Students' Experiences of Teaching and Learning Reforms in Vietnamese Higher Education

Located within the global changing contexts of higher education in the 21st century, this book examines the reform of the teaching and learning practices in Vietnamese universities under the Higher Education Reform Agenda and the influence of internationalization on the higher education sector. Specifically, it analyses the motives, current implementation, effectiveness, and challenges of these reforms, especially from student perspectives. Analyzing approximately 4300 survey responses and interviews with students, the book covers a range of key issues related to teaching and learning in higher education which have attracted attention in recent years, including: The learning environment Student support and first-year transition Student-centred teaching The use of credit-based curricula The use of information and communication technology At-home internationalization of higher education Assessment and feedback Work placements Informal learning via extra curricular activities Students’ perception of the values of university education.

1. Higher education teaching-learning reforms and the importance of students’ learning experience 2. Higher education reforms in Vietnam: Context, foci, and challenges 3. Building a favourable learning environment for students at Vietnamese universities 4. Facilitating the transition of first-year students into the university: a case study 5. Students’ experience with the use of credit-based training system 6. Student-centered teaching: current practices and obstacles 7.The use of ICT in teaching and learning in Vietnamese universities 8.The impact of at-home international education on graduates’ employability and career prospects 9. Current assessment practices and the washback effect on students’ learning 10. Work placement practices: Students’ learning outcomes and influential factors 11. Extracurricular activities as informal learning: facilitators and inhibitors 12. The values of undertaking university education in Vietnam 13. Teaching and learning reforms in Vietnamese universities: the way ahead

Tran Le Huu Nghia (PhD) is currently a research fellow in work-integrated learning and graduate employability at the Australian National University’s College of Business and Economics. He is also an honourable research fellow at Ton Duc Thang University (Vietnam). He received the Erasmus Mundus scholarship to complete the Master of Lifelong Learning: Policy and Management (2007-2009) provided by Aarhus University (Denmark), Bilbao University (Spain) and Institute of Education (the United Kingdom). Then as an Endeavour Postgraduate Awardee (2012-2016), he completed his Ph.D., with a focus on higher education studies, at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has produced several research outputs, including two books published by Routledge and articles in high impact journals such as Higher Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, and Teaching in Higher Education. His research interests include teaching and learning for employability, work-integrated learning, teacher education, international education, and teaching English as a second language. Ly Thi Tran (PhD) is a professor in the School of Education, Deakin University, Australia and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Her research focuses on internationalization of education, international students, international graduate employability, learning abroad, and Vietnamese higher education. Ly has published extensively on topics related to international education and Vietnamese higher education. Her books and papers have won a range of awards, including the International Education Association of Australia Excellence Award for Best Practice/Innovation in International Education for the book on new pedagogies in teaching international students published by ACER Press.