When it comes to managing time for study, women are better than men. Not just that, when compared to Austrian or German counterparts, Indian students are less bound to subject syllabus and more to their own approach to study.
THESE are some of the conclusions of a study conducted by a leading Austrian agency, FH JOANNEUM. Funded by European Union (EU) as part of an ongoing project on inter-cultural learning styles under the EU-India Economic Cross Cultural Programme, the survey was conducted on 3,450 students from institutes FH Joanneum, Austria; FH Gelsenkirchen, Germany; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Birla Institute of Technology, Noida and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Findings of this project was presented on Thursday at the 3rd International Conference on International Cultural Competency held at IIM-A. Among other things, the survey came up with the following findings: that advanced students — those with a higher learning levels — usually tend to lack purpose; that students willing to study abroad tend to approach things more deeply and sincerely; that business students have the inclination to memorise without establishing relations between the reading stuff; that relating ideas are more important to students from private universities in India than elsewhere; that students from applied sciences in Europe tend to learn deeper.
Gerhard Apfelthaler from FH Joanneum, Austria, who presented the findings from the project — Cross-Cultural Learning Styles — said the study threw up the conclusion that not all students were alike in their approach to study. ‘‘It is clear from the findings that approaches to learning depended less on country or culture. What actually matters are factors like gender, type of programme a student is enrolled and the type of university s/he studies,’’ said Gerhard.
On the first day of the two-day conference, different scholars, teachers, trainers and practioners in the field of education gathered to share their ideas on themes like conducting research in cross-cultural settings and implications of inter-culturally different learning styles in higher education among other things. ‘‘The first project was a comparative study on different learning styles between students of Austria and Germany from those of Thailand and Singapore,’’ explained S Manikutty in his inaugural speech.
The inaugural session was also addressed by IIM-A Director Bakul Dholakia and Shekhar Chaudhury, Director, IIM, Kolkatta. Anil Khandelwal, Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Baroda also shared experiences and challenges of the bank’s progress on international level. A number of delegates presented papers on psychological and sociological perspectives in cross cultural barriers and cross cultural issues in education.
Findings
* Not all students were alike in their approach to study
* Female students can manage time better then their male counterparts
* Indian students apply their own approach to study
* Higher level students lack purpose
* Students willing to study abroad are sincere
* European applied sciences students tend to learn deeper
Source: Expressindia.com
THESE are some of the conclusions of a study conducted by a leading Austrian agency, FH JOANNEUM. Funded by European Union (EU) as part of an ongoing project on inter-cultural learning styles under the EU-India Economic Cross Cultural Programme, the survey was conducted on 3,450 students from institutes FH Joanneum, Austria; FH Gelsenkirchen, Germany; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Birla Institute of Technology, Noida and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Findings of this project was presented on Thursday at the 3rd International Conference on International Cultural Competency held at IIM-A. Among other things, the survey came up with the following findings: that advanced students — those with a higher learning levels — usually tend to lack purpose; that students willing to study abroad tend to approach things more deeply and sincerely; that business students have the inclination to memorise without establishing relations between the reading stuff; that relating ideas are more important to students from private universities in India than elsewhere; that students from applied sciences in Europe tend to learn deeper.
Gerhard Apfelthaler from FH Joanneum, Austria, who presented the findings from the project — Cross-Cultural Learning Styles — said the study threw up the conclusion that not all students were alike in their approach to study. ‘‘It is clear from the findings that approaches to learning depended less on country or culture. What actually matters are factors like gender, type of programme a student is enrolled and the type of university s/he studies,’’ said Gerhard.
On the first day of the two-day conference, different scholars, teachers, trainers and practioners in the field of education gathered to share their ideas on themes like conducting research in cross-cultural settings and implications of inter-culturally different learning styles in higher education among other things. ‘‘The first project was a comparative study on different learning styles between students of Austria and Germany from those of Thailand and Singapore,’’ explained S Manikutty in his inaugural speech.
The inaugural session was also addressed by IIM-A Director Bakul Dholakia and Shekhar Chaudhury, Director, IIM, Kolkatta. Anil Khandelwal, Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Baroda also shared experiences and challenges of the bank’s progress on international level. A number of delegates presented papers on psychological and sociological perspectives in cross cultural barriers and cross cultural issues in education.
Findings
* Not all students were alike in their approach to study
* Female students can manage time better then their male counterparts
* Indian students apply their own approach to study
* Higher level students lack purpose
* Students willing to study abroad are sincere
* European applied sciences students tend to learn deeper
Source: Expressindia.com