- Title
- A pilot study into international students' academic culture: The context of Indian business students in an Australian university
- Creator
- Nayak, Ravi; Venkatraman, Sitalakshmi
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/60012
- Identifier
- vital:3958
- Identifier
- ISSN:1835-9132
- Abstract
- This paper explores the influence of home country academic culture on the performance of international students in their studies. The focus was on Indian international students studying business courses in an Australian regional university because 61% of its students are international and majority of them come from India. The paper describes a pilot study employing a narrative inquiry approach to provide a better understanding of international students' academic culture. Three main academic cultural gaps were identified from the students' narratives: (1) annual teaching versus semester teaching scheme; (2) lack of familiarity with writing assignments; and (3) lack of familiarity with the Australian accent.
- Relation
- e-Journal of Business Education & Scholarship of Teaching Vol. 4, no. 2 (2010), p. 1-12
- Rights
- Copyright Australian Business Education Research Association
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1301 Education Systems; 1399 Other Education; Students; Foreign; Culture; Business students; Research; Indian Students; Student satisfaction
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