International Students’ Disconnecting from and Reconnecting Reconnecting with Diverse Communities: Fluidity of the Self in Sojourns Abroad

2016 ◽  
pp. 185-203
Author(s):  
Regis Machart
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Diverse Communities

scholarly journals Reliability of self-employment intentions instrument among international students in Indonesian university

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.10) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Mhd Subhan ◽  
Mas’ud Zein ◽  
Akhyar . ◽  
Mohd Hakimie Zainal Abidin ◽  
Sallehudin Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
International Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Future Study ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The University ◽  
College Personnel

This paper examines the validation instrument used to measure the psychometric status of the self-employment intentions. Self-employment intentions are crucial to identify the university students in order to confirm their decision making. They are a questionnaire to measure graduation in university to start choice on their careers. This instrument is composed of 11 items and was carried out to 115 international students studying in one Indonesian higher education. There were 49 male and 66 female respondents involved in this study. The Cronbach’s Alpha value was .94 which strongly suggest that the instrument has an excellent reliability. This study points out that self-employment intentions are suitable to be used by college personnel and counselors to examine and identify self-employment intentions among international students in Indonesian higher education. Implications for future study will also be discussed. 

scholarly journals Exploring similarities and differences among the self-reported academic integrity of Australian occupational therapy domestic and international students

2018 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 13-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Brown ◽  
Helen Bourke-Taylor ◽  
Stephen Isbel ◽  
Louise Gustafsson ◽  
Carol McKinstry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Academic Integrity ◽  
The Self ◽  
Similarities And Differences

scholarly journals The Self, the Other, and the International Student

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 314-318
Author(s):  
David Starr-Glass
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
International Student ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Georg Simmel ◽  
Cultural Alienation ◽  
Short And Long Term

A sense of strangerhood, which is different from social isolation or cultural alienation, is common among many of the international students whom I encounter. In a world increasingly preoccupied with personal interaction and social exchange, many of these students perceive strangerhood as problematic and inherently negative. This brief reflection considers strangerhood from the perspective of Georg Simmel and argues that being a stranger has considerable positive value. Recognition of strangerhood is a critical element in developing a greater understanding of both the self and the Other. Legitimizing the experience of strangerhood, emphasizing its potential value, and empowering students to embrace it may provide significant short- and long-term benefits for international students in their personal and transformative journeys.

“Do you eat dog meat and monkey? . . . I didn’t know anything about China back then”: Problematising Chinese heritage students through the lens of critical interculturality

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Ashley Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Heritage Students ◽  
The World

Universities throughout the world contain people of Chinese heritage studying, researching or working in higher educational institutions. This paper offers a case study example from a higher education institution in China in analysing the fluctuating identity positions of Chinese heritage students. From a critical intercultural perspective, the study explores Chinese heritage students’ reflexivity about perceptions of their own Chineseness and foreignness. The paper argues against labeling or categorizing Chinese heritage students as local or international students as the notions are biased insofar that they negate the possibility for identity. Thus, a critical intercultural lens is used as a way to problematise a deeper engagement into dialogues about the self and the other. The paper also problematises the implications the study has for teacher education in terms of attempting to move beyond essentialist logics and practices in how Chinese heritage students are understood and researched.

Self-Esteem and Associated Factors of International Tertiary Students in New Zealand and the Implications on Acculturation and Well-Being

2019 ◽  
pp. 271-288
Author(s):  
Chiu-Pih Kaylie Tan ◽  
Oky Indra Wijaya ◽  
Elnes Tubal
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
International Students ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
International Student ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
School Workplace

Self-esteem plays a major role in the well-being and adaptation of an international student to a host country, including acculturation at school, workplace, and other settings. The main objective of the chapter is to investigate the self-esteem and associated factors of international students in non-funded private training establishments (PTEs), one of the fast growing higher education sectors in New Zealand. This exploratory study presents the initial findings of self-esteem of international students in one of the PTEs. Implications of the findings on self-esteem will be discussed in light of how it is related to the acculturation of an international tertiary student in a host country.

scholarly journals Influential Factors in the College Decision-Making Process for Chinese Students Studying in the U.S.

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeline A. Rafi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
International Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
The Self ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Decision To Attend College ◽  
The U.S

For more than 1,043,839 international students, the United States is the destination of choice to pursue higher education. Although Chinese students account for almost one in three international students in the U.S., there are many unknowns about the influential factors behind their college decision. This qualitative study explores the self-described most important factors for Chinese students’ decision to attend college in the U.S. and the sources they seek to make their decision. This study found (1) parents are the most influential factor in the decision to attend college in the U.S., (2) students place great importance on rankings, and (3) in hindsight, students wish they focused less on rankings and did not need help from agencies when applying to colleges.

scholarly journals Cultural Adjustment of Somalian and Chinese Students at IIUI Pakistan: A Comparative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Saadia Dilshad ◽  
Samina malik
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
International Students ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Cultural Adjustment ◽  
The Self ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference

Studying at a higher education institution can be stressful, particularly for international students, who leave their homes to study in another country. Some students adjust more rapidly than others. This study explored the difference between the cultural adaptation of Chinese and Somalian students at IIUI Pakistan. The key objective of the study was to explore the pace of cultural adaptation of two foreign students from two different regions at IIUI. It was a purposeful qualitative study The population was all the Chinese and Somalian students studying in IIUI BS program in faculty of social sciences. A universal sampling technique was used to select 55 Chinese and 55 Somalian students for the study. The self-developed questionnaire used to collect the data. The analysis showed that there is significant difference between the pace of cultural adaptation of Chinese and Somali students at International Islamic University.

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