Cultural Distance, Mindfulness and Passive Xenophobia: Using Integrated Threat Theory to Explore Home Higher Education Students' Perspectives on "Internationalisation at Home"

Autor/inn/en	Harrison, Neil; Peacock, Nicola
Titel	Cultural Distance, Mindfulness and Passive Xenophobia: Using Integrated Threat Theory to Explore Home Higher Education Students' Perspectives on "Internationalisation at Home"
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 36 (2010) 6, S.877-902 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
Schlagwörter	Intercultural Communication; Student Attitudes; Stranger Reactions; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; Cultural Awareness; College Students; Foreign Students; Academic Achievement; Criticism; Theories; International Education; Qualitative Research; Educational Policy; Educational Practices; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Schülerverhalten; Fremdenprüfung; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Collegestudent; Schulleistung; Kritik; Theory; Theorie; Internationale Erziehung; Qualitative Forschung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	This paper addresses the question of interaction between home and international students using qualitative data from 100 home students at two "teaching intensive" universities in the southwest of England. Stephan and Stephan's Integrated Threat Theory is used to analyse the data, finding evidence for all four types of threat that they predict when outgroups interact. It is found that home students perceive threats to their academic success and group identity from the presence of international students on the campus and in the classroom. These are linked to anxieties around "mindful" forms of interaction and a taboo around the discussion of difference, leading to a "passive xenophobia" for the majority. The paper concludes that Integrated Threat Theory is a useful tool in critiquing the "internationalisation at home" agenda, making suggestions for policies and practices that may alleviate perceived threats, thereby improving the quality and outcomes of intercultural interaction. (Contains 1 table and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10