Andalusian University Students' Perception of Their European Identity: International Orientation and Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Méndez García, María del Carmen; Cores-Bilbao, Esther; Moreno Gámez, Laura
Titel	Andalusian University Students' Perception of Their European Identity: International Orientation and Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42 (2021) 1, S.79-96 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Méndez García, María del Carmen) ORCID (Cores-Bilbao, Esther)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2019.1682592
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; Cultural Pluralism; Multilingualism; Developmental Stages; Citizenship; International Education; International Cooperation; Educational Cooperation; Student Mobility; Study Abroad; Comparative Analysis; Educational Experience; Student Characteristics; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Identification (Psychology); Spain; Europe; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Kulturpluralismus; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Staatsbürgerschaft; Internationale Erziehung; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Bildungserfahrung; Graduate Study; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Spanien; Europa
Abstract	Multicultural European societies increasingly demand internationally oriented citizens, who are willing to actively participate in civic life and able to successfully access the labour market. The European dimension in education supposedly endows youngsters with civic values, multiculturalist attitudes and plurilingual competences which ultimately lead to raising awareness of their Europeanness. Formative years at university, pivotal to students' individual life course and projects, are a decisive stage in the development of supranational, collective identity-formation. Similarly, pan-European study programmes are aimed at inspiring a sense of European citizenship and identity, the most renowned of which within the Higher Education context is Erasmus+. By conducting focus group interviews, this paper probes Andalusian university students' understanding of their European identity and verifies the causal dynamics between European identity-taking and foreign country sojourns, comparing the perceptions expressed by returnees to those by students who have not had the opportunity to participate in international study programmes (ISP) at higher education yet. Results evidence students' apparent supranational orientation, general awareness of commonalities across Europe and utilitarian outlooks on the EU, although not a clear discernment of its institutions or a marked European identity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01