. This article analyzes various approaches and innovative technologies used to develop Ukrainian-language communicative competence in foreign students. In particular, the effectiveness of the communicative approach, interactive technologies, and intercultural communication is considered. Multimedia technologies. The study found that the most effective methods are those that combine practical work with the language and use of modern technologies. In addition, an important condition for the successful formation of Ukrainian-language communicative competence is an individual approach to each foreign student and an understanding of his or her personal needs and goals.

Distance education in Ukraine under martial law

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of distance education in Ukraine in wartime conditions. The points of view of foreign researchers regarding distance education in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic are considered. The most important factors affecting students' satisfaction with online learning are highlighted. The authors emphasize the need for digital literacy for effective and efficient work. Ukrainian researchers analyze a year of work in wartime conditions, find out the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning. The advantages include: the individual nature of training, which allows you to choose a convenient time and pace of training; the format of a single educational environment, convenient for all categories of students; the opportunity to study in more than one direction in a short period of time; the opportunity to continuously improve your qualification level; saving time due to the absence of travel expenses, etc. Disadvantages include: poor Internet quality; power outages; danger to life and poor living conditions in the occupied territories; loss of time due to sirens and the need to go to shelter; insufficient number of distance courses, presentations and video materials on complex topics and others. A significant number of foreign students of the National Technical University "KhPI" have no problems with online learning. They learn the program and participate in student scientific conferences. Students of the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts are forced to live in different countries and living conditions. They took part in an anonymous survey, which was conducted in order to identify problems and assess the quality of the distance educational process of the first (bachelor) level of higher education.

Educational Migration Trends Review in Poland (with Particular Emphasis on the Immigration of Ukrainian Youth)

This article aims to review and synthesise research on educational migration in Poland, particularly youth immigration from Ukraine. The paper collects statistical data from 2004, which allowed for the analysis of the existing trends in educational migration in Poland. The research on the largest group of foreign students – citizens of Ukraine – was reviewed, which resulted in identifying research gaps regarding student mobility in Poland, both in terms of demand and supply of educational migrations. The practical implication appears to show that the governments of the host countries, the business sector, and the academic units – due to the increase in the number of foreign students – can expect positive effects in the form of obtaining qualified human capital for the local labour market and the improvement of the demographic situation, provided that foreign students remain in the country and the family there.

The role of Cultural Distance in the Adaptation of Arab Students to the Educational Environment of Russian Universities

In the 21st century, many universities seek to internationalize their educational activities. The number of foreign students is one of the indicators of the university’s success in the market of global educational services. The success of education, in its turn, depends on the students’ socio-cultural adaptation in the host country. In this study, we used cultural distance as a predictor of socio-cultural adaptation for students from Arab countries. When cultural distance is high, immigrants find it more difficult to adapt to the new environment. We conducted a socio-psychological survey among first-, second-, and third-year students from Morocco, Syria, and Egypt receiving education at the universities of Perm, Moscow, Astrakhan, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and St. Petersburg. Our study showed that cultural distance affects socio-cultural adaptation. It was the differences between Russian and Arab cultures in values, traditions, and appearance that affected the adaptation of Arab students in the Russian cultural environment. Our results can contribute to further research into the predictors of adaptation for foreign students. They can also be used to develop adaptation programs for Arab students studying not only in Russian universities, but worldwide.