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Evaluating The Impact of The : Skills and European Identity
Evaluating The Impact of The : Skills and European Identity
Title:
Evaluatingtheimpactofthe
Erasmus
p
rogramme
:
skillsandEuropeanidentity.
Reference
details:
Jacobone,V.,&Moro,G.(2015).EvaluatingtheimpactoftheErasmus
programme:skillsandEuropeanidentity.
Assessment&EvaluationInHigherEducation
,
40
(2),309328.doi:10.1080/02602938.2014.909005
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article
Reliability:
ebscohost
Oneofthemostfrequentlydefinedobjectivesofstudyabroadprogrammesisthatofcreatinga
morepositiveattitudetowardsthosefromotherEuropeancountriesandstrengtheningthesense
ofbelongingtoEurope.Severalstudieshavedemonstratedthatthereisagreaterattachmentto
thehostcountryandEuropeamongstudentswhohavehadanexperienceofstudyabroad,as
opposedtothosewhohavenotstudiedabroad,whoinsteadshowhigherlevelsofattachmentto
theircountryoforigin(KingandRuizGelices2003).
ThepurposeofthisstudyistoidentifytheeffectsofparticipationintheErasmusprogrammeon
thedevelopmentoftheculturalinteractionandpersonaldevelopmentofstudents.Havingdrawn
upassessmentquestions,acausallinkmustbedeterminedbetweenthetreatment(Erasmus
programme)andchangesinrepresentation/behaviourassignifiedbyresultingvariablesand,
specifically,theanswertothefollowingquestion:Doesitwork?orHavetheresultsbeen
achieved?Itis,therefore,necessarytoisolatetheobjectofstudyfromthoseexternalconditions
whichmayaffectthefinalresult,avoidingtheattributionofprogrammeeffects(whetherpositive
ornegative)tootherfactors.
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