TY  - GEN
AB  - Background: Hong Kong is at the cross-road between Eastern and Western cultures. Increasing globalisation allows students to gather experiences from various educational contexts. While internationalisation has been promoted in higher education worldwide, the focus was often put on students from Chinese cultures integrating into Westernised education systems. Not much is known about how students from Chinese background with exposures to Western cultures, reintegrate into a Hong Kong university, characterised by a highly competitive system that potentially affects students’ well-being. Aim: To identify learning preferences by Hong Kong physiotherapy students who have been exposed to educational contexts in the USA, Australia or Canada, and to explore their subjective experiences regarding different educational approaches during their studies. Methods: Ten students participated in this phenomenological study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in English, transcribed ‘ad verbatim’ and analysed using qualitative content analysis. Findings: Three themes emerged from the data: (1) Interaction between students and teachers, (2) past experiences that help with future dreams, and (3) obstacles and opportunities in learning. Conclusion: Physiotherapy students with globalised experience rely on their past educational exposure to give meaning to their future. They believe that a student-centred approach is crucial for learning. Their experiences shed light on consideration factors for optimally internationalising the physiotherapy curriculum.
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; HESAV School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
AU  - Schoeb, Veronika
AU  - Chong, Doris
DA  - 2019-03
DO  - http://doi.org/10.14426/art/522
DO  - DOI
ID  - 3736
JF  - OpenPhysio
KW  - Santé
KW  - internationalisation
KW  - learning preference
L1  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/3736/files/published%20version.pdf
L2  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/3736/files/published%20version.pdf
L4  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/3736/files/published%20version.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/3736/files/published%20version.pdf
N2  - Background: Hong Kong is at the cross-road between Eastern and Western cultures. Increasing globalisation allows students to gather experiences from various educational contexts. While internationalisation has been promoted in higher education worldwide, the focus was often put on students from Chinese cultures integrating into Westernised education systems. Not much is known about how students from Chinese background with exposures to Western cultures, reintegrate into a Hong Kong university, characterised by a highly competitive system that potentially affects students’ well-being. Aim: To identify learning preferences by Hong Kong physiotherapy students who have been exposed to educational contexts in the USA, Australia or Canada, and to explore their subjective experiences regarding different educational approaches during their studies. Methods: Ten students participated in this phenomenological study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in English, transcribed ‘ad verbatim’ and analysed using qualitative content analysis. Findings: Three themes emerged from the data: (1) Interaction between students and teachers, (2) past experiences that help with future dreams, and (3) obstacles and opportunities in learning. Conclusion: Physiotherapy students with globalised experience rely on their past educational exposure to give meaning to their future. They believe that a student-centred approach is crucial for learning. Their experiences shed light on consideration factors for optimally internationalising the physiotherapy curriculum.
PY  - 2019-03
SN  - 2631-8369
T1  - Students’ learning preferences and experience in a globalised world :opportunity to optimise internationalisation in physiotherapy education
TI  - Students’ learning preferences and experience in a globalised world :opportunity to optimise internationalisation in physiotherapy education
UR  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/3736/files/published%20version.pdf
VL  - March 2019
Y1  - 2019-03
ER  -