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Title:
EFFECTSOFTHEERASMUSPROGRAMMEONTURKISHUNIVERSITIESAND
UNIVERSITYSTUDENTS
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TrakyaniversitesiSosyalBilimlerDergisiHaziran2013Cilt15Say1
(109122)
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ThisstudylooksattheeffectofthisprogrammeonTurkishstudentswhowereinGermanyviathe
ERASMUSStudentExchangeProgramme.Itseekstoestablishwhatchangesoccurredinstudents
perspectives,intheirassessmentofevents,andintheireducationalandprofessionaloutlook.
Students,educatedinEuropeforacertaintime,naturallycomparethatcountrysuniversityand
educationalsystemwiththeirown.Thisstudyalsocovershowstudentsassesstheirown
universitiesandeducationalsystems,andtheirstudentlifeafterparticipatingintheprogramme.
Themostimpressivethingforstudentsthattheystronglyexpressedwasmeetingstudentswho
participatedintheERASMUSProgrammefromotherEuropeancountriesandsharingeverydaylife
withthem,alongwithstudentsfromthehostcountry.Studentswhocomefromdifferent
Europeancountriesestablishedintenserelationshipswithoneanotherthroughsharingliving
spaces,suchasstayingatthesamehostel,andfacingthesameproblemsinthecountryandatthe
university.
Sincetheyarenowsuccessfulinprocesseslivingaloneandbeingeducatedabroadthatthey
fearedbeforehand,thestudentsexpressedthattheirselfconfidenceincreased,theirperspectives
werechanged,thattheywerebraverattakingchancesandtheybehavedinamoreconsciousway.
VassilikiPapatsiba,inhis2005study,reachedsimilarconclusions.