An analysis of study-abroad students: how the 'self' articulates experiences and encounters in different cultural settings

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dc.contributor.advisorSitas, Arien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChingore, Tatenda Millicent Nicholeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-25T11:30:24Z
dc.date.available2016-07-25T11:30:24Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractTwenty-first century globalisation has brought with it, distinction among students through the Internationalisation of Higher Education (IHE). The effects of globalization and the IHE has been categorised as "preparing students for the globalizing world, suggesting new pedagogies and institutional settings that nurture 'global consciousness'" (Mansilla & Gardner, 2007: 56.) With the increase in mobility and hyper-connectivity, an education has become more than what is taught within the confines of a classroom or university. Studying abroad has become a significant component within the academic arena that allows students the privilege and opportunity to develop intercultural competence through first-hand experience This study seeks to explore the articulation of experiences and encounters from the perspective of the study abroad student exposed to cultural settings different from their own. This dissertation will place particular emphasis on the articulation of the responses and approaches taken by individuals of their respective encounters and experiences, using the Circuit of Culture as a link drawing together the themes (Re)Construction of Self Identity; 'Fitting In' and Adaptation; Developing Intercultural Competence and Society as we now know it, to give a holistic, interpretive understanding into the meanings and outcomes produced by the relationship between the constructions and perceived ideologies of both the study abroad student and the hosts collective. The study is amalgamation of responses from personal narrations given by eight participants, as well as a discussion with four individuals in a focus group from different countries. They reveal the importance of the self, from both the personal and social viewpoint to be able to comprehend the actions and reactions taken to construct, adapt, assimilate and learn from the experience. Discoveries uncover difference as a component that exists between the self and the other in a number of ways through how they classify and identify each other. As a result, slight but significant changes in perceptions can be noted.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationChingore, T. M. N. (2016). <i>An analysis of study-abroad students: how the 'self' articulates experiences and encounters in different cultural settings</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20703en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationChingore, Tatenda Millicent Nichole. <i>"An analysis of study-abroad students: how the 'self' articulates experiences and encounters in different cultural settings."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20703en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChingore, T. 2016. An analysis of study-abroad students: how the 'self' articulates experiences and encounters in different cultural settings. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Chingore, Tatenda Millicent Nichole AB - Twenty-first century globalisation has brought with it, distinction among students through the Internationalisation of Higher Education (IHE). The effects of globalization and the IHE has been categorised as "preparing students for the globalizing world, suggesting new pedagogies and institutional settings that nurture 'global consciousness'" (Mansilla & Gardner, 2007: 56.) With the increase in mobility and hyper-connectivity, an education has become more than what is taught within the confines of a classroom or university. Studying abroad has become a significant component within the academic arena that allows students the privilege and opportunity to develop intercultural competence through first-hand experience This study seeks to explore the articulation of experiences and encounters from the perspective of the study abroad student exposed to cultural settings different from their own. This dissertation will place particular emphasis on the articulation of the responses and approaches taken by individuals of their respective encounters and experiences, using the Circuit of Culture as a link drawing together the themes (Re)Construction of Self Identity; 'Fitting In' and Adaptation; Developing Intercultural Competence and Society as we now know it, to give a holistic, interpretive understanding into the meanings and outcomes produced by the relationship between the constructions and perceived ideologies of both the study abroad student and the hosts collective. The study is amalgamation of responses from personal narrations given by eight participants, as well as a discussion with four individuals in a focus group from different countries. They reveal the importance of the self, from both the personal and social viewpoint to be able to comprehend the actions and reactions taken to construct, adapt, assimilate and learn from the experience. Discoveries uncover difference as a component that exists between the self and the other in a number of ways through how they classify and identify each other. As a result, slight but significant changes in perceptions can be noted. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - An analysis of study-abroad students: how the 'self' articulates experiences and encounters in different cultural settings TI - An analysis of study-abroad students: how the 'self' articulates experiences and encounters in different cultural settings UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20703 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20703
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationChingore TMN. An analysis of study-abroad students: how the 'self' articulates experiences and encounters in different cultural settings. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20703en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherGlobal Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleAn analysis of study-abroad students: how the 'self' articulates experiences and encounters in different cultural settingsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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