The Lure of Internationalization: Paradoxical Discourses of Transnational Student Mobility, Linguistic Diversity and Cross-Cultural Exchange

Autor/inn/en	Fabricius, Anne H.; Mortensen, Janus; Haberland, Hartmut
Titel	The Lure of Internationalization: Paradoxical Discourses of Transnational Student Mobility, Linguistic Diversity and Cross-Cultural Exchange
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 73 (2017) 4, S.577-595 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Fabricius, Anne H.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-015-9978-3
Schlagwörter	International Education; College Students; Higher Education; Student Mobility; Competition; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Educational Practices; Multilingualism; Cultural Awareness; Criticism; Language of Instruction; Second Languages; Educational Policy; Indo European Languages; English (Second Language); International Cooperation; Educational Cooperation; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Wettkampf; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungspraxis; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kritik; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Second language; Zweitsprache; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Indoeuropäisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Dänemark
Abstract	This paper scrutinizes a set of paradoxes arising from a mismatch between contemporary discourses that praise and promote mobility in and internationalization of higher education, and the everyday effects of mobility and internationalization on university teaching and learning practice. We begin with a general characterization of the discourse of mobility and internationalization in a European context and then turn to Denmark as a specific case in which we unfold and discuss three paradoxes in turn: internationalization and linguistic pluralism, internationalization and intercultural understanding and, finally, internationalization and competitiveness. We then link our deconstruction of the three paradoxes to a critique of the concept of "parallel language policy," widely promoted in the Nordic context, and show how it potentially undermines the ideals of internationalization. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01