International Academic Exchange оf Students аnd Teaching Staff иn Human Geography Study Field: The Case оf Klaipėda University Cover Image

Visuomeninės geografijos studijų krypties studentų ir dėstytojų tarptautiniai akademiniai mainai: Klaipėdos universiteto atvejis
International Academic Exchange оf Students аnd Teaching Staff иn Human Geography Study Field: The Case оf Klaipėda University

Author(s): Daiva Verkulevičiūtė-Kriukienė, Angelija Bučienė
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Higher Education
Published by: Lietuvos geografų draugija
Keywords: international academic exchange; Klaipėda university; studies of human geography; Erasmus+;

Summary/Abstract: The participation in Erasmus and Erasmus+ programmes is the most popular form of mobility among the university teachers and other academic staff as well as students. The geographers of Klaipėda university can study in more than 20 universities of different regions of Europe, and the geography of studies expands from year to year. While studying in foreign countries, they not only deepen their knowledge, but also broaden the geographic scope, acquaint with new people and cultures, strengthen the knowledge of foreign language. From the other side, the students of foreign universities, having been chosen the geographic modules at Klaipėda university, have a possibility to see and learn about the nature of Western Lithuania, social and economic objects, the cultural environment. According to the foreign students, the studies are organised so, that academic staff is able to collaborate with each student immediately, and the atmosphere of studies is very good. Besides the foreign students, Klaipėda university receives also the foreign academic staff, organises the international practices, develops the projects, and the academic staff of Klaipėda university has a possibility to visit the universities of foreign countries. Those visits give the invaluable benefit to the teachers, because one can receive more experience, and the newly adopted methods may be applied at Klaipėda university.

  • Issue Year: 5/2017
  • Issue No: -
  • Page Range: 91-103
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Lithuanian