Understanding the International Student Experience. Catherine Montgomery (2010)
By Krishna Bista on November 27, 2011
Reviewed by Krishna Bista, Arkansas State University
Catherine Montgomery has depicted
a clear picture of how international
students encounter both social and
cultural, academic differences and
learn positively as a result of crosscultural
experiences while studying
as abroad sojourns in her book,
Understanding the International
Student Experience. She has established a strong relationship
with foreign students who pursue higher education
overseas with home cultures, languages, and
learning backgrounds.
Montgomery has examined social factors and
learning environments of international students because
she believes “learning takes place in contexts beyond
the classroom and beyond university walls” (p. xiii).
Through the lenses of constructivist approach, she conceives
that international students establish an authentic
meaning of their learning from their own perspectives
as being embedded in social and cultural contexts. She
addresses the dichotomy of the culture of internationalization
in higher education as “East” versus “West” and
cultural perspectives of students, faculty and international
student advisors as “insiders” and “outsiders”.
This book review was published in Journal of International Students. For details:
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