"There Is a World out There": Spatial Imagination, Agency, and Academic Culture in a Mexican University Program

Autor/in	Torres-Olave, Blanca Minerva
Titel	"There Is a World out There": Spatial Imagination, Agency, and Academic Culture in a Mexican University Program
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 55 (2011) 1, S.30-55 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/656734
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; College Faculty; College Students; Imagination; School Culture; English (Second Language); College Second Language Programs; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Interviews; Migration; Social Networks; Mass Media Effects; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Schulkultur; Schulleben; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Mexiko
Abstract	This article examines the ways that students and professors imagine the space of higher education and thus shape their relationship to the larger academic community. Data come from a "Lengua Inglesa" program in northern Mexico. The findings reveal that personal and community histories, family networks, media, and migration converge to shape what was imagined and imaginable by faculty and students, as well as how they interpreted their relationship to the program. The findings suggest a need for revising current conceptualizations of academic culture to include the context of institutions and academic communities in developing countries. (Contains 3 tables and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10