An Investigation into the Transformation of Transnational Identities of Chinese Students with Study-Abroad Experiences

dc.contributor.advisorRoy, Sylvie
dc.contributor.authorHe, Miao
dc.contributor.committeememberDressler, Roswita
dc.contributor.committeememberDelanoy, Nadia
dc.date2021-11
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-29T20:59:32Z
dc.date.available2021-09-29T20:59:32Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-23
dc.description.abstractIn our globalized and diverse world, the number of international students in post-secondary institutions is increasing more than ever. While bringing their experiences and ideas to their new settings, these students also learn and change the way they see themselves and the people around them. My project is a case study that examines the transformation of Chinese students’ transnational identities against the backdrop of the internationalisation of higher education (Varghese, 2008). Based on a social constructivism paradigm, the study used a qualitative research approach in order to probe issues lying beneath the surface of behaviours (Cohen, Manion & Morrison, 2018) and investigate six individual cases in significant depth. The study includes two phases of data collection. During the first phase, the data was gathered from two rounds of semi-structured interviews: the first round focused on the participants’ experiences abroad; the second, on their home-visiting experiences. In the second phase, through a complementary data collection method, document review, I explored how the participants positioned their identities on social media by investigating their posts on WeChat, which was ubiquitous in Chinese students’ lives for its wide functional range. My findings were analysed on the racial factor and the six conceptual premises of transnationalism proposed by Vertovec (2009). The study will benefit both higher education staff and faculty members in understanding Chinese students’ transnational identities, while helping Chinese international students see themselves better through the lens of “transnationalism”.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHe, M. (2021). An Investigation into the Transformation of Transnational Identities of Chinese Students with Study-Abroad Experiences (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39318
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114006
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Educationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectidentityen_US
dc.subjecttransnationalismen_US
dc.subjectChinese studentsen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Bilingual and Multiculturalen_US
dc.titleAn Investigation into the Transformation of Transnational Identities of Chinese Students with Study-Abroad Experiencesen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation Graduate Program – Educational Researchen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Education (EdD)en_US
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