Conference
APAIE Conference 2025, Delhi, India, 24 – 28 March, 2025
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Cultivating Global Citizens for the Future: The Higher Education Imperative in the Asia Pacific and Beyond.
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Surname, Initial (2025), The paper title, Conference Proceedings of the APAIE 2025 Conference, 24 – 28 March 2025. Asia-Pacific Association of International Education
The following listed research papers are part of the Academic Research Paper track. The listed papers have gone through a rigorous academic process and have been double blind refereed, which means both authors and at least 2 reviewers are anonymous to each other to reduce bias.
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Developing Global Citizens? Student and Host Experiences of the New Colombo Plan in Indonesia
Elena Williams Download Paper Abstract Since 2014, more than 12,000 Australian students have studied and interned in Indonesia through the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan (NCP) initiative, building relationships with numerous Indonesian ‘host’ communities. Yet, while the experiences and global citizenship learning outcomes of Australian students are increasingly accounted for, far less is known about the ways study abroad programs impact Indonesian host communities, despite their integral role in ensuring the success of programs such as the NCP as ‘partners’. This raises questions as to how host communities benefit from study abroad, whether these partnerships are equitable and sustainable, and whether the NCP is indeed meeting its stated goals of deepening people-to-people relationships. Drawing on focus group and interview data with more than 160 Australian alumni and Indonesian host community members from doctoral fieldwork, this paper examines students’ and host communities’ own experiences of the NCP, offering unique and timely insights into the ways the NCP is fostering global citizenship among these groups directly. Examining these experiences in greater details sheds new light on the outcomes of study abroad programs such as the NCP for students and host communities alike, highlighting a model of reciprocal learning among young Australians and their Indo-Pacific neighbours. |
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Digital Journeys in Health Information Behaviours: A Comparative Study of Chinese International Students in Australia and China
Guanyu Wang and Shanton Chang Download Paper Abstract The Pandemic (COVID-19) significantly changed international students’ lives and studies in Australian universities, bringing more challenges. Therefore, educational institutions and governments have provided support and services to international students during the Pandemic. However, they do not understand Chinese international students’ special online information behaviours, resulting in poor results. Therefore, this qualitative study investigated Chinese international students’ online experiences of seeking health information during the Pandemic while studying in Australian universities, as they were one of Australia’s largest international student groups. The aim was to make educational institutions and the government more comprehensively understand Chinese international students’ online experience to make their service and support more appropriate. Considering that the pandemic outbreak led to Australia closing its borders for a time, many Chinese international students have to remain in their home country to study online. The environmental and policy discrepancies bring various experiences to them in their home and host countries. Therefore, this study recruited participants from two locations during the Pandemic: China (n=10) and Australia (n=12). A total of 22 Chinese international students attended one-on-one semi-structured interviews through Zoom. Finally, seven key themes were derived from the thematic analysis of the interview data, with four themes highlighting the differences in online experiences due to their location. For example, Chinese international students in their home country have a lower ability to identify misinformation than those in Australia. Conversely, Chinese international students in Australia may be more emotionally vulnerable and face more decision challenges than those in their home country. |