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Spencer-Oatey, Helen (2018) Transformative learning for social integration : overcoming the challenge of greetings. Intercultural Education, 29 (2). pp. 301-315. doi:10.1080/14675986.2018.1425828 ISSN 1467-5986.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2018.1425828
Abstract
Many universities in different parts of the world are seeking to enhance the cultural diversity of their staff and student body and yet repeated studies have shown that good integration can be difficult to achieve. Although several studies have examined the reasons why such integration is difficult, there has been very little research into the actual process of social integration. This paper addresses this gap through a qualitative study of intercultural learning. Students were asked to focus on a behaviour that was personally or professionally important to them but that they were having difficulty adapting to. The paper reports the varying, unfolding experiences of six of these students as they faced the affective, behavioural and cognitive challenges of adjusting to different greeting patterns and the strategies they used for gradually overcoming them. Drawing on the literature and the findings, an intercultural growth model is proposed. The paper ends with a discussion of the implications of the findings for enhancing social integration at university.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Universities and colleges, Students -- Psychological aspects, Cultural pluralism, Social integration | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Intercultural Education | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1467-5986 | ||||||
Official Date: | 21 March 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 29 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 301-315 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/14675986.2018.1425828 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 January 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 September 2019 | ||||||
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