West meets East : examining the use of reflective journals in international study programs Menzies, Jane L. 2012, West meets East : examining the use of reflective journals in international study programs, Journal of international business education, vol. 7, pp. 121-140. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title West meets East : examining the use of reflective journals in international study programs Author(s) Menzies, Jane L. orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-8586 Journal name Journal of international business education Volume number 7 Start page 121 End page 140 Total pages 20 Publisher NeilsonJournals Publishing Place of publication Edinburgh, Scotland Publication date 2012 ISSN 1649-4946 2044-4575 Summary This paper documents the learning of a sample of 15 MBA students who have participated in an experiential international study program to China, and have used a reflective journal as a learning activity. Kolb and Kolb’s (2005) experiential model is used to analyse the learning experiences of the MBA students. Students encountered a number of learning benefits from reflective journal writing, and this included deep reflection, enjoyment, and being able to link theory with reality. The study found that students were able to develop knowledge from their experiences in China by crystallising those experiences when writing a reflective journal. The students developed knowledge about China’s economic growth, reasons for why it is growing, and students were able to critically analyse the challenges China faces from a moral, fairness, and environmental perspective. Language eng Field of Research 150308 International Business Socio Economic Objective 910402 Management HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30051680 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Deakin Graduate School of Business Higher Education Research Group   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 26 Mar 2013, 12:49:07 EST Wed, 27 Mar 2013, 08:22:15 EST Wed, 03 Apr 2013, 11:03:28 EST Wed, 03 Apr 2013, 11:04:04 EST Tue, 09 Apr 2013, 09:19:27 EST Tue, 09 Apr 2013, 09:21:13 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 488 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 26 Mar 2013, 12:48:52 EST by Aysun Alpyurek

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