M.Ed. / In Chapter I an expOsition of the purpose of this study is given and the background to the research problem is explained. The problem statement is presented and demarcated into the aims of the research and the research methodologies. Both research methodologies (quantitative and qualitative) research were used. Concepts that were used in this study are clarified. Chapter 2 concentrates on the literature review to establish what other theorists say about learner mobility and school marketing. It emerged that many township schools lacked adequate financial resources. Most importantly, in some schools, a vision and mission statement was lacking. Township schools need to be marketed. Market research, analysing a school's product and service and the management of the school marketing process were aspects that are explored. Schools need to be market-orientated. In Chapter 3 the design of the research instruments, both quantitative and qualitative, are discussed. The questionnaire, consisting of 25 open-ended items, is discussed and was found unreliable. The qualitative research was explored. Focus group interviews were conducted at three secondary schools in the Stanwest circuit, Standerton. Chapter 4 contains an analysis and interpretation of some of the empirical data. The analysis procedure is looked into and the following categories and sub-categories have been derived from the analysis: Resources (physical, human and financial); Stability; Parent participation; Participation of the Mpumalanga Education Department; Discipline; School marketing. Chapter 5 provides an overview of the study, discusses the limitations thereof and makes recommendations. Township schools need to be marketed. Topics such as market research, analysing a school's product and service, defining and redefining a school's product and service, and managing the marketing process, were recommended in the marketing of township schools.

Cette recherche explore les trajectoires de mobilité d’étudiants français inscrits à l’Université McGill et HEC Montréal, qui représentent la plus large communauté d’étudiants étrangers au Québec. Visant une meilleure compréhension du phénomène de mobilité à l’ère de la mondialisation, ce mémoire analyse les récits biographiques motivationnels et expérientiels de ces étudiants. De plus, la recherche vise à rendre compte des pratiques de reproduction sociale et culturelle s’exprimant à travers ces récits. L’analyse des récits biographiques suggère que le type de mobilité observé concerne en majorité des étudiants issus de classes moyennes et moyennes supérieures, bénéficiant de ressources culturelles, sociales et économiques relativement importantes et affichant des prédispositions à la mobilité. Les récits motivationnels des étudiants français en mobilité comportent parfois des intentions « stratégiques » mais sont plutôt marqués par des motivations « hédonistes » où la mobilité est un rite de passage employé à des fins d’épanouissement et de découverte personnelle. L’analyse des représentations, significations et usages de l’espace universitaire, urbain, social et culturel par le biais des récits expérientiels révèle que Montréal est bien souvent l’incarnation d’une « terre promise » de l’épanouissement personnel. Cependant, si les discours traduisent une facilité d’adaptation à l’environnement universitaire et montréalais, l’expérience de l’intégration témoigne plutôt du contraire. Les étudiants ont tendance à produire des réseaux d’amitié, fondés sur le partage de l’identité française et de l’expérience de la mobilité, qui sont maintenus à travers des espaces de sociabilité communs. Cet isolement tend à renforcer les liens d’une communauté privilégiée, aboutissant à la reproduction de l’avantage social de cette catégorie ainsi que des codes socioculturels français qui se perpétuent et s’épanouissent dans l’espace montréalais. / This research explores the mobility trajectories of French students enrolled at McGill University and HEC Montréal, for they represent the largest community of international students in Quebec. Aiming for a better understanding of the phenomenon of mobility in the era of globalization, this thesis analyzes the motivational, experiential and biographical narratives of these students. Moreover, this research aims to account the practices of social and cultural reproduction expressed through these narratives. The analysis of the biographical narratives suggests that the type of mobility observed mainly concerns students from middle and upper-middle class backgrounds with relatively significant cultural, social and economic resources and a predisposition to mobility. The motivational stories of French students in mobility sometimes include "strategic" intentions but are rather marked by "hedonistic" motivations where mobility is a rite of passage used for self-fulfilment and personal discovery. The analysis of representations, meanings and uses of academic, urban, social and cultural space through experiential narratives reveals that Montreal is often the embodiment of a "promised land" of personal fulfillment. However, while the speeches reflect an ease of adaptation to the collegiate and Montreal environment, the experience of integration shows the opposite. Students tend to create friendship networks, based on the sharing of French identity and the experience of mobility, which are maintained through common sociability spaces. This isolation tends to strengthen the bonds of a privileged community, resulting in the reproduction of the social advantage of this category as well as the French socio-cultural codes that are perpetuated and flourish in the Montreal urban space.

Cette thèse propose une analyse de cent entretiens biographiques menés auprès de jeunes ressortissants de l’ancienne URSS, nés principalement dans les années 1980-1990 et – pour deux tiers d’entre eux – devenus étudiants d’établissements d’études supérieures en France. La migration étudiante depuis la Russie vers la France est ainsi son objet principal d’investigation, précisé en comparant les cas de Russes mobiles internationalement et de ceux qui n’avaient pas connu – au moment de l’enquête – d’expérience d’études à l’étranger. La comparaison mobilité/non-mobilité fait ressortir les conditions qui amènent à souhaiter un voyage d’études dans un autre pays, ainsi que les actions qui s’effectuent pour sa mise en œuvre. La notion de carrière migratoire, constituée de trois phases – conception, préparation du départ, séjour –, est dans un premier temps mobilisée afin de montrer d’une part que ce n’est pas avec l’arrivée dans un pays étranger que la migration commence, mais avec la préparation du départ – cette dernière, si elle aboutit, étant la phase clé de la carrière –, et d’autre part que la migration doit être comprise comme une action, que les descriptions de contextes permettant de migrer ne suffisent pas à expliquer et qui demande ainsi à être analysée le plus finement possible. Dans un second temps, le terme de socialisation est proposé pour rendre compte de l’espace social de possibilité de concevoir et réaliser un départ étudiant à l’étranger. La distribution inégale des compétences en langues étrangères en Russie contemporaine est mise en évidence, ainsi que le processus – nommé « socialisation à l’étranger » – de formation des représentations quant aux pays occidentaux, faisant souhaiter un départ. Enfin, quelques dispositions sont repérées – comme la disposition volontaire ou la disposition au dilettantisme – qui autorisent à concevoir et à réaliser le départ étudiant ; les processus de constitution desdites dispositions sont reconstruits, permettant de constater à la fois une relative hétérogénéité et une sélectivité du recrutement d’étudiants internationalement mobiles. Cette thèse constitue un apport à la sociologie des migrations, ainsi qu’aux études sur la Russie. Avec son terrain national, peu étudié et associé à un ensemble de stéréotypes – répandus y compris dans le monde scientifique –, elle ambitionne aussi de contribuer à la sociologie de la socialisation, soucieuse de saisir des mécanismes généraux de la formation et de la transformation des individus dans la société. / This thesis presents an analysis of a hundred biographical interviews with young people from the former USSR, born mainly in the 1980-1990s, two thirds of them having become students at the higher educational establishments in France. Thus, student migration from Russia to France is the main object of research, specified by comparing the cases of internationally mobile Russians and those who – at the moment of the investigation – did not have any experience of studying abroad. The comparison between mobility and non-mobility has revealed the conditions which make one want to study abroad, as well as actions undertaken to implement it. The notion of migratory career, which comprises three stages, namely design, preparation of departure, and stay, is on the one hand used to show that, first, it is not with the arrival in a foreign country that migration starts, but with the preparation for departure – this stage, if successful, being the crucial stage in the career – and second, that migration must be understood as an action that routine exposure of contexts allowing to migrate is not sufficient to explain and thus requires to be described as precisely as possible. On the other hand, the term socialization is suggested to explain the social space that enables one to conceive and implement student departure abroad. The unequal access to foreign language skills in contemporary Russia is highlighted, as well as the process – named “foreign socialization” – of the formation of representations about western countries, which makes one wish to depart. Finally, a number of dispositions, such as voluntary or amateur dispositions, are outlined that allow to conceive and implement the departure, and the processes of their appearance are retraced, allowing at the same time to reveal a relative heterogeneity and selectivity of recruitment of internationally mobile students. This thesis provides a contribution to the sociology of migration, as well as to Russian studies. Having a national field that remains little studied and associated with a number of stereotypes, widespread in the scientific world as well, it has an ambition to contribute to the sociology of socialization, which cares to capture general mechanisms of the formation and transformation of individuals in the society. / Настоящая диссертация предлагает анализ ста биографических интервью с выходцами из бывшего СССР, родившимися преимущественно в 1980-1990 годах и – в случае двух третьих опрошенных – ставших студентами высших учебных заведений во Франции. Студенческая миграция из России во Францию представляет, таким образом, главный объект исследования данной работы, уточненный с помощью сравнения случаев русских студентов, обучающихся или обучившихся за рубежом, и тех, среди их сверстников и соотечественников, кто не имел – в момент интервью – подобного опыта. Сопоставление мобильность/не мобильность позволило выявить условия, которые способствуют формированию желания учиться в другой стране, а также действия, которые предпринимаются для осуществления этого желания. Понятие «карьеры» (Беккер, Гоффман, Дармон), состоящей из трех фаз – концепция, приготовление отъезда, пребывание в другой стране –, использовано в первой части диссертации с целью показать, что, с одной стороны, миграция начинается не с прибытия за границу, а с приготовления отъезда – данная фаза является, в случае ее успешного завершения, ключевой фазой миграционной карьеры – и что, с другой стороны, миграция должна быть понята как действие, требующее отдельного детального анализа, и для изучения которого описания национального или интернационального контекста не являются достаточными. Во второй части термин «социализация» (Бурдье, Дармон, Лаир) предложен для того, чтобы выявить социальное пространство, позволяющее задумать и осуществить студенческую миграцию. Неравный доступ к изучению иностранных языков в современной России упомянут с этой целью, а также процесс возникновения представлений о загранице, которые содействуют зарождению желания мигрировать. Описаны, наконец, роль и формирование других социальных качеств, часто натурализированных или психологизированных опрошенными («воля» и т.д.) и благоприятствующих реализации студенческой миграции. Оставаясь селективным, социальное пространство последней является, таким образом, относительно разнородным.Данная диссертация представляет собой вклад в социологию миграции и в изучение России. Эмпирический материал о студентах и молодых специалистах из России, страны недостаточно изученной и ассоциирующейся с рядом стереотипов, в том числе и в научном мире, позволяет также обогатить размышления о механизмах формирования и трансформации человека, члена общества.

A partir d’un travail qualitatif réalisé au sein de deux groupes d’établissements d’enseignement supérieur : deux grandes écoles et deux universités spécialisées en sciences sociales et sciences et technologie, cette thèse contribue à la compréhension des défis de l’internationalisation auxquels les institutions françaises font face à, à travers des pratiques institutionnelles de recrutement et d’accueil d’étudiants étrangers.L’analyse comparée de deux groupes d’institutions vise à examiner les profils d’étudiants étrangers accueillis dans ces deux groupes et identifier la convergence et la non-convergence des stratégies mises en oeuvre dans les grandes écoles et les universités pour recruter et accueillir des étudiants étrangers.Le travail présent s’appuie sur les entretiens avec trois groupes d’acteurs institutionnels : les personnels administratifs du bureau de relations internationales, les enseignants-chercheurs et les étudiants étrangers au niveau d’études Master ou équivalent; et sur l’analyse des documents officiels institutionnels. / The increasing impact of marketization on higher education and global attention on referencing systems has discretely transformed the academic world. We observed some nations’ overemphasis on economic benefits in international education and some nations’ huge investment in their HEIs building for better ranking positions. We observed the quasi-gratuity of higher education fees in France; and in spite of their unsatisfactory academic performance on international rankings, French HEIs have always been the top favorite hosting destinations. We also observed the lack of knowledge of grandes écoles in the international academic community and a mysterious image created by the complexity of this dual system for French HEIs. To examine the contradictory facts and reveal the complex phenomena, two grandes écoles and two universities specializing in similar study fields were selected to be sites of exploration. The purpose of this local comparative study was mainly to explore how the two groups of institutions have developed their respective strategies in the international student recruitment process in the context of internationalization. This study used a qualitative approach for data collection incorporating interviews and documentation analysis. The analysis revealed both the pain and the gain that the grandes écoles and universities have been experiencing in internationalization and the comparative results related to inbound study mobility in these institutions.

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This study asks, “How can international educational exchange contribute to more peacefulsocieties?” To test the first two steps in a proposed causal pathway, this paper hypothesizes thatstudents from non-democratic countries who study in a democratic country will 1) have more favorable views toward human rights than students who have not studied in a democratic country; and 2) be more likely to advocate for human rights protections in their home country than students who have not studied in a democratic country. Utilizing a natural experiment design, this study did not find support for either hypothesis when comparing international students who had studied in the United States with those who were unable to due to Covid-19. There were, however, statistically significant differences in political activism levels for the variables of socio-economic status and previous experience in a democratic country before university. This suggests that students from lower socio-economic backgrounds who study in a democratic country may ultimately secure more politically influential careers in their home country due to the theory of cultural capital. As these students are more likely to support political activism, they may use their influence to advocate for improved human rights protections, contributing to more peaceful societies.

International student mobility has increased significantly, and Sweden is no exception. However, this increase brings challenges, not least when it comes to perceptions of quality in higher education among international students. The purpose of the present study is to gain increased knowledge about how students on English-speaking master's programs at a Swedish university experience the quality of their education, as well as to gain a better understanding of what the students initially expected from the education and their experiences so far. By using a qualitative method, involving a survey (n= 90) and semi-structured interviews (n= 16) conducted in the period of October to December 2023, the expectations and perceptions of international master students are examined. The results show that students’ original expectations are often high, characterized by an expectation of high educational quality and good future career opportunities. However, many experience challenges related to linguistic and cultural adaptation, which affects their perception of the quality of education. Furthermore, the study shows that a considerable portion of international students particularly value practical elements within the education, and they express a strong desire for the course content to be more clearly linked to concrete professional skills useful in future career ambitions. The discussion highlights the need for improved support structures and adapted educational strategies to enhance the academic and social experiences of international students. The study contributes to an increased understanding of the complexity of the internationalization process and its impact on educational quality, which is important for policy development and quality assurance in higher education.

Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / Student dropout at higher education institutions in South Africa is an aspect that is receiving increasing attention from the various role-players who have an interest in this aspect due to the negative influence it has on students, higher education institutions, and the economy of the country. Higher education institutions that offer agriculture as a course of study also have to deal with this problem. Approximately one quarter of the students who are admitted at most agricultural training institutions are forced to discontinue their studies or do so voluntarily. Most of these cessations of study occur during or near the end of the first year of study. The cessation of studies is not the only negative aspect. The low pass rate of students at higher education institutions in South Africa is also alarming. The main object of this study was to ascertain why students discontinued their studies and why they took longer than the minimum time allowed to complete their studies. In order to substantiate this theory, an attempt was made to obtain both an international and a national perspective of the student dropout rate in general, as well as to determine what factors were responsible or contributed to successful completion of their studies by students. A background perspective of agricultural education in South Africa was included. The literature reviews are supplemented by a qualitative investigation of students who discontinued their studies specifically at agricultural higher education institutions. A case study approach was employed, in which an in-depth interview strategy was utilised to obtain descriptive and illustrative data. The study demonstrated that dropout rates can be attributed mainly to academic and/or social factors. These factors prevented adequate integration, which is essential to successful studies, from occurring. Various academic factors may be the reason for inadequate academic integration, of which the most important were unclear objectives, a lack of motivation, wrong academic expectations, a misconception of hard work, as well as a lack of the necessary explanatory knowledge in the agricultural study field. New students’ academic adjustment appeared to be the most problematic factor. It appeared that new students were insufficiently prepared to make the adjustment, and in fact, less prepared for this step than was generally the case in the past. Ineffective social integration was the result of too little student participation in social activities or the absence of adequate opportunities for social activities at agricultural training institutions. Unbalanced and unhealthy social activities were often the major factors that contributed to student dropout. Furthermore, the study demonstrated that non-academic factors such as inadequate accommodation or financial problems were not significant causative factors for student dropout, but rather non-academic factors such as unbalanced or unhealthy social activities and poor time management. After the probable causes for student dropout had been established, a theoretical framework was created that could offer possible explanation for the student dropout rates at agricultural training institutions. The framework was created to establish student dropout from a longitudinal perspective, and not only to explain the phenomenon as a result of what had occurred during the time that the student was at the institution. The framework was therefore designed to explain student dropout against the background of the student, together with various factors that were related to students or the institution and which were responsible for inadequate integration. From this framework it was possible to develop individual models for specific agricultural training institutions or for one specific institution in respect of the dropout phenomenon.

Cette thèse fait état d’une recherche-action menée entre 2014 et 2018 à l’Institut d’Étude Politiques de Lyon (IEP), autour de l’analyse des difficultés rencontrées par les étudiants internationaux dans l’activité de prise de notes en cours magistral.A partir des besoins constatés sur le terrain, nous avons implémenté un dispositif collaboratif de prise de notes, baptisé Unipad, au sein des amphithéâtres de l’IEP. Unipad est basé sur un modèle de collaboration reliant des étudiants allophones et francophones autour de l’usage synchrone d’un pad (éditeur de texte partagé). Il vise à repenser les pratiques individuelles deprise de notes et la manière d’accompagner les étudiants allophones en cursus disciplinaire. Notre enquête met en regard la situation précédent Unipad (phase 1) et celle lui succédant (phase 2). Les résultats font état des potentialités du dispositif au regard des difficultés de départ, d’un point de vue académique (richesse et qualité des PDN grâce à une dynamique coopérative et des stratégies de réception différenciées) et socioaffectif (entraide, reconnaissance, empathie et émergence d’un sentiment de communauté). La mise en œuvre de cet accompagnement technopédagogique au cœur des cours magistraux vise à répondre à des besoins encore difficilement pris en charge par la didactique du Français Langue Étrangère, et à contribuer aux réflexions menées dans le champ Français sur Objectif Universitaire autour de l’accompagnement et l’intégration des étudiants internationaux de l’enseignement supérieur francophone. / This thesis details a research project conducted between 2014 and 2018 at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Lyon (IEP), concerning the analysis of note taking difficulties encountered by international students during lectures. From requirements observed in the field, we implemented the use of a collaborative note-taking device, called a Unipad, within IEP classrooms. Based on a cooperative model connecting international and francophone students around the synchronous use of a pad (with shared text editor), this device aims to rethink individual note-taking practices and the means by which international students follow their course of study. Our research compares the situation before (Phase 1) and after (Phase 2) use of the Unipad. The results show the potential of the system with regards to initial difficulties, an academic point of view (wealth and quality of notes owing to a cooperative dynamic, differentiated reception strategies) and from a socio-emotional perspective (mutualaid, recognition, empathy and the emergence of a sense of community).The implementation of this tech teaching aid in lectures aims to meet needs which are still misunderstood within the French as a Foreign Language sector of education, and contribute to the observations made in the French for Academic Pursposes field, concerning the accompaniment and integration of international students in French higher education.

La thèse analyse les mobilités internationales étudiantes marocaines en France au regard de la configuration de leurs réseaux sociaux et de leur inscription territoriale. Le questionnement porte sur l’espace en mouvement ou plutôt les formes spatiales engendrées par des réseaux aux formes variées s’appuyant sur des lieux connectés. La thèse apporte un éclairage sur un type particulier de migration qualifiante, parce qu’éphémère, et insiste sur une appropriation des lieux basée sur le relationnel et la présence plurielle entre l’ici et le là-bas. La démarche combine méthodes quantitatives (analyse de données statistiques) et qualitatives (corpus d’entretien, observations) auquel s’ajoutent des techniques innovantes d’analyse des réseaux du web social (notamment par la mobilisation de graphes de réseaux Facebook). L’analyse des trajectoires de mobilité, des réseaux relationnels et des sociabilités, mais aussi des pratiques du quotidien des acteurs migrants, mettent à jour une territorialisation mobile et réticulaire qui permet de définir un territoire relationnel construit par les relations à partir des réseaux. Le territoire révèle ainsi des propriétés relationnelles, éphémères et dynamiques. Le web social est intégré comme un élément fondamental de cette territorialisation mobilitaire et réticulaire par la mise en relation des lieux et l’opérationnalité de la présence plurielle. En parallèle, les pratiques du web social dessinent un territoire des possibles permettant de réinterroger l’imaginaire migratoire. / This thesis analyzes the social networks and spatial mobility of Moroccan students in France. The main focus is on the socio-spatial practices and patterns generated by the students’ networks, and on the various spatialities and connected places they produce. The thesis provides insights into a particular type of short-term migration, and outlines how this form of migration leads to the appropriation of places and a relational, multi-nodal presence that situates students in a continuum between here (France) and there (Morocco). The research approach combines quantitative methods (statistical analysis) and qualitative methods (interviews, participant-observation) and introduces innovative techniques for analyzing online social networks (including the use of graphs to visualize Facebook networks). Analysis of mobility trajectories, relational networks and sociability, along with the daily practices of migrant actors, reveals a flexible spatial usage whichallows for the delineation of relational spaces, and leads to an understanding of the interconnections formed through online social networks. Moroccan students’ spatial patterns thus have relational, temporary and dynamic properties. The social web is an integral element of students’ mobility and multi-nodal spatial usage, and by linking a diversity of places and practices leads to a form of ‘plural presence’. At the same time, the online social networking practices of Moroccan students in France allows for a re-examination of the possible spatial imaginations (or, imaginaries) of migration.