Di cosa parliamo quando parliamo di internazionalizzazione: gli atteggiamenti degli accademici verso l'internazionalizzazione in un'università dell'Europa dell'Est
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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1970-2221/15303Parole chiave:
internazionalizzazione, concettualizzazione, istruzione universitaria, personale accademico, Europa Centrale e OrientaleAbstract
Il ruolo degli accademici è fondamentale per garantire un'internazionalizzazione efficace e sostenibile dell'istruzione universitaria. “Internazionalizzazione” è un termine ampiamente utilizzato, ma raramente messo in discussione o analizzato approfonditamente in contesti specifici. Pochi studi analizzano il modo in cui gli accademici interpretano il concetto di internazionalizzazione e come questo influisca sulla loro motivazione nel perseguire attività di internazionalizzazione stesse. Questo articolo usa il concetto di “ideologie dell'internazionalizzazione” (Stier, 2006) come strumento euristico per esplorare le concettualizzazioni dell'internazionalizzazione da parte degli accademici in un'università lituana, attraverso uno studio qualitativo composto di molteplici focus group con 27 accademici. I risultati mostrano che la maggior parte di loro concepisce l'internazionalizzazione come un mezzo per raggiungere un obiettivo specifico, rivelando una visione strumentale. I soggetti della ricerca associano spesso l’internazionalizzazione all’alta qualità dell’istruzione (e viceversa), ma descrivono l'impatto che l'internazionalizzazione ha sugli studenti e sulla società in generale solo in modo vago e incidentale.
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