How Global Education Boosts Your Confidence and Ensures Personal Growth?

A lot has been said and written and about the 21^st century- the beginning of the global age- and the need now more than ever before for Indonesians to gain international experience. The majority of the time this related to studying overseas. While it may all be true, in my mind there seems to be a flaw in the manner we look at the advantages of growing up in a global society, acquiring global education in a global classroom. And here is why.

How many time we hear many people saying “international experience is vital” with “to get a better a job opportunity” or “to get into a better college?” Again, there is no doubt that spending some time abroad in a country like Australian or New Zealand can help shape you resume, but the more important benefit of studying abroad or learning in a global environment is that it gives you a chance to shape you as a person.

As one well-known education consultant writes, learning in a global classroom enables students to increase their understanding and awareness of other cultures, obtain critical thinking, and develop an appreciation for other points of view. I would add that international thinking and global education in Australia help shape students who’re good at managing their time, financially independent, able to think critically, able to communicate effectively, and who see the world from a much broader perspective.

Personal Growth

Part of growing up incorporates developing certain skills necessary to function in society: independence, organisation, time management, self-confidence, and social skills. Though students who haven’t experienced life outside their own country still have the potential to realise these skills, the ones who have grown up learning in a global classroom have tangible advantages.

In certain circumstances, like a semester overseas in college, it is likely to be the first time a student is on their own, and thus she or he is pushed to develop these skills at a higher level or an accelerated rate simply out of pure necessity. In the absence of parents, students have to take responsibility for their doings and actions into their own hands, and even it’s not always easy, almost all succeed.

Having to live and making important decisions in an unacquainted environment is another benefit, and one main reason that students with international experience can be mature and develop many skills to a degree not matched by others. No matter whether you choose to study in New Zealand or Australia, rational thinking, personal judgment and problem solving take on a whole new dimension when it includes a different language, culture and setting.    

For more information about studying abroad in New Zealand or Australia, you can speak an education consultant at AECC Global.