Studying Abroad at 'Home': Going to Japan in New Zealand

Autor/inn/en	Rapley, Douglas J.; Skyrme, Gillian
Titel	Studying Abroad at 'Home': Going to Japan in New Zealand
Quelle	In: Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 14 (2022) 1, S.23-37 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2151-0393
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Study Abroad; Student Attitudes; Student Adjustment; Cultural Differences; College Students; Cultural Influences; Asian Culture; Foreign Students; Food; Interpersonal Relationship; Dormitories; Clubs; Language Usage; Attitude Change; New Zealand; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Schülerverhalten; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Kultureller Unterschied; Collegestudent; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Lebensmittel; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Student housing; Studentenwohnheim; Club; Klub; Sprachgebrauch; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Neuseeland
Abstract	This article examines the experiences of a group of Japanese study abroad students in response to the purposeful replication of a Japanese environment by the New Zealand-based institution where they studied. Data were collected from 12 students via interviews spread over approximately 20 months, and revealed that management provided specifically for the Japanese students, isolating them from other groups within the college in different ways, which is contrary to frequently cited study abroad objectives. Some initial resistance by participants gave way to acceptance, demonstrated through personal activities which propagated the institution's Japaneseness and an appreciation of management's efforts to provide them with a familiar living and studying environment. The study provides insight into a specific study abroad site unusual in the overtly placed limitations on processes of integration, and subsequent participant responses to that. In doing so, it contributes to the recognition of the diversity of ways in which study abroad may occur. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01