Professional Learning in the Work Place for International Students

Part I. Theorising Internationalisation, Professional Socialisation and Reflective Practice for International Students

1. The Importance of Positive Intercultural Exchanges for International Students on Work Placements in Higher Education
Georgina Barton, Kay Hartwig

2. Work Placement for International Student Programmes (WISP): A Model of Effective Practice
Georgina Barton, Kay Hartwig, Dawn Bennett, Melissa Cain, Marilyn Campbell, Sonia Ferns, Liz Jones, Dawn Joseph, Marie Kavanagh, Ann Kelly, Ingrid Larkin, Erin O’Connor, Anna Podorova, Donna Tangen, Marleen Westerveld

3. Creating a Climate for Global WIL: Barriers to Participation and Strategies for Enhancing International Students’ Involvement in WIL in Canada and Australia
Cate Gribble, Norah McRae

4. International Students, Inclusion and Professional Field Placements
Gai Harrison, Kathleen Felton

5. Who Fails Whom? A Case Study Exploration of Factors Leading to Unsuccessful International Pre-service Teachers’ Work Placements
Donna Tangen, Marilyn Campbell

6. Reflection and Reflective Practice for International Students and Their Supervisors in Context
Georgina Barton, Mary Ryan

7. Personal Epistemologies and Disciplinarity in the Workplace: Implications for International Students in Higher Education
Georgina Barton, Stephen Billett

Part II. Work Placement for International Student Programs

8. Practicum for International Students in Teacher Education Programmes: An Investigation of Three University Sites Through Multisocialisation, Interculturalisation and Reflection
Georgina Barton, Kay Hartwig, Dawn Joseph, Anna Podorova

9. International Healthcare Students in Clinical Learning Environments
Kristina Mikkonen, Marianne Pitkäjärvi, Maria Kääriäinen

10. Revisiting Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Speech Pathology Programs in Australia: Listening to the Voices of Staff and International Students
Simone Howells, Marleen Westerveld, Susanne Garvis

11. Enhancing Workplace Learning for International Students in Psychology: Learning from Students’ and Supervisors’ Perspectives
Liz Jones, Erin O’Connor, Christine Boag-Hodgson

12. Functional and Cognitive Aspects of Employability: Implications for International Students
Dawn Bennett, Sonia Ferns

Part III. Improving Work Placements for International Students: Exploring the Higher Education Context

13. The Study Abroad Programme: Experience and Benefits
Kay Hartwig

14. “Let’s Focus on Exploration”: Developing Professional Identity of International Students as Global Teachers in a Question-Driven Practicum
Harry Stokhof, Peter Fransen

15. “Practical Experience Is Really Important”: Perceptions of Chinese International Students About the Benefits of Work Integrated Learning in Their Australian Tourism and Hospitality Degrees
Katrine Sonnenschein, Michelle Barker, Raymond Hibbins, Melissa Cain

16. University Strategic Directions, International Education and WIL: From Policy to Practice
Nan Bahr, Donna Pendergast, Christopher Klopper

17. Transforming Challenges into Opportunities: A Work Placement Model to Help International Students Become Employable
Ann Kelly

18. What Does Internationalisation or Interculturalisation Look Like in the Future in the Higher Education Sector?
Kay Hartwig, Georgina Barton, Dawn Bennett, Melissa Cain, Marilyn Campbell, Sonia Ferns, Liz Jones, Dawn Joseph, Marie Kavanagh, Ann Kelly, Ingrid Larkin, Erin O’Connor, Anna Podorova, Donna Tangen, Marleen Westerveld

Keywords: Education, Professional & Vocational Education, Higher Education, International and Comparative Education