JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
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The International Day of Peace, observed worldwide on 21 September, is a significant event for all of humanity. Since its establishment in 1981 by the United Nations, it has served as a reminder for us to prioritize peace above all differences
and work towards building a Culture of Peace. We recognize the importance of this day and the impact it has on our global community.
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📰
In this issue: Meet our scholars Kinchington & Rhodes (article),
get to know about the new season of
Global Scholar Stories, and read about a new book: Research with International Students edited by Jenna Mittelmeier, Sylvie Lomer and Kalyani Unkule.
Read more below!
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📖 Research with International Students
Coming November 2!
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Research with International
Students will be published on November 2!
Please consider joining us for a special book launch webinar to preview it:
Thursday, November 2, 10:00 to 11:00 (UK time)
Online via Zoom - register
here
During this event, you will receive insight into:
- the key purposes of the book and why we wanted to develop it
- top tips deriving from the book for research which includes international students as participants or co-researchers
- suggested uses of the book for teaching, supervision, and peer review practices
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🎓 Academic Toolkit
Peer Review Guide
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In this new segment of the Global Connections Newsletter, we are delighted to introduce a valuable resource offering academic tools designed to support and enhance scholarly
research and publishing endeavors.
Check out this Peer Reviewing Guide developed by Dr. Jenna Mittelmeier and others at the
Research with International Students. This checklist highlights key considerations for reviewing research with and about international students
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🎧
🌐 Global Scholar Stories Podcast
Season 2
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Led by the visionary Asuka Ichikawa, we are thrilled to announce the next season of Global Scholar Stories!
In this upcoming season, we are dedicated to the integration of intercultural sensitivity into our daily practices, encompassing research, writing, and our collaborative efforts
across diverse borders, cultures, and languages.
Each episode will explore subtopics such as the role of AI in academic research and publishing, intercontinental and intercultural collaboration/co-authorship, and more on demystifying
the academic publishing process through conversations with peer reviewers and authors.
If you haven't had the opportunity to tune in to Season 1, we invite you to explore it by clicking the link below:
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🎤 World Wise Podcast
with Dr. Stephanie Kim
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Rajika Bhandari’s
guest, Dr. Stephanie K. Kim, our Journal’s own Senior Editor, offers a very different perspective,
and in this conversation with her we move between Berkeley, California, and Seoul in South Korea to better understand how international students—mainly South Korean students—make choices about their studies, but also how universities themselves help shape
these choices and pathways.
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🌟 Scholar Spotlight
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Francia Kinchington
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Rhoden, M. D.,
& Kinchington, F. (2021). Examining the Challenges Faced by International Women with Preschool Children Studying for a Postgraduate Built Environment Degree in the UK. Journal
of International Students, 11(4), 970–987. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v11i4.2398
As an educator, I am passionate about learning and the opportunities that education can offer. All that a child needs is for an adult to understand, and believe in their potential. Children and young people do not always have the best start in life, but lives
can be turned around with a teacher who listens and encourages and who can instill a love of learning, curiosity, and self-worth.
Even as an adult I try to learn to understand or do one new thing each week, something that ‘takes me out of my comfort zone’. Understanding oneself and being able to reflect
and think about past experiences and be open to talking and listening to others, whether young people or much older people, helps me to understand the world in which we live. Understanding other people’s lived experiences helps me to understand my own.
I have been fortunate that during my university career I have taught Master’s students in Sweden and the Netherlands, taught school leaders and inspectors in Saudi Arabia and
been involved in a number of European projects, most recently one with colleagues from Ukraine, Estonia and Finland centred on developing leadership in universities in Ukraine. Currently I am working on two books with colleagues, both for Routledge: 'Trauma
in children and young adults: Getting to the Heart of the Matter', which is due for publication in August 2023, and a manual for transformational school leadership for the end of 2023.
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🌟 Scholar Spotlight
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Maureen Rhoden
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Rhoden, M. D., & Kinchington,
F. (2021). Examining the Challenges Faced by International Women with Preschool Children Studying for a Postgraduate Built Environment Degree in the UK. Journal of International
Students, 11(4), 970–987. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v11i4.2398
My expertise and publications in the field of pedagogy and higher education have focused on my commitment and dedication to ensuring that students in higher education experience
high-quality education. These interests have helped me to develop and use my passion to create a sense of belonging for marginalised students in HE to increase their opportunities to successfully complete their studies. This area of research is important to
me as I have personal experience of completing my studies as a mature, part-time student while caring for small children. This helped me to relate closely with students in higher education who may be viewed as marginalised students.
During my career, I taught undergraduate and postgraduate students, and I am currently employed as a manager with responsibility for the overall learning experiences of students
studying at the Open University. As a natural extension of my ongoing efforts to expand my knowledge and skills, my experiences have led me to conduct research into the learning experiences of students with a disability studying distance learning courses.
These active efforts have helped to prepare me in bringing a scholarly approach to my leadership roles and my collaboration with colleagues to improve the retention and success
of marginalised students. Through these ongoing collaborations, I am currently leading a research project which is exploring the learning experiences of students with dyslexia studying on distance learning Business courses.
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Creating
Peace Across Borders: The East-West Path to Unity
Dian Mitrayani and R. Don Peel
This article is based upon autobiographical narratives of two students exploring their experiences in finding commonality through an institutionalized domestic and international student community.
Both students’ paths intersected at an independent, public, nonprofit organization formed by the US Congress in 1960 with the goal of bringing people together through cooperative study, research, and dialogue. The co-authors describe various factors that facilitated
cultivating inner peace and minimize imposed oppressive tendencies. In particular, they analyze the importance of a learning environment that motivates each student to deeply reexamine their relationship to cultural and disciplinary boundaries, through exposing
them to multifaceted perspectives.
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Examining
the Challenges Faced by International Women with Preschool Children Studying for a Postgraduate Built Environment Degree in the UK
Maureen D. Rhoden and Francia Kinchington
This article examines the academic experiences of five mid-career female international students who were parents of preschool children. These women were studying on a 1-year Built Environment
master’s degree in the United Kingdom. The authors applied Tinto’s “sense of belonging” as a theoretical framework to interview women who were studying full time while caring for a preschool-age child or children. Results revealed stresses arising from balancing
the academic demands of a 1-year full-time degree with childcare, compounded by a lack of appropriate support from the university. Although universities in general were viewed as offering a welcoming environment, this group of students often felt disappointed
with their experience overall.
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