Educational travel in Finland and at Saimaa University of Applied Sciences from the perspective of international students
Nguyen, Dang Kieu Dong (2019)
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201904235763
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201904235763
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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the international students’ perspectives on educational travel in Finland through their experiences at Saimaa University of Applied Sciences (Saimaa UAS).
This study used both secondary and primary materials. Secondary data was synthesized from various sources of books, grey literature, articles, newspaper, reports and the Internet. Meanwhile, primary data was collected by qualitative method of semi-structured in-depth interview. The interviews were conducted on fifteen international students attending Saimaa UAS in Imatra, starting from 18 February to 8 March 2019. There were eleven questions in total, divided into five main topics related to the travel and study experience.
The findings of the research indicate that Finland and Saimaa UAS are favoura-ble travel destinations for education. They provide the students with high-quality education, encouraging learning environment, good and sound living conditions, harmonious foreign-local relationship as well as chances for cognitive, affective and personal development. Considering the benefits of this travel phenomenon, further research should be fostered for better management and implementation.
This study used both secondary and primary materials. Secondary data was synthesized from various sources of books, grey literature, articles, newspaper, reports and the Internet. Meanwhile, primary data was collected by qualitative method of semi-structured in-depth interview. The interviews were conducted on fifteen international students attending Saimaa UAS in Imatra, starting from 18 February to 8 March 2019. There were eleven questions in total, divided into five main topics related to the travel and study experience.
The findings of the research indicate that Finland and Saimaa UAS are favoura-ble travel destinations for education. They provide the students with high-quality education, encouraging learning environment, good and sound living conditions, harmonious foreign-local relationship as well as chances for cognitive, affective and personal development. Considering the benefits of this travel phenomenon, further research should be fostered for better management and implementation.