The prospect of being taught international aspects of other countries may seem not necessary as it doesn’t benefit a person as a whole when it comes to knowledge. However , broadening  your horizon and being open about learning new things has many other ways of being beneficial. As a concept itself, international education matters as a way of establishing global cultures, global industries, understanding global issues and how they effect the whole world, and being able to represent the whole world itself. As an example, Asian culture is one that is more commonly known throughout the world because of things such as K-pop and anime. With that said however, the ins-and-outs about the culture and its economy are not very well known throughout the world as it is used more to spread culture through their entertainment. The point of introducing Asian culture into curriculum would be a unique way of introducing new forms of knowledge without making it a separate topic, blending it into our form of knowledge.

The main point of learning about a new culture should be that it is through need, more through want. Susan Leong and Denise Woods’  ”I Don’t Care About Asia’ brings up the point that ”we don’t believe anyone is especially obliged or or enabled to teach about Asia”. It is not ever supposed to be a necessity to learn about another culture, but they also make the point of how it benefits us. Asian literacy seems to be considered by many Australia students had ”internationalized the rhetorical surrounding Asia’s economic relevance to Australia as  reason for acquiring Asia literacy” . It was defined as possessing cultural knowledge, it was meant as something unique and different rather than of the norm. The fluency of learning another language can also enhance one’s cultural understanding, it provides no guarantee that such linguistic literacy leads to the sensibility towards Asia.

The term of international of student experiences  is used to refer to the character of a university, its standing within the community. The learning framework usually involves five steps; 1. planning interaction, 2. creating environments, 3. supporting interactions, 4.engaging with subject knowledge developing reflexive process, and 5. fostering communities of learners. These elements help to assimilate international students into the working environment of alien places. ”Internationalizing student experiences in Australian Universities” by Marginson and Cindy, explains how international students need simplicity, validity and sensitivity and brevity as outputs for a sustainable work environment. It was claimed as ”the first step in developing a conceptual framework for internationalizing the student experience”.

All in all, the idea of international studies comes around to the idea of cosmopolitanism, bringing everyone from various ethic backgrounds coming together without restrictions and boundaries. Involving being engaged with issues from across the globe, history politics, as well as with cultural diversity. The prospect of a whole community of people working together in schooling life has become much more common now, but adding in new cultures and their educational elements into different curriculum has continued to be an unknown element even to this day. Whether it should be its own subject or not, it still has to count for something that it is at least a topic of discussion

 

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