The Civic Aspect of Student Self-Formation in International Higher Education: Apprenticeship in New Worldviews

Yusuf Ikbal OLDAC

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-44885-0_8

The Civic Aspect of Student Self-Formation in International Higher Education: Apprenticeship in New Worldviews

Yusuf Ikbal OLDAC^*

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School of Graduate Studies

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Abstract

International higher education (IHE) is more than obtaining credentials and studying within the four walls of university buildings in the host country. An important aspect of IHE, which is understudied, is that international students form more nuanced civic beliefs and attitudes as they agentially navigate between their host and home societal cultures during IHE. This chapter calls this phenomenon apprenticeship in new worldviews and positions it as part of student self-formation. The chapter proposes three temporal stages for this phenomenon: encountering the new, interacting with the new, and agential elaboration. Apprenticeship in new worldviews is a cyclical process that involves feedback loops between the mentioned temporal stages. The framework proposed in this study builds on Archer’s theoretical work and is further developed by empirical evidence building on international-comparative fieldwork in five countries that involved in-depth interviews with 50 international students.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Student Agency and Self-Formation in Higher Education
Editors	Yusuf Ikbal OLDAC, Lili YANG, Soyoung LEE
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Pages	193-216
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031448850
ISBN (Print)	9783031448843
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44885-0_8
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2023

Publication series

Name	Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
Volume	Part F1814
ISSN (Print)	2662-4214
ISSN (Electronic)	2662-4222

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Funding

This work was supported by the British Association for International and Comparative Education under Grant [number 20181101] and the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies [Ref. SFF1718_OCIS_1108067]. The author is a Hong Kong Research Grants Council Postdoctoral Fellow at Lingnan University, and his Fellowship is being funded by Hong Kong University Grants Committee.

Keywords

Agency
Civic beliefs
International higher education
International students
Self-formation

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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OLDAC, Y. I. (2023). The Civic Aspect of Student Self-Formation in International Higher Education: Apprenticeship in New Worldviews. In Y. I. OLDAC, L. YANG, & S. LEE (Eds.), Student Agency and Self-Formation in Higher Education (pp. 193-216). Article Chapter 8 (Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education; Vol. Part F1814). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44885-0_8

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OLDAC, YI 2023, The Civic Aspect of Student Self-Formation in International Higher Education: Apprenticeship in New Worldviews. in YI OLDAC, L YANG & S LEE (eds), Student Agency and Self-Formation in Higher Education., Chapter 8, Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education, vol. Part F1814, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 193-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44885-0_8

The Civic Aspect of Student Self-Formation in International Higher Education: Apprenticeship in New Worldviews. / OLDAC, Yusuf Ikbal.
Student Agency and Self-Formation in Higher Education. ed. / Yusuf Ikbal OLDAC; Lili YANG; Soyoung LEE. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2023. p. 193-216 Chapter 8 (Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education; Vol. Part F1814).

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