Australian Policy on International Students: Pivoting towards Discourses of Diversity?

Autor/inn/en	Hong, Min; Lingard, Bob; Hardy, Ian
Titel	Australian Policy on International Students: Pivoting towards Discourses of Diversity?
Quelle	In: Australian Educational Researcher, 50 (2023) 3, S.881-902 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hong, Min)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-6999
DOI	10.1007/s13384-022-00532-5
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Foreign Students; Diversity; Discourse Analysis; Global Approach; Cultural Awareness; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Diskursanalyse; Globales Denken; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Australien
Abstract	As the third-largest export industry, international education occupies an important place in the Australian economy and society. Employing Bacchi's "What is the Problem Represented to be" (WPR) approach, this paper critically analyses four key policies pertaining to international students in Australia since the 1990s. Drawing upon theorising of the globalisation of international education policy, we uncover contestation and problem representation in discourses around the economisation of education and of international students' experiences. The findings reveal multiple discourses of the problematisation of diversity at play, including a "pivot" towards protection of international students' rights as consumers and as potential future citizens, and increased attention to the intrinsic value of international students as people, and not simply as economic agents. The findings have implications for other national contexts, in which international students contribute to the economic viability of education, and in which internationalisation of education in universities has the capacity to foster enhanced cross-cultural understanding. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01