Intercultural Transitions in Higher Education : International Student Adjustment and Adaptation / Alina Schartner, Tony Johnstone Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schartner, Alina, author.

Johnstone Young, Tony, author.

Series:

Studies in Social Interaction : SSI

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 195 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Intercultural Transitions in Higher Education

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Universities are among the most dynamic contemporary arenas for intercultural contact, and one of the most interesting phenomena for social interaction studies, both conceptually and empirically. There are around four million people worldwide studying abroad, with numbers growing. These international student sojourns are, first and foremost, social experiences, with social interaction being both a success factor for and outcome of intercultural transition. But what’s it like being an ‘international’ student? How is the experience different from studying ‘at home’, and what might make it a success, or otherwise? This volume details how recent research has attempted to answer these questions and others related to the transition between different national learning environments, and shows how it is helping to inform debates, policy and practice on the international student experience.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FIGURES AND TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PART I

1 INTRODUCTION

2 THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ‘INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE’

3 METHODOLOGY

PART II

4 ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENT AND ADAPTATION

5 PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT AND ADAPTATION

6 SOCIOCULTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND ADAPTATION

7 ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ADJUSTMENT DOMAINS

8 RETROSPECTIVES ON THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE

PART III

9 CONCLUSIONS

10 IMPLICATIONS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474431231

1474431232