Higher Education, English, and the Idea of 'The West': Globalizing and Encountering a Global South Regional University

Autor/in	Le Ha, Phan
Titel	Higher Education, English, and the Idea of 'The West': Globalizing and Encountering a Global South Regional University
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 39 (2018) 5, S.782-797 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2018.1448704
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; International Education; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Student Mobility; College Students; Universities; Language Role; Language of Instruction; Second Language Learning; Western Civilization; Social Differences; Global Approach; Access to Education; Educational Experience; Case Studies; Student Attitudes; Cross Cultural Studies; Philippines; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Internationale Erziehung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Collegestudent; University; Universität; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sozialer Unterschied; Globales Denken; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungserfahrung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Schülerverhalten; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Philippinen
Abstract	This article is about 'global south' actors and global south--global south interactions in the context of the internationalization of higher education (IHE), with a focus on a Vietnamese university and the mobilities of students moving through this educational space. It discusses in what ways this university sees its multi-layered association with the Philippines as a bridge, a catalyst that could fulfill its aspirations for internationalization which is largely attached to English, 'the West', the idea of 'the West', and becoming global. The article shows how the participation in and consumption of such aspirations/desires by new IHE players could reproduce and widen social inequalities between and within 'global south' actors but also bring about (unexpected) possibilities and transformations in a context of considerable educational mediocrity. It points to the contradictions inherent in these developments and the ways in which these developments may feed into uneven access to and experiences of IHE. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01