International Students' Experience of Remote Teaching and Learning in Portugal

Autor/inn/en	Aguiar, Joyce; Sin, Cristina; Tavares, Orlanda
Titel	International Students' Experience of Remote Teaching and Learning in Portugal
Quelle	In: Open Education Studies, 5 (2023) 1, Artikel 20220190 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1515/edu-2022-0190
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; COVID-19; Pandemics; Distance Education; Student Attitudes; School Closing; In Person Learning; Student Characteristics; Time; Study Habits; Academic Aspiration; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Schülerverhalten; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Zeit; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten
Abstract	This article analyzes international students' assessment of remote teaching and learning (T&L) during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. While all students have suffered the consequences of campus lockdowns and distance teaching, international students represent a particularly vulnerable group since, even under normal circumstances, they already have to deal with the challenges of new academic and living conditions. In Portugal, most international students come from Portuguese-speaking (designated as Lusophone) countries. Students' experiences were gathered via an online cross-sectional survey (N = 672), and the quantitative analysis compared Lusophone and non-Lusophone students and undergraduate and postgraduate students. Non-Lusophone students were more negative about remote education than Lusophone ones, being less interested in continuing to study online and giving a more negative assessment of the T&L experience than their counterparts. For them, cultural immersion is probably as important as degree attainment. Postgraduate students reported a lesser increase in study time and rated the pedagogical aspects better than undergraduate students, which suggests, by comparison, a better adaptation to the remote regime. Implementing flexible and hybrid education solutions is critical to maintaining international students' interest. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01