How Study Abroad Changes Young People's Self-View: A Research Report

This research report investigates the impact of studying abroad on young people's self-perception, focusing on how their views of themselves change after the experience. The report includes an introduction outlining the topic's importance, followed by a literature review that synthesizes existing research on the subject, examining how international relations and global understanding play a significant role in the communication of students. The research question is addressed by collecting secondary information from various sources, including books, journals, articles, and online polls. The report addresses ethical issues related to data collection and respondent engagement. The research strategy involves interviews and focus groups to gather in-depth information. The report discusses issues of access to respondents and sampling, along with a section on findings and the research process. The report concludes with a list of references used in the study.

Research Project

Contents
TITLE: “How does a young person’s view of themselves change after moving to study abroad”.3
Importance of topic......................................................................................................................3
Literature review..............................................................................................................................3
How does a young person’s view of themselves change after moving to study abroad.............3
Research Question and how it will be answered by conducting research...................................3
Ethical issues...............................................................................................................................3
Research strategy.........................................................................................................................3
Issues of access to respondents and issues around sampling.......................................................4
Findings.......................................................................................................................................4
Research Process.........................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

TOPIC: Race and Ethnicity
TITLE: “How does a young person’s view of themselves change after moving
to study abroad”.
Importance of topic
The topic chosen for conducting the study is “How does a young person’s view of
themselves change after moving to study abroad”. Race and Ethnicity is one of the significant
topic for younger people who move abroad for the study. Race and Ethnicity both are salient
aspect of personal and social identity and similarity with one’s classmate along with such aspect
is vital in order to develop a sense of membership and belonging within a school or college.
Literature review
How does a young person’s view of themselves change after moving to study abroad
As per the viewpoint of Willett, (2018), the international relations and global understanding
plays a very important role and also the students who belongs to the upcoming generation could
expect to enter into a workforce which plays a very important role in the professional and
personal communication. Study abroad is considered to be a crucial experience for any student or
younger people( The Influence of Study Abroad on Identity, 2018).
According to Shulsinger, (2018) , the experience of studying in abroad is considered to be a
life changing experience for the students. Through enhancing the global network to
understanding a new culture, these provides various benefits to the career and education.
Moreover, the profile of student who studies abroad continues to change that also comprises of
the increase in the number of the graduate level students (8 Unexpected Benefits to Studying
Abroad as a Graduate Student, 2018).
As per the viewpoint of Lee, (2018), the point of view of younger generation keeps on
changing when they basically move to abroad for the studies. With the support of various global
networks, it helps the students to take advantage of various opportunities and career benefits.
Moreover, the students profile continuous to change (Early study abroad students in young
adulthood, 2019).

Research Question and how it will be answered by conducting research
The research question will be answered by collecting secondary information in the form of
literature review. The sources that is used to collect secondary data is books, Journal, articles,
online polls and so on that will provide in-depth knowledge about topic and assist to address
research question in an effective manner. The main objective of literature review is to collect
relevant data through reliable sources and using this will help to address research question in a
timely and proper manner.
Ethical issues
Every research is associated with some kind of ethical issues and to deal with it is vital for
researcher in order to implement research activities in a proper and ethical manner. The ethical
issues associated to the present study is collecting data from authentic sources, conflicts of
interest, ethical approval, gather information from respondents and so on. It is analysed that
sometimes the data is not available properly due to encryption and security to access because of
which researcher is not able to collect effective information. Along with this, developing the
interest of respondents to gather data is also the ethical issue related to present project.
Research strategy
It is the step-by-step plan of action which gives direction to researcher to conduct study in
a detailed and systematic manner. For the present study, two methods are used to gather
information, interview and focus group is taken into consideration. The main reason to select
interview is it help to gain in-depth knowledge about topic along with the viewpoint of different
people which further help in development of valid and reliable results. On the other side, the
reason to select focus group is allow investigator to look beyond the numbers and facts which
might be obtained through survey. Furthermore, it will also allow researcher to gather data in a
cost effective and timely manner by focusing on the research question.
Issues of access to respondents and issues around sampling
It is analysed that sometimes respondents did not feel encouraged to give accurate and
appropriate answers and also they are not aware about the topic of study. Along with this, they
did not take interest to provide answers to researcher which leads towards ineffective results and
outcomes.

Findings
Research Process

REFERENCES
Books & Journal
Online
Willett, 2018. The Influence of Study Abroad on Identity [Online] Available Through
<https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/research/news_and_pubs/caravel/archive/
2018/study_abroad.php>
Shulsinger, 2018. 8 Unexpected Benefits to Studying Abroad as a Graduate Student [Online]
Available Through <https://www.northeastern.edu/graduate/blog/study-abroad-benefits/>
Lee, 2019. Early study abroad students in young adulthood [Online] Available Through
<https://www.languageonthemove.com/early-study-abroad-students-in-young-
adulthood/>