International Students in Transnational Mobility: Intercultural Connectedness with Domestic and International Peers, Institutions and the Wider Community

Autor/inn/en	Tran, Ly Thi; Pham, Lien
Titel	International Students in Transnational Mobility: Intercultural Connectedness with Domestic and International Peers, Institutions and the Wider Community
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 46 (2016) 4, S.560-581 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2015.1057479
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; International Education; Well Being; Peer Relationship; Intercultural Communication; Interviews; Vocational Education; Student Motivation; Occupational Aspiration; Foreign Countries; Empathy; Employment Potential; Equal Education; Student Attitudes; Student Mobility; Cultural Awareness; College Students; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Peer-Beziehungen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Schulische Motivation; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Ausland; Empathie; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Schülerverhalten; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Collegestudent; Australien
Abstract	International students' connectedness with their peers, institutions and the broader community significantly affects their learning and wellbeing. It is important to understand their multiple desires for intercultural connectedness in order to nurture it. This paper analyses the motives and nature of international students' intercultural connectedness. It is based on a study that includes more than 150 interviews and fieldwork with international students and staff from 25 vocational education colleges in Australia. Drawing on Blumer's symbolic interactionism theory as a conceptual framework, the study found international students' motivation to engage in intercultural connectedness is linked to not only their desire for respect and recognition for intellectual, cultural and linguistic capacities and diversities but also for employment aspirations. The research shows various dimensions in which intercultural engagement is seen to encompass not only empathy, sociability and equity but also employability. The findings suggest meaningful interaction is essentially bound to reciprocal learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01