Intercultural Capacities and Responsiveness in Higher Education Contexts: Perspectives and Experiences of International Graduate Students

Otoo, Benedict Kojo

Intercultural Capacities and Responsiveness in Higher Education Contexts: Perspectives and Experiences of International Graduate Students

dc.contributor.advisor	Kawalilak, Colleen A.
dc.contributor.author	Otoo, Benedict Kojo
dc.contributor.committeemember	Simmons, Marlon
dc.contributor.committeemember	Boz, Umit
dc.contributor.committeemember	Winchester, Ian
dc.contributor.committeemember	Cottrell, Michael J.
dc.date	2021-02
dc.date.accessioned	2021-01-11T21:57:45Z
dc.date.available	2021-01-11T21:57:45Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-08
dc.description.abstract	In this qualitative, single case study, I focused on international graduate students enrolled in a higher education institution in Western Canada to explore their perspectives and experiences on intercultural capacities and responsiveness in higher education contexts. The participants were international graduate students who had been in a Canadian higher education institution for a minimum of one year. Through semi-structured interviews with six international graduate students, document analysis, and a reflective journal, I explored their perspectives and experiences on intercultural capacities and responsiveness in higher education contexts. I sought to understand experiences of international graduate students that included: inclusive integration, alienation, and/or isolation when transitioning into their new academic environment, given their unique socio-cultural backgrounds and learning needs. I examined the responsiveness of higher education institutions to the needs of international graduate students by drawing on intercultural capacities of both the international graduate students and the higher education institution. As an international graduate student myself, I was a researcher–participant in this study. Together, participants and I interpreted and shared our perspectives and experiences through dialogue. The interaction focused on what intercultural capacities meant to them; their significant learning experiences; their intercultural perspectives as international graduate students; and, how the higher education institution supported them in adjusting to their new academic environment.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Otoo, B. K. (2021). Intercultural Capacities and Responsiveness in Higher Education Contexts: Perspectives and Experiences of International Graduate Students (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38543
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112962
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Werklund School of Education	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.rights	University 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.subject	Intercultural capacities, International graduate students, Perspectives and experiences, Responsiveness, Higher education contexts, Case study	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education--Adult and Continuing	en_US
dc.title	Intercultural Capacities and Responsiveness in Higher Education Contexts: Perspectives and Experiences of International Graduate Students	en_US
dc.type	doctoral thesis	en_US
thesis.degree.discipline	Education Graduate Program – Educational Research	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary	en_US
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	en_US
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