‘Effects of Globalization and Cross-Cultural Experiences in Education Sector’
‘Effects of Globalization and Cross-Cultural Experiences in Education Sector’
Introduction
I wonder if we can assume that the growing trend of people choosing to study abroad is a consequence of globalization. Furthermore I am interested in understanding the globalized educational culture and its’ associated issues on a local and international basis. The main objective of my research is to acquire as much information as possible and develop extensive knowledge of the research subject. Therefore employing a mixed method approach seemed appropriate. Going forward using a flexible investigatory technique through combined deployment of systematic research review and documentary research, could enable addressing a wide range of research questions and quantitative analysis as well as qualitative study of the research data gathered. Henceforth implementing a pragmatist approach, following Onwuegbuzie and Leech (2005) account ‘pragmatists are simply those who learn to utilize and to appreciate both quantitative and qualitative research’ (Robson, 2011:171).
Research Questions: * What are the effects of international student’s influx on local students and higher educational institutions, in terms of annual openings and introduction of foreign cultures in the educational system? * Has the concept of globalization encouraged cross-cultural integration to reduce challenges faced by the international students?
Research methods: ‘Systematic review’ and ‘Documentary research’ Use of documentary research alongside the systematic research review presents an opportunity for empirical research, allowing me to assemble data providing additional material needed for triangulation. Although the two techniques are essentially different in nature and application, for instance various research studies to be assessed in a systematic review would be a product of primary research whilst the documents to be studied might not have been produced for any research purposes. Robson
Introduction
I wonder if we can assume that the growing trend of people choosing to study abroad is a consequence of globalization. Furthermore I am interested in understanding the globalized educational culture and its’ associated issues on a local and international basis. The main objective of my research is to acquire as much information as possible and develop extensive knowledge of the research subject. Therefore employing a mixed method approach seemed appropriate. Going forward using a flexible investigatory technique through combined deployment of systematic research review and documentary research, could enable addressing a wide range of research questions and quantitative analysis as well as qualitative study of the research data gathered. Henceforth implementing a pragmatist approach, following Onwuegbuzie and Leech (2005) account ‘pragmatists are simply those who learn to utilize and to appreciate both quantitative and qualitative research’ (Robson, 2011:171).
Research Questions: * What are the effects of international student’s influx on local students and higher educational institutions, in terms of annual openings and introduction of foreign cultures in the educational system? * Has the concept of globalization encouraged cross-cultural integration to reduce challenges faced by the international students?
Research methods: ‘Systematic review’ and ‘Documentary research’ Use of documentary research alongside the systematic research review presents an opportunity for empirical research, allowing me to assemble data providing additional material needed for triangulation. Although the two techniques are essentially different in nature and application, for instance various research studies to be assessed in a systematic review would be a product of primary research whilst the documents to be studied might not have been produced for any research purposes. Robson
References: * Denscombe M. (2010), The Good Research Guide: For small-scale research projects, Fourth Edition, Open University Press. * Sarantakos S * Dowling P. & Brown A. (2010), Doing Research/ Reading Research, Second Edition, Routledge, London * Cohen L * Research Methods, ‘Unit 5 Systematic Reviews by Rees R. (2007).’- Lecture Pack, Institute of education, University of London * Research Methods, ‘Unit 6 Documentary Research by Cowan S * Robson C. (2011), Real World Research, - Third Edition, Wiley, United Kingdom * May (2003), Perspectives on Social scientific Research. * Creswell (2007), Philosophical, Paradigm, and Interpretive Frameworks * Punch (2006), A General Framework for Developing Proposals * Bryman A. (2012), Social Research Methods, Fourth Edition, Oxford University Press * Crotty M The two methodologies I selected for my review process are ‘Use of a protocol & Strategies for comprehensive searching that also reduce biases inherent in publication (Rees, 2007:73&74). Author | Advantages | Author | Disadvantages | Rees, 2007:70 | Systematic reviews have the potential to produce fuller, more nuanced analyses of social phenomena