“They Are Not Mixing With Others”:Finnish Lecturers’Perspectives on International Students’(Mis-)Encounters in Higher Education
作者机构:University of Helsinki Minzu University of China
出 版 物:《ECNU Review of Education》 (华东师大教育评论(英文))
年 卷 期:2022年第5卷第1期
页 面:89-115页
学科分类:0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学]
主 题:Encounters Finland international students internationalization system network analysis
摘 要:Purpose:Meeting“others,especially so-called“localstudents,is usually seen as a sign of success for intercultural learning and integration in research on study abroad and internationalization of higher *** studies have focused on how international students themselves describe their(mis-)*** this article,the authors consider lecturers’voices about this *** have an influence on the students’experiences since they spend a lot of time together in and outside ***/Approach/Methods:Using a thematic analysis and social network analysis of interview data with lecturers,and a critical perspective toward the dichotomy of“localversus“internationalstudents,a university in Finland,a popular destination thanks to its positive image in global education,serves as a case ***:The article identifies privileges,limits,and(missed)opportunities of encounters,as shared by the lecturers in focus group ***,the lecturers created hierarchies in the way they described the encounters between different kinds of *** signs of pluralizing both local and international students were also found in some lecturers’***/Value:The article ends with recommendations for institutions regarding the lecturers’problematic role of gatekeepers in student encounters and the limiting categories used in institutions of higher education to refer to students.