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Pursuing Doctoral Research in an Emerging Knowledge Hub: An Exploration of International Students' Experiences in China
- Source :
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Studies in Higher Education . 2023 48(6):784-796. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- International doctoral students are an influential group in knowledge creation and cross-national engagement. Existing studies have mainly focused on this cohort's learning and research experiences in developed countries. However, relatively few studies have explored these students' experiences in non-traditional learning destinations. Drawing upon Bourdieu's concepts of field, capital and habitus, and the notion of global-national-local imbrications, this study explores international doctoral students' academic learning experiences in what can be understood as the Chinese academic sub-field. By interviewing 35 international doctoral students in a Chinese university, findings suggest that these students encountered certainty and uncertainty initially before some were able to navigate the Chinese academic sub-field more strategically. As a result, students progressively developed an in-between cosmopolitan habitus; this included as a result of exposure to both Chinese and international academic logics through learning with Chinese academic returnees. Students' experiences suggest that the Chinese academic sub-field can be understood as something of an in-between field that imbricates the global, national, and local within higher education contexts.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0307-5079 and 1470-174X
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Studies in Higher Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1388430
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2023.2166917