Laffan, Eileen Elizabeth;
(2023)
Being and Becoming: Narratives of Chinese international master’s students in UK higher education.
Doctoral thesis (Ed.D), UCL (University College London).
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This thesis is a study of Chinese international master’s students undertaking a master’s degree at a UK higher education institution. This study explores Chinese international master’s students’ perceptions of their experience of an academic sojourn and how these perceptions can inform the professional services of the Student Experience Division. These perceptions are viewed through the lens of Bildung. Bildung as an educational concept looks at the transformative educational experience in a holistic manner to comprise the lived experience, these experiences, both academic and social, are termed educative practices. Through the concept of Bildung, I formulate a theoretical perspective of ‘being and becoming’ for the Chinese international student addressing the self, motivation as an investment and emancipation and freedom through educative practices. This study is set in the internationalisation of student experience with a specific focus on professional services in higher education institutions. The participants' narratives focus on the student experience, addressing their studies and experiences of living and studying abroad. The participants reveal perceptions of the self that transform through this experience and are examples of ‘being and becoming’. This research was undertaken as a narrative study; qualitative semi-structured interviews were used to collect the narratives of five Chinese students studying at a UK higher education institution for their master's degree. The interviews were analysed using narrative analysis, and a narrative for each participant was co-constructed. This doctoral thesis aims to provide insights and develop a theoretical perspective in the field of internationalisation of student experience and apply this perspective to inform the development of professional services in the Student Experience Division.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ed.D |
| Title: | Being and Becoming: Narratives of Chinese international master’s students in UK higher education |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2023. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| Keywords: | Bildung, UK higher education, Chinese international master’s students, student experience, Student Experience |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10176112 |
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