A Qualitative Investigation into Chinese International Doctoral Students' Navigation of a Disrupted Study Trajectory during COVID-19

Autor/inn/en	Xu, Xing; Tran, Ly Thi
Titel	A Qualitative Investigation into Chinese International Doctoral Students' Navigation of a Disrupted Study Trajectory during COVID-19
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 26 (2022) 5, S.553-571 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Xu, Xing) ORCID (Tran, Ly Thi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/10283153211042092
Schlagwörter	Asians; Foreign Students; Doctoral Students; Doctoral Programs; Study Abroad; COVID-19; Pandemics; Student Attitudes; Systems Approach; Educational Experience; Crisis Management; Coping; Personal Autonomy; Family Relationship; Social Support Groups; Communities of Practice; Computer Mediated Communication; Educational Policy; Decision Making; International Relations; Political Attitudes; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Schülerverhalten; Systemischer Ansatz; Bildungserfahrung; Krisenmanagement; Bewältigung; Individuelle Autonomie; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Community; Computerkonferenz; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Internationale Beziehungen; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Ausland
Abstract	This study delves into emic perceptions of Chinese international doctoral students' navigation of a disrupted study trajectory during the 2019 coronavirus pandemic. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with students and the conceptual framework of bioecological systems theory and needs-response agency, the article reveals a nuanced picture of how activities, relations and roles nested in a PhD study trajectory are impacted by and respond to the crisis. Specifically, the pandemic has instigated a ripple effect upon PhD study that is embedded within a complex system of person-environment factors in the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem and macrosystem. Confronting these changes and challenges, the students enact needs-response agency to cope with these impacts so as to restore stability. The study concludes with some practical implications for related stakeholders in the bioecological system to generate conditions and support for students to harness possibilities for growth amidst and beyond the health crisis. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01