An Ethnography of Taiwanese International Students' Identity Movements: Habitus Modification and Improvisation

Autor/in	Hsieh, Jasper Kun-Ting
Titel	An Ethnography of Taiwanese International Students' Identity Movements: Habitus Modification and Improvisation
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 10 (2020) 4, S.836-852 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Ethnography; Foreign Students; Study Abroad; Chinese; Native Language; Classification; Student Adjustment; Teaching Methods; Western Civilization; Cultural Differences; Asians; Social Capital; Educational Experience; Comparative Analysis; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Cultural Capital; Outcomes of Education; Australia; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; China; Chinesen; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kultureller Unterschied; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Sozialkapital; Bildungserfahrung; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Graduate Study; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Australien
Abstract	Many studies focus on Chinese-speaking international students' adaptation issues inside and outside educational settings in the West. A strong emphasis has been placed on identifying Chinese-speaking international students' problems and solving them through educational programs, pedagogies, and curricula. This emphasis potentially categorizes these students as a cohort that, in particular, have issues learning and living in Western societies, a categorization that ignores identity as complex and context-dependent. Drawing on a Bourdieuian poststructuralist perspective, this 18-month-long study documented the experiences of nine Taiwanese international students at different Australian universities before, during, and after their 1-year postgraduate education in Australia. This study compared their experiences and highlighted the complexity of identity movements. The findings present habitus modification and habitus improvisation, two notions developed from a Bourdieuian perspective. In conclusion, this study encourages reassessment of the standard notions of adaptation and prompts further exploration of how international students use their overseas experiences in the home context. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01