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Thriving as an international student: personal responses and the trajectories they create

  • Tony Shannon-Little
  • University of Wolverhampton
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Abstract

During a study investigating their experiences on a British university campus, relatively successful long stay international students critically reflect on their experiences of cross-cultural interactions and how these have shaped not just their current behaviour but also their longer term attitudes and aims, or in Wenger's term their trajectories. A tentative taxonomy of trajectories is described and its pedagogical relevance discussed in terms of ways that this understanding can inform staff interventions to enhance intercultural learning, not only of international students but of home students and staff also, and lead to further critical reflection by all participants on their own cultural influences.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Journal of pedagogic development (Volume 2.0, Issue 1.0)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 03/2012

Publication status

Published - 03/2012

ISSN

2047-3265

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/336261

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