Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 11(7), pp. 126 - 136
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2023.110702
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The Long-Term Influences of Graduate Studies Abroad: Learning from the Experiences of Overseas-Educated Indonesians Engaged in Non-Academic Careers

Tomoko Arikawa ^*
Center for International Education and Exchange, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

ABSTRACT

This paper adopted the perspectives of international students opting for non-academic careers to examine the long-term influences of graduate education on such individuals. The author is engaged in conducting follow-up ethnographic research on Indonesian students who had studied in Japan. However, the present examination involved four Indonesian employees of a government agency who had accomplished graduate studies in Japan and one other country. It assessed how these returnees educated internationally at more than one location reflected on, compared, and analyzed their experiences. The present study also evaluated how the four individuals interpreted and utilized their overseas learning in their work. They compared and appraised aspects such as research practices and relationships between Japan and other countries. Additionally, their international graduate education influenced their values and work-related practices as well as their interpersonal relations in their workplaces. Their past experiences and the learning acquired through them, including their graduate studies at different places, were continually utilized in the course of tasks accomplished with colleagues from discrete backgrounds and experiences. These findings of this study will help to bridge the gaps in the existing studies on international students educated at a single overseas location. The study results will also fill the lacunae observed in the extant studies on graduate education. Most scholarly discussions on graduate education entail the majority of students in a local context. However, the examination of the experiences of international graduate students from a different perspective can clarify certain problems related to graduate education. More research adopting a long-term perspective must crucially be conducted to examine how international students apply their past experiences of graduate studies abroad in their subsequent careers.

KEYWORDS
International Students, Indonesia, Japan, a Long-Term Influence, Career, Non-Academic, Graduate Education, Doctoral Degrees, Multiple Places of Study, Higher Education

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Tomoko Arikawa , "The Long-Term Influences of Graduate Studies Abroad: Learning from the Experiences of Overseas-Educated Indonesians Engaged in Non-Academic Careers," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 126 - 136, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2023.110702.

(b). APA Format:
Tomoko Arikawa (2023). The Long-Term Influences of Graduate Studies Abroad: Learning from the Experiences of Overseas-Educated Indonesians Engaged in Non-Academic Careers. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 11(7), 126 - 136. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2023.110702.