Using Social Identity Mapping to Explore the Experience of Transitioning International Students

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Author(s): Ian Pownall (University of Lincoln, UK), Alison Raby (University of Lincoln, UK), Andrew Stork (The University of Sheffield, UK), Dave Lochtie (Open University, UK)and Ben W. Walker (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 24
Source title: Perspectives on Enhancing Student Transition Into Higher Education and Beyond
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Debra Willison (University of Strathclyde, UK)and Emma Henderson (University of Strathclyde, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8198-1.ch011

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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This chapter explores, through rich interviews with international postgraduate students, their experiences of higher education transition as they enter and move through their studies. The authors use a social identity mapping activity developed for personal tutoring that visually surfaces the social nature of these transitional changes focusing upon how their identity is constructed and developed. Through using semi structured conversations, the activity aimed to surface aspects of their identity which are otherwise difficult to access. Strong evidence was found for the need to support international students in a variety of ways. These included support to manage expected and unexpected changes in who they are becoming, to manage changes in their stressors, and to develop reflective and reflexive awareness.

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