Academic literacies and international mobility. The organization and supervision of degree projects in Sweden and Russia

In this article, we will discuss how circumstances and requirements on a micro-level may be of relevance for the conditions for international student mobility within higher education. This will be done through examining similarities and differences in the organization of degree project courses at un...

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Main Authors: Maria Zackariasson, Jenny Magnusson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Cogent Education
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2020.1855770
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spelling doaj-16d7e80117524aa88c78621ca947fa652021-04-21T16:14:28ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2020-01-017110.1080/2331186X.2020.18557701855770Academic literacies and international mobility. The organization and supervision of degree projects in Sweden and RussiaMaria Zackariasson0Jenny Magnusson1Södertörn UniversitySödertörn UniversityIn this article, we will discuss how circumstances and requirements on a micro-level may be of relevance for the conditions for international student mobility within higher education. This will be done through examining similarities and differences in the organization of degree project courses at universities in Russia and Sweden, and how supervisors and course representatives described their experiences of working with them. International mobility is often described as having the potential of improving quality within higher education institutions and benefiting individuals by offering new experiences and perspectives. But the changing of academic contexts, which international mobility involves, demands a great deal of adjustment from the individual student and can be a complicated process. Through examining similarities and differences in comparable courses at universities in two countries, this article aims to say something about what characterizes different local academic contexts and thus the differences in expectations students may encounter when going between them, here in particular concerning academic writing and the relationship to the supervisor. The article is based on empirical material from a qualitative research project on journalism education and teacher education in Sweden and Russia, and the discussion will be related to the concept of academic literacies.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2020.1855770international student mobilityhigher educationacademic literaciesacademic writingdegree projectsteacher educationjournalism educationswedenrussia
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Academic literacies and international mobility. The organization and supervision of degree projects in Sweden and Russia
Cogent Education
international student mobility
higher education
academic literacies
academic writing
degree projects
teacher education
journalism education
sweden
russia
author_facet Maria Zackariasson
Jenny Magnusson
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title Academic literacies and international mobility. The organization and supervision of degree projects in Sweden and Russia
title_short Academic literacies and international mobility. The organization and supervision of degree projects in Sweden and Russia
title_full Academic literacies and international mobility. The organization and supervision of degree projects in Sweden and Russia
title_fullStr Academic literacies and international mobility. The organization and supervision of degree projects in Sweden and Russia
title_full_unstemmed Academic literacies and international mobility. The organization and supervision of degree projects in Sweden and Russia
title_sort academic literacies and international mobility. the organization and supervision of degree projects in sweden and russia
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Cogent Education
issn 2331-186X
publishDate 2020-01-01
description In this article, we will discuss how circumstances and requirements on a micro-level may be of relevance for the conditions for international student mobility within higher education. This will be done through examining similarities and differences in the organization of degree project courses at universities in Russia and Sweden, and how supervisors and course representatives described their experiences of working with them. International mobility is often described as having the potential of improving quality within higher education institutions and benefiting individuals by offering new experiences and perspectives. But the changing of academic contexts, which international mobility involves, demands a great deal of adjustment from the individual student and can be a complicated process. Through examining similarities and differences in comparable courses at universities in two countries, this article aims to say something about what characterizes different local academic contexts and thus the differences in expectations students may encounter when going between them, here in particular concerning academic writing and the relationship to the supervisor. The article is based on empirical material from a qualitative research project on journalism education and teacher education in Sweden and Russia, and the discussion will be related to the concept of academic literacies.
topic international student mobility
higher education
academic literacies
academic writing
degree projects
teacher education
journalism education
sweden
russia
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2020.1855770
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