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Conference theme: Student Populations and Diversity
Title:
An investigation of international students’ academic and social transition
requirements
Stuart Levy, Monique Osborn
&
Margaret Plunkett
Abstract
As the international student intake at Monash University is steadily increasing,
the need for a positive transition experience is constantly under investigation.
English proficiency has been focussed upon previously as the causal factor in
unsuccessful transition, however often issues other than language difficulties
have created ongoing problems for this group of students. Informal on campus
research has identified preparatory academic skills programs implemented at
a faculty level as generally not effective for all students. Consequently, new
strategies need to be learner rather than faculty focused to more effectively
address the academic and social metacognitive issues at hand. This study is
an investigation that has moved away from an anticipatory model that intends
to identify the academic and social transition needs of South-East Asian international
students who come to study at rural campuses such as the Gippsland campus.
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