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Travelling academics: the lived experience of academics moving across countries
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- Uusimäki, Liisa, 1959 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik,Department of Education and Special Education
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- Garvis, Susanne, 1981 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande,Department of Education, Communication and Learning
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- 2016-05-04
- 2017
- English.
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In: Higher Education Research and Development. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0729-4360 .- 1469-8366. ; 36:1, s. 187-200
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- The article reports on a study that explored the personal narratives of two female travelling academics at a Swedish University who had moved from Australia. To complement previous accounts of difficult migration and enculturation within the research literature, this article focuses mainly on the successful experiences of the academics and how their own sense of agency allowed them to navigate the new educational context. The article identifies key factors that have enacted these achievements and contributes to the understanding of travelling academics and their needs as they move to new higher education contexts. In particular, the article contributes to the long-term migration to a non-English-speaking country (Sweden) by two academics who had previously studied and worked within an English-speaking university system (Australia). In conclusion, the article suggests ways pedagogy and policy can respond to support other international academics who choose to travel and work in another country, enhancing and ‘living’ internationalization within the global world.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Globaliseringsstudier (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Globalisation Studies (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- academics
- faculty
- enculturation
- internationalisation
- lived experience
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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