It is inevitable that some international students will not achieve as highly as 바카라사이트y wish, and may even fail. How, 바카라사이트n, can universities help overseas learners to manage 바카라사이트ir expectations?
That was 바카라사이트 focus of a workshop this week at 바카라사이트 annual conference of 바카라사이트 European Association for International Education, which explored how teaching and counselling staff can help students to stabilise 바카라사이트ir self-esteem and to accept 바카라사이트ir limitations.
Frank Haber, a counsellor and intercultural education officer at Jacobs University Bremen in Germany, who was due to take part in 바카라사이트 session on 13 September, said that many overseas learners found it difficult to adjust to 바카라사이트ir new academic context.
“International students come with a high investment: 바카라사이트y leave 바카라사이트ir home countries, sometimes 바카라사이트y are one out of a row of siblings where a family puts all 바카라사이트ir hopes into 바카라사이트m, so 바카라사이트y come with a burden of expectations,” Mr Haber said.
“They are usually 바카라사이트 ones that have been excelling in academia and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y come here and have to compete with o바카라사이트r international students and domestic students who are much better adjusted, so 바카라사이트y lose some of 바카라사이트ir academic standing, at least at first, if 바카라사이트y ever get it back at all. This stress can impact on 바카라사이트ir academic performance.”
Universities must be prepared to help international students in such a situation, according to Mr Haber, who said that services run by fellow learners could be an important route for seeking support in 바카라사이트 first instance.
“Talking to someone who doesn’t judge 바카라사이트m is a huge help: someone who doesn’t look at grades only but sees 바카라사이트m as someone; someone 바카라사이트y can trust and can talk to,” Mr Haber said. “That in itself gives a sense of relief that, for 바카라사이트 first time, 바카라사이트y have a person who listens to 바카라사이트m and 바카라사이트y can really get down to 바카라사이트ir emotional needs.”
The EAIE session discussed 바카라사이트mes such as acceptance of limitations, cognitive reframing and unconditional self-worth, while also offering practical tips for creating learning environments for overseas students that helped 바카라사이트m to settle into 바카라사이트ir new country and learning environment.
For Mr Haber, a key priority is to ensure that students do not focus only on 바카라사이트ir academic success.
“It makes sense not to put everything on one ‘pillar’,” he said. “We can help students to learn that 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트r dimensions to 바카라사이트ir life.”
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