Improving facilitators to build intercultural skills for domestic and international students in public universities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tran, Cam Binh (2020)
2020
Johtamisen ja talouden tiedekunta - Faculty of Management and Business
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2020-06-24
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202006106019
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202006106019
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The study intends to show whether if improving facilitators can affect the overall intercultural competence in international higher education. The objectives of the study are to establish the strengths and weaknesses as well as to identify any aspects, barriers, opportunities and competitive advantages that exist with the current education position. Accordingly, the researcher will develop a new strategy to improve current education position and future aspect when applying new strategy through utilizing competitive advantages identified.
As a quantitative study, a survey was conducted. A structured questionnaire with 192 respondents forms the primary data of the study. The survey included 100 students, 41 facilitators, 39 academic personnel, and 12 academic administrators. In addition to Likert scale, used to analyses the quantitative data, 8 interviews were collected from respondents who participated and supported the international programs during their study time.
Based on the results, the study recommends University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Education Market in particular and International Higher Education in general should improve their quality of teaching materials, vary English-teaching subjects, implement more intercultural activities for both domestic and international students, and improve the quality of facilitators who are in charge of international programs.
As a quantitative study, a survey was conducted. A structured questionnaire with 192 respondents forms the primary data of the study. The survey included 100 students, 41 facilitators, 39 academic personnel, and 12 academic administrators. In addition to Likert scale, used to analyses the quantitative data, 8 interviews were collected from respondents who participated and supported the international programs during their study time.
Based on the results, the study recommends University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Education Market in particular and International Higher Education in general should improve their quality of teaching materials, vary English-teaching subjects, implement more intercultural activities for both domestic and international students, and improve the quality of facilitators who are in charge of international programs.