1st Edition

International Students in Transnational Spaces Chinese Youth’s Aspirations, Learning and Becoming

By Xi Wu Copyright 2024
192 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Xi Wu examines how national and transnational forces and discursive logic mediate international secondary school students’ educational routes and life trajectories. Drawing upon an ethnographic research program involving Chinese students in a Canadian international secondary school, Wu employs Ong’s notion of transnational cultural logics to examine students’ lives and how they flexibly... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Theoretical Discussion on Transnational Cultural Logics and International Students’ Subjectivity and Agency  3.Internationalization of Education and Chinese International Students’ Transnational Experiences  4. Introducing an Ethnographic Study  5. Eleven Chinese International Secondary School Students’ Stories  6. Chinese International Secondary School Students’ Academic and Language Learning in Transnational Spaces  7. Chinese International Secondary School Students’ Intercultural Learning, Social Lives in Transnational Spaces, and Aspirations for the Future  8. The Influences of Intersecting Cultural Logics on International Students’ Transnational Routes  9. Reflections on Chinese International Secondary School Students’ Aspirations, Learning, and Becoming  10. Implications for Different Stakeholders in International Education

Biography

Xi Wu is Associate Professor at School of Education, Soochow University, Jiangsu, China. She has a PhD in Educational Studies from University of Western Ontario, Canada.