Literature Review and Focusing the Research
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Literature Review and Focusing the Research
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Running head: LITERATURE REVIEW Literature ReviewName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1LITERATURE REVIEW Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Research Aims.................................................................................................................................6Research Questions..........................................................................................................................7Mode of Research............................................................................................................................8Research Purpose.............................................................................................................................9Literature Review............................................................................................................................9Cultural Shock: Overview.........................................................................................................10Theoretical Framework..............................................................................................................10Educational Cultural Shock: Real Case Scenario in the UK.....................................................12Problems in educational acculturation in UK............................................................................12Literature Gap................................................................................................................................15Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................16References......................................................................................................................................17
2LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction Education, being a necessity for a higher quality of life and financial stability, with timethe need for attaining higher education has been felt by people across the world. However, not allcountries have the infrastructure to provide quality and productive education to people, whichcan help in increasing their long-term welfare (Tuckman 1970). To attain such education and forincreasing their knowledge, people from all corners of the world, often migrate to severalcountries which facilitates such educational activities. One of such countries, with highlyprestigious universities and a career-oriented knowledge dispersion framework is that of theUnited Kingdom. Over the years, considerable number of people migrates from all parts of the world to theUnited Kingdom for the purpose of pursuing education and for gaining knowledge which canhelp them in prospering immensely in their career growth. The inflow of international studentshas been even more facilitated by the global occurrences like that of Globalization and improvedand cost effective international travelling, which has made the world more integrated andinclusive, thereby making these countries more accessible to international students, especiallyfrom the developing countries, which often lacks such educational facilities (Schweisfurth andGu 2009).
3LITERATURE REVIEW Figure 1: Number of international students in UK in 2015-2016(Source: Ukcisa.org.uk, 2018)As can be seen from the above figure, a considerably high number of students from allparts of the world come to the UK in pursuit of higher education and a succeeding prospectivecareer. The overall framework of higher studies and the percentages of the total population of thestudents in the UK falling under the different cohorts and classifications of the degrees can beseen from the following figure, which in turn helps in understanding the educationaldemographics of the country (Naidoo 2007).
4LITERATURE REVIEW Figure 2: Higher education students in the UK by level of study(Source: Hesa.ac.uk, 2018)As can be clearly seen from the above figure, the highest share of the students in the UKbelongs to the first-degree full time group. Of the total population of students pursuing highereducation in the UK, as per the data findings of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), inthe academic year 2015-2016, around 81% were found to be having their origin in the UK only,while 6% were found to have their origin in the rest of the European Union. The remaining 14%of the student’s population came from the rest of the world, which is quite a considerablenumber. The total student population in the country can be broadly classified into undergraduateand postgraduate students. While nearly 40% of the post graduate student population of thecountry came from outside the UK, the percentage for the undergraduate students was seen to be
5LITERATURE REVIEW considerably low (13.5%). The total undergraduate population of the UK, who came fromoutside the same, can be seen to have their origin in different parts of the world, which is shown,along with the percentages in the following figure: Figure 3: Undergraduate students (Non-UK domicile) by their region of domicile(Source: Hesa.ac.uk, 2018)From the above figure it is evident that the highest number of international undergraduatestudents who migrated to the UK, in search of better educational and career prospects, camefrom the Asian countries, especially from India and China. They had been followed by thestudents from the rest of the EU countries (34.5%). However, in the recent period several negative trends have also been observed regardingthe migration of international students to that of the UK. Over the last few years while the
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