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Transformative Learning. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Sep 2008, Pages: 256
Based on the premise that international students
bring their own cultural frames of reference, this
study's purpose was to understand how international
students make meaning of new experiences and if in
the process of making meaning of new experiences
they experienced transformative learning. A
qualitative multiple-case study in an American
institution of higher education. Sample was
one of convenience with participants from eight
different countries and two different academic
programs. Participants had full international
student status for a minimum of one year, were
speakers of English as a second language, enrolled
in a graduate program, and were socialized in ways
that were divergent from that of their American
counterparts.Data collection included in-classroom
and advising-sessions observation, analysis of
journals kept by American students of their
experiences with mentoring of international
students, and two personal in-depth interviews.
Analysis of data showed that although participants
tried new meaning schemes no transformative learning
occurred and participants did not critically reflect
on their frames of reference.
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