Learning Experience and Academic Identity Building by Master's Students in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Jung, Jisun
Titel	Learning Experience and Academic Identity Building by Master's Students in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 46 (2021) 4, S.782-795 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jung, Jisun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2019.1652811
Schlagwörter	Identification (Psychology); Graduate Students; Foreign Countries; Learning Experience; Student Attitudes; Academic Aspiration; Communities of Practice; Sense of Community; Professional Identity; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Ausland; Lernerfahrung; Schülerverhalten; Community; Hongkong
Abstract	This study explores how master's students perceive their learning experiences and build their identities as postgraduate learners. It also investigates how these students' perceptions affect their aspirations regarding academic careers. By applying the Community of Practice (CoP) framework, this study focuses on three dimensions of master's students' experience; community, practice and identity. Seventy master's students from one research-intensive university in Hong Kong were interviewed regarding motivations for doing a master's degree and reflections on learning. The interview results showed that master's students build their communities partly around shared academic interests. However, the boundaries of these communities are loose and flexible, due to the nature of master's programmes with their short periods of study and large numbers of part-time students. The study also showed how master's students develop their knowledge and skills through doing research and how they evaluate the prospect of becoming an academic. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01