Transnational Education: The Politics Of Mobility, Migration And The Well-being Of International Students
This paper explores some of the background issues regarding international students and seeks to identify the ways in which the experience of transnational education by international students in higher education is positioned within academic debates, policy debates, literature and theory. This pap...
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| description | This paper explores some of the background issues regarding international
students and seeks to identify the ways in which the experience of transnational
education by international students in higher education is positioned within
academic debates, policy debates, literature and theory. This paper argues about
the need for new ways of exploring the phenomena of international education and
that many of the theoretical frameworks used are inadequate to account for the
complexities that characterise transnational higher education and what
international students experienced. In the context of globalisation and anxiety
about immigration, the paper argues that the theoretical positions have identified
international students as a "risk" but it is more often the student that experiences
risk. It is argued that the approaches to researching international students tend to
be instrumental and focused on market analysis rather than the experience of
students in terms of educational, social and cultural interactions. International
students are often constructed as "a problem" and this paper argues for a different
approach that sees students as important as "designer migrants' in developed
countries, important for capacity building and establishing international networks
for their countries of origin. The paper asserts that international students and
transnational education should not be seen exclusively in market terms but as an
opportunity to develop notions of the "global citizen". |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-402382018-04-27T09:11:06Z http://eprints.usm.my/40238/ Transnational Education: The Politics Of Mobility, Migration And The Well-being Of International Students Kell , Peter Vogl, Gillian P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) This paper explores some of the background issues regarding international students and seeks to identify the ways in which the experience of transnational education by international students in higher education is positioned within academic debates, policy debates, literature and theory. This paper argues about the need for new ways of exploring the phenomena of international education and that many of the theoretical frameworks used are inadequate to account for the complexities that characterise transnational higher education and what international students experienced. In the context of globalisation and anxiety about immigration, the paper argues that the theoretical positions have identified international students as a "risk" but it is more often the student that experiences risk. It is argued that the approaches to researching international students tend to be instrumental and focused on market analysis rather than the experience of students in terms of educational, social and cultural interactions. International students are often constructed as "a problem" and this paper argues for a different approach that sees students as important as "designer migrants' in developed countries, important for capacity building and establishing international networks for their countries of origin. The paper asserts that international students and transnational education should not be seen exclusively in market terms but as an opportunity to develop notions of the "global citizen". Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/40238/1/kell-transnational.pdf Kell , Peter and Vogl, Gillian (2008) Transnational Education: The Politics Of Mobility, Migration And The Well-being Of International Students. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 4 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/kell-transnational.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Kell , Peter Vogl, Gillian Transnational Education: The Politics Of Mobility, Migration And The Well-being Of International Students |
| title | Transnational Education: The Politics Of
Mobility, Migration And The Well-being Of
International Students |
| title_full | Transnational Education: The Politics Of
Mobility, Migration And The Well-being Of
International Students |
| title_fullStr | Transnational Education: The Politics Of
Mobility, Migration And The Well-being Of
International Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transnational Education: The Politics Of
Mobility, Migration And The Well-being Of
International Students |
| title_short | Transnational Education: The Politics Of
Mobility, Migration And The Well-being Of
International Students |
| title_sort | transnational education the politics of mobility migration and the well being of international students |
| topic | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/40238/1/kell-transnational.pdf |
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