Listening to the Voices of Students Who Studied Abroad: Students and Their Agency to Maximize Their Abroad Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Raby, Rosalind Latiner; Ward, Rupert; Rhoades, Gary
Titel	Listening to the Voices of Students Who Studied Abroad: Students and Their Agency to Maximize Their Abroad Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 11 (2021) 3, S.628-646 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Raby, Rosalind Latiner) ORCID (Ward, Rupert)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Study Abroad; Student Experience; Two Year College Students; College Faculty; Student Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Student Needs; Student School Relationship; Barriers; Student Adjustment; Decision Making; Coping; Skill Development; Student Interests; Foreign Countries; Teacher Influence; Time; Costs; School Role; Faculty Advisers; Stereotypes; Self Concept; Change; United Kingdom (London); California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Studienerfahrung; Fakultät; Schülerverhalten; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bewältigung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Studieninteresse; Ausland; Zeit; Cost; Kosten; Klischee; Selbstkonzept; Wandel; Kalifornien
Abstract	This article learns from student voices about how their education abroad experiences were shaped by their agency. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with 22 U.S. community college and university students and with U.S. faculty and U.K. senior staff who worked at a Study Abroad Center in London. The study focuses on what the students said were the impact they had from studying abroad, what they said about institutional support that they needed prior to studying abroad, and what they said about their changing sense of being while studying abroad. Counter-barrier construct and agency theories were used to ground the findings. The findings showed that these students used their agency to influence their decisions to study abroad, to find the strength to transcend weak institutional support services, and to recognize their own personal, social, and critical skills development as a result of studying abroad. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01