Mobility Perception, Competences, and Perspective on the Future among Euroculture Students

Carolina REYES CHÁVEZ

Master's thesis

A Study on Super-Mobility in the Context of the European Higher Education Area

Euroculture students' experiences of super-mobility, skills acquisition, image of mobility and feelings about the future.

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to understand how super-mobility affects EMJM students' experiences. This is done by exploring the experiences of Euroculture students, by answering the following research question: Are there differences to find between the reflections on the experiences of Euroculture mobile and super-mobile students, in terms of Mobility Perception, Competences, and Perspective on the Future? In order to answer the research question, in-depth interviews are conducted. For the analysis, the author applies three concepts, one taken from the methodology for the development of the European Higher Education Area, and two that she proposes based on the existing literature on super-mobility in education. The results show that there are significant differences in how students within the same programme get to experience it in relation to the mobility component. They also show both the positive and the more problematic effects that super-mobility has on the students' development in several dimensions.

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to understand how super-mobility affects EMJM students' experiences. This is done by exploring the experiences of Euroculture students, by answering the following research question: Are there differences to find between the reflections on the experiences of Euroculture mobile and super-mobile students, in terms of Mobility Perception, Competences, and Perspective on the Future? In order to answer the research question, in-depth interviews are conducted. For the analysis, the author applies three concepts, one taken from the methodology for the development of the European Higher Education Area, and two that she proposes based on the existing literature on super-mobility in education. The results show that there are significant differences in how students within the same programme get to experience it in relation to the mobility component. They also show both the positive and the more problematic effects that super-mobility has on the students' development in several dimensions.

Keywords

super-mobility, competences, mobility perception, perspective on the future, Euroculture, Erasmus Mundus

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 2. 8. 2023

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: doc. Mgr. Radmila Švaříčková Slabáková, Ph.D.

Palacký University Olomouc

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / odbor:
Humanities / Euroculture