Students' Intercultural Experiences in an Internationalizing University in China

Author(s):  
Yang Song ◽  
Angel M. Y. Lin
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Sara Hosseini-Nezhad ◽  
Saba Safdar ◽  
Lan Anh Nguyen Luu

International students experience psychosocial changes in response to their new environment, and their psychosocial adaptation is facilitated or hindered by various factors. This study aimed to examine the intercultural experiences of Iranian international students in Hungary. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 Iranian students in Budapest, Hungary, and a thematic analysis employed to discern and interpret themes within the data. The thematic analysis identified three overarching themes: (1) Sojourn’s Experience as Self-Growth, (2) Uncertainty in Intercultural Interactions, and (3) Striving for Autonomous-Related Self. The data reported that Iranian students experienced more happiness in Hungary than sadness, and their motivation to live independently in Hungary while depending on family support acted as buffers against any negative psychological feelings. The findings of this study underline the significance of independence and family support as the influencing factors for psychosocial adaptation of Iranian students.


Perspectiva ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 377
Author(s):  
Maria Aparecida Bergamaschi ◽  
Kátia Simone Müller Dickel

<p>http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2015v33n1p377</p><p>Este artigo decorre da pesquisa em uma escola indígena e em uma escola não indígena, realizada basicamente na perspectiva metodológica etnográfica, durante os anos de 2011 e 2012. Na escola não indígena foi observada a convivência com estudantes Kaingang que concluem o ensino fundamental, iniciado na escola da aldeia. A partir disso, foram descritas situações que mostram a educação e a escola no cotidiano Kaingang, bem como o cotidiano da escola não indígena, como ocorre a convivência e as possibilidades para a interculturalidade, as conflitualidades e as relações de reciprocidade. O olhar dedicado para conhecer e descrever essa relação abre um campo de possibilidades decorrentes de trocas – às vezes desconfianças e isolamentos –, que oferecem contribuições importantes, tanto para a educação e a escola indígena quanto para a educação e a escola não indígena.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indigenous students in a non-indigenous school: a chance for intercultural experiences</strong></p><p> <strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The study we present stems from a research made at an indigenous school and at a non-indigenous school. The research was basically made under the ethnographic methodology, during the years of 2011 and 2012. At the latter school, we observed the interaction with the Kaingang students that are graduating at elementary school, which they had first started at their village school. Having that ethnography as a starting point, we describe scenarios that represent education and school on the Kaingang everyday life, as well as the common day of the non-indigenous school, and how the interactions occur and what are the possibilities for intercultural and conflicting meetings and the reciprocity relations. The attentive eyes we lay upon this research in order to get to know and to describe this relation opens a world of possibilities that result from exchange situations – in which sometimes there is distrust or isolation – and they offer important contribution both to the indigenous school and education and to the non-indigenous school and education. </p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Intercultural. Indigenous Education. Kaingang School and Education.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Estudiantes indígenas en una escuela no indígena: posibilidades para vivencias interculturales </strong></p><p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>El estudio que presentamos resulta de la investigación en una escuela indígena y en una escuela no indígena, realizada básicamente en la perspectiva metodológica etnográfica durante los años 2011 y 2012. En esta última escuela fue observada la convivencia con estudiantes Kaingang que concluyen la educación fundamental, iniciada en la escuela de la aldea. A partir de este estudio etnográfico, describimos situaciones que muestran a la educación y a la escuela en el cotidiano Kaingang, así como el cotidiano de la escuela no indígena, como ocurre la convivencia y las posibilidades para la interculturalidad, las conflictualidades y las relaciones de reciprocidad. La mirada que dedicamos para conocer y describir esta relación abre un campo de posibilidades resultantes de intercambios – a veces desconfianzas y aislamientos – que ofrecen contribuciones importantes, tanto para la educación y la escuela indígena como para la educación y la escuela no indígena.</p><p><strong>Palabras claves:</strong> Interculturalidad. Educación Indígena. Educación y Escuela Kaingang.</p>


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