“Intercultural Encounters”: Mentorship Relations as Spaces for Critical Intercultural Learning in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

IF 2.8 3区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Christina Sachpasidi, Barbara Bompani, Cynthia Nicol
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There are growing numbers of African international students studying at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in North America and the United Kingdom. Intercultural mentoring is one response to supporting students in navigating the complex cultural, social, and academic transitions from home to host countries. This article examines the experiences of 18 participants who had recently mentored African international students attending higher education institutions in Canada or in the UK. Semi-structured interviews with participating mentors were transcribed and analysed from a critical intercultural perspective. Results highlight four themes that provide insight into mentors’ approaches to intercultural mentoring: navigating fields of action and intervention, engaging in reflective practice, intercultural mentoring as a relational practice, and mentoring as a decolonising practice. Study findings provide insight into how intercultural mentoring relationships develop and evolve and how mentors approach mentoring relationships as sites that hold transformative learning potential for both mentors and students.
"跨文化接触":作为高等教育机构(HEIs)中跨文化批判性学习空间的导师关系
越来越多的非洲留学生在北美和英国的高等教育机构(HEIs)学习。跨文化辅导是帮助学生适应从母国到东道国的复杂的文化、社会和学术过渡的一种方法。本文研究了 18 位最近指导过在加拿大或英国高等教育机构就读的非洲留学生的参与者的经验。文章从批判性跨文化视角出发,对参与导师的半结构式访谈进行了转录和分析。研究结果突出了四个主题,使人们对导师的跨文化指导方法有了更深入的了解:导航行动和干预领域、参与反思性实践、跨文化指导作为一种关系实践以及指导作为一种非殖民化实践。研究结果让人们深入了解跨文化指导关系是如何发展和演变的,以及指导者是如何将指导关系视为对指导者和学生都具有变革性学习潜力的场所的。
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Journal of Studies in International Education
Journal of Studies in International Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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6.90
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期刊介绍: To broaden the discourse on the role of international cooperation and exchange in developing the human capacity to work in a global setting, the Journal of Studies in International Education provides a forum combining the research of scholars, models from practitioners in the public or private sector, and essays. The journal publishes research, essays, and reviews on international education. Articles place issues at the primary, secondary, higher education, professional exchange, and lifelong learning levels in a global context. Topics include: study abroad; curriculum reform; faculty development; and development assistance. Articles on related topics such as public policy and internationalization strategies also appear in the Journal.
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