The 15th ISANA International Education Conference was held in Melbourne, Victoria from the 30 November – 3 December 2004.

Theme: Challenging Education: Socio-cultural, economical & academic outcomes

Referencing

Surname, Initial (2004), The paper title, Conference Proceedings of the 15th ISANA International Education Conference, 30 November – 3 December 2004, ISANA International Education Association, page XXX.

Presentations

Click on the link to open the abstract, paper, slides or other media, where available. Refereed category papers are fully written and blind peer reviewed papers. All Refereed papers have been pre-screened for conformity with the submission guidelines and overall appropriateness for the conference. These papers have been evaluated in a double-blind peer review process. Reviewers include academics and researchers in the field of international education. Acceptance and rejection decisions are finalised by the Program Committee.

Updates from Authors

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Paper	Title	Authors	Abstract	Paper
Non Refereed	Cross-cultural competency: From the perspective of Australian International students	Ali Abusalem
F1 Refereed	Evaluating the QUT Homestay Program – lessons learnt in providing quality services to international students (refereed)	Heena Akbar & Graeme Baguley
Non Refereed	Tuckman’s group development model mapped against developmental stages of a homestay provider	Katrina Allitt
Non Refereed	Challenges of internationalisation in Australian universities	Chika Anyanwu
Non Refereed	Academic progress monitoring – optimising outcomes for international students	Jo Byng & Anna Rees
Non Refereed	Increasing the profile of international student service units	Jodie Caruana & Jorge Baron
Non Refereed	Facilitating multicultural classrooms at University	Shanton Chang
Non Refereed	Study tours – The time and cost effective model for an international experience	Louisa Covalea & Georgina Douglas
Non Refereed	Enhancing classroom success for international students in New Zealand through the ExcelL Intercultural Skills Program	Amanda Daly & Justine Brown
Non Refereed	A peer group support network for an international masters programme	Mark Dougherty
Non Refereed	Enhancing the international student cultural experience – international student activities	Ian Egan
F1 Refereed	Presentation anxiety: A challenge for some students and a pit of despair for others (refereed)	Jim Elliott & Joyce Chong
F1 Refereed	Visual or symbolic, analytic or holistic: A comparison of the cognitive styles of south-east Asian and Australian students (refereed)	Felicity Fallon
Non Refereed	Taste the difference	Jo Fischer
Non Refereed	Do academic orientation programmes make a difference?	Xiaodan Gao, Karen Commons, Gillian O’Neill & Grant Harris
Non Refereed	An holistic perspective on international education. Does international education in Australia promote a philosophically defensible model of education for the future?	Barbara Giorgio
F1 Refereed	Initiating the new battlers (refereed)	Neera Handa
F1 Refereed	What else did I need to bring with me? International students and their dilemma (refereed)	Neera Handa
Non Refereed	OS-help: Financial support for Australians studying overseas	Michelle Harmos
Non Refereed	Laksa to lamingtons: Ingredients for cross-cultural learning	Lucy Hobgood-Brown
Non Refereed	Assessment: The master key unlocking deep learning and language	Dianne Jonasson
Non Refereed	The quest for quality: Introducing the Quality University Enhancement Student Transition Project	J Kapnoullas, N Love & J Reidy
Non Refereed	Managing international education outcomes through resourcing: A structural review of Macquarie University	Debra Langton
Non Refereed	The international student experience: two Australian exchange students at a business school in France	Lynda Lawson
Non Refereed	An empowerment support programme and A “home away from home” community that foster academic successes and confidence in international Asian students	Angela Liew
Non Refereed	Saying goodbye: The cultural tradition of graduation and the international student’s response	Lorraine Macmaster & Annalise Tindal
Non Refereed	Promoting Outbound Exchange	Robert Malicki & Linda Vaughn
Non Refereed	Factors affecting the social and economic security of international students: First results from student interviews	Simon Marginson, Ana Deumert, Chris Nyland, Gaby Ramia & Erlenawati Sawir
Non Refereed	An examination of changes in the approaches to learning of Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) students’ over time in a new social, cultural, and academic environment	Bobbie Matthews
Non Refereed	Campus-community linkages in the pastoral care of international students, with specific reference to Palmerston North, Wellington and Christchurch	Terry McGrath & Andrew Butcher
Non Refereed	Building intercultural competencies: Implications for academic skills development	Pat McLean & Laurie Ransom
F1 Refereed	Articulating students: Differential needs: An academic library’s response (refereed)	Carolyn McSwiney & Julie Hockey
Non Refereed	The Future of Student Accommodation: Taking a Student Centered Approach	Marion Moore
Non Refereed	Swinburne University of Technology Internationalisation and Integration Project	Liza Ng, Helen Kalaboukas & Katherine Yannakis
Non Refereed	Crossing the disciplinary boundaries: A new challenge to higher education	Anne Ellerup Nielsen
Non Refereed	Ongoing academic orientation: Bridging the academic and cultural gap between international students and their teachers	Gillian O’Neill & Grant Harris
Non Refereed	Good marks, not just a good time! An in-depth review of study abroad progression at Macquarie	Davina Potts
F1 Refereed	Cultural differences in reporting harassment: A study of Asian international university students in Australia (refereed)	Prasuna Reddy, Laetitia Yim & Katrina Newnham
Non Refereed	Transition strategies for international students	Clare Rhoden & Kathryn Boin
Non Refereed	The use of practical teaching strategies for teaching international students: A case study	Gavin Sanderson
Non Refereed	Dealing with faculty – so what’s changed	Desma Smith & Maureen Balsillie
Non Refereed	Opening doors: A snapshot of the expanding volunteer program at ECU	Nicholas Tan
F1 Refereed	The contribution of stress level, coping styles and personality traits to international students’ academic performance (refereed)	Cecelia Winkelman & Tryphena Tan