Is West really best? Social and cultural tensions international students experience having studied at British universities
Is West really best? Social and cultural tensions international students experience having studied at British universities
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西方真的是最好的吗？
DOI：
10.1080/0309877x.2010.540316
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Estelle Tarry
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作者：
Estelle Tarry
这篇文章试图考虑留学生在英国大学学习的后果。随着英国政策的实施，在英国学习的国际学生人数不断增加。一项针对在英国留学的泰国学生的研究被用来探索海外留学的现实。研究采用了个案研究的方法，并对学生进行了个人访谈，并对他们的父母和祖父母进行了问卷调查。这些数据采用了“分类内容视角”的叙事方法进行分析。文章的结论是，泰国学生仍然认为在英国的高等教育机构学习有真正的优势。然而，作为在英国留学的结果，泰国学生经历并不得不解决各种社会和文化紧张局势。他们在态度和观点上变得更加个人主义，这与他们家人持有的传统集体主义价值观不符，并在泰国社会中根深蒂固。
This article seeks to consider the consequences that overseas students experience having studied at a university in the United Kingdom. With the implementation of the United Kingdom policies, the number of international students studying in the United Kingdom is increasing. A study of Thai students studying in the United Kingdom has been used to explore the reality of studying overseas. A case‐study approach was used, as well as personal interviews with students and questionnaires with their parents and grandparents. The data were analysed using a ‘categorical‐content perspective’ narrative method. The article concludes that Thai students still see real advantages to studying at higher education institutions in the United Kingdom. However, as a result of studying overseas in the United Kingdom, the Thai students experience and have to resolve various social and cultural tensions. They have become more individualistic in their attitudes and opinions, which are at odds with the traditional collectivist values held by their families, and deeply entrenched in Thai society.