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CSIICSiS - Chinese Students Intercultural Interactions in Computer Science in Sweden))

Read it out as "Sissis"

In this project, we explore how Chinese students, studying for a master degree in Computer Science at Uppsala University, Sweden, experience their subject area and their learning of it, as well as how these experiences are influenced by the change in the disciplinary and social cultures that they encounter. The interactions that the Chinese students have in the multicultural classrooms in Sweden lead to interesting insights into the development of intercultural competences.

In this on-going project, we have collected data through email interviews and analysed the qualitative data. The analysis, which draws on phenomenographic research, allows us to distinguish between the students' experiences of the direct object of learning (that which they learn), the indirect object (the aim of their learning), and the act of learning (how they go about learning). In the on-going phase of our project, we aim to synthesize our results from this analysis using intercultural competency models and theories of cultural awareness. During the full research process, we focus on the dimensions of variations in the experiences of the Chinese students in Sweden, and emphasise the changes in the understanding of the subject area (here Computer Science).

Staff

Principle investigator:
Neena Thota

Researchers:
Anders Berglund

Selected publications

Integrating international students into CS programs. Neena Thota and Anders Berglund. In Proc. 1st Al Baha University and Uppsala University Symposium on Quality in Computing Education, volume 2015-007 of Technical report / Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, pp 6-8, 2015. (Proceedings).
A glimpse into the cultural situatedness of computer science: Some insights from a pilot study. Anders Berglund and Neena Thota. In Proc. 2nd International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering, International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Computing and Engineering, pp 92-99, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, 2014. (DOI, fulltext:postprint).
The Sino–Swedish Master Programme in Computer Science and Software Engineering: Chinese students' experiences. Anders Berglund, Neena Thota, and Yemao Man. In Collaborative Academic Programs as a Contribution to Developing Nations: FICAP-1 Proceedings, pp 37-45, BrownWalker Press, Boca Raton, Fl, USA, 2013. (External link, fulltext:postprint).

Updated  2015-09-15 16:12:19 by Anders Berglund.