International Students’ in Taiwan Perspectives of Global Awareness Improvement

Abstract

As international students, they need to adapt and learn new experiences in a foreign country quickly; this ability is instrumental in increasing their global awareness. This research is a quantitative study using descriptive statistical analysis and hypothesis testing using ANOVA. The ANOVA test is used to determine the effect of gender and college on global awareness which consists of Critical Thinking, Global Awareness, Information Literacy Self-efficacy, Communication and Teamwork. A student’s characteristics are not only influenced by the classroom environment and the university environment but the person who is formed over the years before entering the new ecosystem.