International Graduate Students' Difficulties: Graduate Classes as a Community of Practices

Autor/in	Kim, Hye Yeong
Titel	International Graduate Students' Difficulties: Graduate Classes as a Community of Practices
Quelle	In: Teaching in Higher Education, 16 (2011) 3, S.281-292 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-2517
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Graduate Students; Causal Models; Sociocultural Patterns; Theories; Learning Processes; Educational Environment; Teacher Educators; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Kausalanalyse; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Theory; Theorie; Learning process; Lernprozess; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This study explores the factors that cause international graduate students to struggle and these students' ways of dealing with such problems in light of sociocultural theory, which views learning as a social and cultural act. The findings show that graduate classes function as communities of practices in which classmates and professors mutually engage with each other, share a repertoire and engage in joint enterprises. The practices were not always transparent to international students, which became a source of difficulty and often led them to feel excluded. Peripheral participation comprised a significant part of some students' learning process and identity formation, but it allowed them to participate in course-related activities as fully as they felt comfortable doing. This study suggests a need for more sensitive and dialogical efforts by educators in higher education to provide better learning environments for international learners. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10