ERIC Number: EJ1416596
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-2162-3104
EISSN: EISSN-2166-3750
Decolonizing Citizenship Learning with International Students: Exploring the Possibilities through Photovoice
J. Adam Perry; L. Rachael Bethune
Journal of International Students, v14 n1 p97-118 2024
This article explores the possibilities for decolonizing approaches to intercultural learning for international students in Canada. In this article the authors present the findings from a series of photovoice workshops conducted as a part of a larger mixed-methods project that explores how informal and everyday pedagogies shape international students' mobility decisions in the Atlantic Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Participants' collaborative analysis of their own photographs reveal how everyday citizenship learning emerges from international students' affective relationships to place in such a way that obscures how international education is implicated in processes of settler colonialism. However, evidence suggests that participants' sense of belonging is deeply implicated in their connections to place, highlighting potential opportunities for integrating international students in current initiatives to "decolonize" higher education in the Canadian context.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Mobility, Decision Making, Photography, Visual Aids, Decolonization, College Students, Student Attitudes, Citizenship, Sense of Community, Place Based Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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