TY - JOUR
T1 - “I wouldn’t imagine having to go through all this and still be the same person. No way”
T2 - structure, reflexivity and international students
AU - Matthews, Blair
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - International students at universities away from their home context experience a significant change to the way they engage with the world, as they think, reflect and act in response to the new context. Drawing on Archer’s concept of reflexivity (2003; 2007; 2012), this paper demonstrates that international students are compelled into reflexive deliberation, which precipitates a change in agency. This paper provides empirical evidence of specific generative mechanisms of the international student experience, which contribute to the conditioning of agency.
AB - International students at universities away from their home context experience a significant change to the way they engage with the world, as they think, reflect and act in response to the new context. Drawing on Archer’s concept of reflexivity (2003; 2007; 2012), this paper demonstrates that international students are compelled into reflexive deliberation, which precipitates a change in agency. This paper provides empirical evidence of specific generative mechanisms of the international student experience, which contribute to the conditioning of agency.
KW - agency
KW - international students
KW - reflexivity
KW - social networks
KW - Structure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038076235&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1475240917745611
DO - 10.1177/1475240917745611
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:85038076235
SN - 1475-2409
VL - 16
SP - 265
EP - 278
JO - Journal of Research in International Education
JF - Journal of Research in International Education
IS - 3
ER -