Quality Assessment if Internationalised Studies: Experience of Socrates/Erasmus Programme Participants
Quality Assessment if Internationalised Studies: Experience of Socrates/Erasmus Programme Participants

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses theoretical preconditions of added value of internationalised studies for students’ knowledge and skills development in the area of professional training within the system of higher education. The premise is formulated that the value and quality of academic exchange is possible to assess grounding on the research into international exchange par¬ticipants’ experience. Such kind of research should become an integral component of the system of study quality assessment and could contribute to quality assessment and development of higher education institution internationalisation. The article presents research results on ERASMUS students, representing 13 countries attitude to the impact of international dimension in studies on development of their competencies. The research into ERASMUS students’ views revealed: 1) students’ motives to experience internationalised studies; 2) students’ attitude con¬cerning added value of internationalised studies for their per¬sonal development and acquisition of subject knowledge and skills; 3) reasons presented by students explaining the necessity to internationalise higher education. Aiming at validating the applied value of research into exchange students’ experiences for the value and quality assessment of international academic exchange, some criteria and indicators of quality assessment of higher education internationalisation are formulated.

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