International Students’ Acculturation and Adjustment to College: Suggestions for Turkey

Nesime CAN (Ankara Üniversitesi, Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi, Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye)
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Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 29 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 210 - 217 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.24106/kefdergi.726563 İndeks Tarihi: 17-10-2021

International Students’ Acculturation and Adjustment to College: Suggestions for Turkey

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In recent years, the number of international students has been increasing worldwide; thus, it is important to understand thedifficulties that international students experience in their acculturation and adjustment to college processes. The supportprovided by developed and developing countries to international students in regard to college adjustment may differ fromeach other. Considering that colleges accept international students from around the world, especially in developing countries,the needs of these students should be well understood first, and then necessary support should attentively be provided tomeet these needs. Therefore, the first purpose of this manuscript is to draw attention to the adjustment to college challengesof international students while explaining the concept of acculturation and emphasizing the relationship between internationalstudents' adjustment to college and acculturation processes. The second objective is to review studies conducted withinternational students in Turkey and to discuss some contradictory findings. Considering the adjustment needs of internationalstudents in Turkey, the final objective is to present practical suggestions for university policymakers, academics, advisors, aswell as college employees working with international students such as counselors from university counseling centers.
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Uluslararası Öğrencilerin Kültürlenme Süreci ve Üniversiteye Uyumları: Türkiye İçin Öneriler

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Son yıllarda, uluslararası öğrencilerin sayıları dünya çapında giderek artmaktadır, bu sebeple de uluslararası öğrencilerin kültürlenme süreçleri ve üniversiteye uyumları konusunda yaşadıkları sıkıntıların anlaşılması önemlidir. Gelişmiş ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerin üniversiteye uyum konusunda uluslararası öğrencilere sağladığı destekler birbirinden farklı olabilir. Ancak ülkelerin kalkınma durumuna bakılmaksızın, üniversitelerin uluslararası öğrencileri kabul ettikleri göz önüne alındığında, kabul edilen bu öğrencilere gerekli desteği sağlamak için öncelikle bu öğrencilerin ihtiyaçları anlaşılmalı ve daha sonra da bu ihtiyaçları gidermeye yönelik destekler sunulmalıdır. Uluslararası öğrencilerin içinde bulunduğu uyum sürecine dikkat çekmek ve yaşanan sıkıntıların çözümü için öneriler sunmak için yazılmış bu derlemenin ilk amacı kültürlenme kavramını açıklayarak uluslararası öğrencilerin üniversiteye uyumları ile kültürlenme süreçleri arasındaki ilişkiyi vurgulamaktır. İkinci amacı ise, Türkiye'deki uluslararası öğrencilerle yapılan çalışmaları inceleyerek durum değerlendirmesi yapmak ve bazı çelişkili bulguları tartışmaktır. Son olarak da Türkiye'deki uluslararası öğrencilerin uyum ihtiyaçları ve gelişmiş ülkelerdeki üniversitelerin uluslararası öğrencilerine sağladığı destekler göz önünde bulundurularak, Türkiye’deki üniversite politika yapıcılarına, akademisyenlere, akademik danışmanlara ve uluslararası öğrencilerle doğrudan çalışan psikolojik danışmanlar gibi üniversite personeline yönelik uygulanabilir pratik öneriler sunmaktır.
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