Enhancing Interaction Between Domestic And International

Research Questions

Discuss about the Enhancing Interaction Between Domestic and International.

Tendency of going abroad for the higher education has been increasing day by day. Australia has become a popular destination for the international students. This country represents an appropriate destination to continue study for the students. Australia not only provides standard qualification but also it is known for its welcoming nature towards the multicultural society. Apart from that Australia bears a reputation of being the friendliest country with low rate of crimes; all these factors have helped Australia to become most approachable for the foreign students.

Not only this, reports have revealed that few cities of Australia have been ranked as the “most liveable” cities. This is one of the reasons to attract the international students. Moreover, educational charge is comparatively less than other student’s destination like UK an USA. On addition, employment rate is also high in this country. Due to this reasons students from different part of the world prefer to pursue their higher degree of education from the Australian universities.

As per the report, 24% of the population of Australian university is made up the international universities. On addition, 82% of these foreign students come from the Asian countries. Cropley (2014), mentioned, in Asian countries a trend is present among the young students to go abroad for the further studies; Australia has defeated other countries in this context due to its friendly culture, standard educational system and affordable university charges.

This report has been constructed to understand the perceptions of the students belong to different socio-cultural background. For this research proposal course of accounting has been chosen as the number of international representatives in this concern has been increased. The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the preferences of the learning style between international and domestic students. For the better understanding literature aspect of this topic has been included. Few questions have been included here that will be followed while conducting the research. Apart from that research questions have been described along with the hypothesis to make the report valid and approachable.

Research questions:

• What is the difference between the national and international students of Australia in the field of accountancy?
• What are the reasons for the difference between the national and the international students?
• What is the difference in the infrastructure of the education system of national and international students?
• What is the difference in the performance level of the international and national students in the field of accountancy?

Students from different parts of the world choose Australia over other countries for the higher education due to the friendliness and flexible expenses; however, there are reports that has revealed that international students sometimes feel pressurized due to the new learning techniques, languages, cultural and social environments (Stromquist and Monkman2014). Arkoudiset al. (2013), has also mentioned that universities usually focus on their learning tutorials and overlook the factor that whether the international students are coping with the new culture or not. University adjustment for the international students comparing to the domestic or national students have become a serious concern in present context. On the other hand, Gribble and Blackmore(2012), has argued that international students tend to draw international students in the learning techniques as well as in case of perspectives; this affects the usual educational system. Asian students prefer to learn the subject of accounting technically whereas, for the Australian students’ theoretical approach is more preferable. On addition, due to the weak command over verbal English Asian students feel secure to submit written papers (Foster 2012). Apart from that, Asian students are more likely to perform better in group projects (Marginson2015). However, Chaiet al. (2012), has mentioned that, international students are shy and hesitate to take participate in the classroom activities. Hence, it is clear that different opinions are present regarding this topic and conducting a research can be helpful for the appropriate evaluation.

Literature View

Two types of data collection methods are used- qualitative and quantitative method. During a research these methods can be used independently as well as both these methods can be used together.

Qualitative data collection:

Qualitative data collection involves face to face interviews, online chats and revision of the case studies. As mentioned by, Pickard (2012), data collection in a qualitative way can involve much time; however, data collected using this method helps to gather quality outcomes. Moreover, researcher is required to analyse the data giving intense focus.

Quantitative data collection:

This kind of data collections is done through the help of online surveying, questionnaires and different kind of investigation. For the proper representation of the information, gathered in this way, chart, graphs and other statistical tools are used.

For this research, qualitative research method will be followed where students will be asked face-to-face questions. Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault (2015), has mentioned that qualitative method is more appropriate as it involves direct interaction with the samples; hence, more valid data can be incorporated for the expected outcome of the research. Here, following questions can be asked to sample:

Sampling techniques of a research is crucial because it weighs the validity of a research and its findings (Ott and Longnecker2015). If a researcher follows inappropriate sampling method,it will hamper the accuracy of the findings. The researcher will follow the non-probability sampling. Sample size would be of 50 where all the samples are from Australian university and studying accountancy. Half of the sample size, that is 25 students must be international students and rest of the sample must of national students.  The purpose of selecting this sampling method is to collect the appropriate and relevant data for the research findings. There are no such restrictions regarding the gender and age of the student.

For the research, all the collected data will be incorporated in a tabulated form. For the purpose of obtaining a clear idea, bar diagram, pie charts will be used. Such representation will help the researcher to understand the fact what percentages of the sample size has gone with a particular perspective. in this context, it should be said that all the information will be collected from primary sources, that is from the collected answer from the interviews. However, Sarantakos (2012), has mentioned that researcher should go through the theoretical aspects as well to understand the fact whether the result is contrasting with the findings or not.

Data Collection and Analysis

Restrictions can come across while conducting the research; for this research, potential issues are like students may not be responsive spontaneously. Moreover, for the international students, barrier of language can interrupt the continuity of the research. Another important factor is that permission must be granted from the university authority prior to conducting any research on the students, studying there.

The anticipated findings depict that all the collected information will be helpful and will work as the evident for the understanding of the matter, that is difference between the international and national students in the field of accounting. Moreover, it will also be helpful to acknowledge the reasons behind the differences, if present any. Furthermore, the data and opinions of the student can help to influence changes that are expected and required within the current system.

According to, Punch (2013), maintaining the ethical issues during the research process reflects the approachability of a research. For this research, research will maintain the confidentiality of the students. Moreover, during this research, researcher can come across students belong to different cultural, social and religious background. The researcher will not introduce any topic that can cause harm to the beliefs and practices of a student. On addition, researcher will sign consent papers from the authority and the participating students prior to publishing any data collected during the research.

The dissertation structure will include:

1^st chapter: Introduction

2^nd chapter: Literature Review

3^rd chapter: Research Methodology

4^th chapter: Data Analysis and Findings

5^th chapter: Conclusion and Recommendation

Key Activities	1st week	2nd week	3rd week	4th + 5th week	6th week	7th week
Selection of Research topic	ü
Literature Review		ü
Research methodology			ü
Data Collection				ü
Data analysis and Interpretation					ü
Findings and discussion					ü
Conclusion and Recommendation						ü
Final Submission of Research Work						ü

Conclusion:

This research proposal has been constructed to give an outline for the research on the topic of Australian Education System: Difference between International and National Students in the field of accounting. This research proposal has given a detailed account on the steps and activities that will be followed during the research procedures. The research will follow qualitative data collection method from the non-probability sample. Questions, for the interview with the students have also been incorporated here. This research proposal will help to implement all the processes discussed here along with proper evaluation of the findings of the research.

Reference list:

Arkoudis, S., Watty, K., Baik, C., Yu, X., Borland, H., Chang, S., Lang, I., Lang, J. and Pearce, A., 2013. Finding common ground: enhancing interaction between domestic and international students in higher education. Teaching in Higher Education, 18(3), pp.222-235.

Chai, P.P.M., Krägeloh, C.U., Shepherd, D. and Billington, R., 2012. Stress and quality of life in international and domestic university students: cultural differences in the use of religious coping. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 15(3), pp.265-277.

Cropley, A.J. ed., 2014. Towards a system of lifelong education: Some practical considerations (Vol. 7). Elsevier.

Foster, G., 2012. The impact of international students on measured learning and standards in Australian higher education. Economics of Education Review, 31(5), pp.587-600.

Gribble, C. and Blackmore, J., 2012. Re-positioning Australia’s international education in global knowledge economies: implications of shifts in skilled migration policies for universities. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 34(4), pp.341-354.

Marginson, S., 2015. Is Australia overdependent on international students?. International Higher Education, (54).

Ott, R.L. and Longnecker, M.T., 2015. An introduction to statistical methods and data analysis. Nelson Education.

Pickard, A., 2012. Research methods in information. Facet publishing.

Punch, K.F., 2013. Introduction to social research: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. Sage.

Sarantakos, S., 2012. Social research. Palgrave Macmillan.

Stromquist, N.P. and Monkman, K. eds., 2014. Globalization and education: Integration and contestation across cultures. R&L Education.

Taylor, S.J., Bogdan, R. and DeVault, M., 2015. Introduction to qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource. John Wiley & Sons.