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Analysing the consequences of academic mobility and migration / edited by Fred Dervin.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transnational education.
- Foreign study.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (187 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Academic Mobility and Migration have now become a reality for most people involved in higher education. The imaginary figure of the medieval "wandering scholar" (Pietsch) has never been as true as today. We also know for sure that they are actively contributing to the postmodern transformation of the 'social as society' into the 'social as mobility' (Urry). Written by leading and emerging scholars, this volume explores the current and potential impact of this type of Academic Mobility and Mi...
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Language, identity and the 'Intercultural'
- pt. 2. The professional and educational impacts of academic mobility and migration.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-19312-4
- 1-4438-3140-9
- 9786613193124
- OCLC:
- 754326439
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