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HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY
Volume 34, Issue 4, Pages 992-1009Publisher
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD
DOI: 10.1057/s41307-020-00187-w
Keywords
transnational mobility; transnational identities; political and economic policies; autoethnography
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This paper uses sociocultural theory and autoethnography to explore how transnational experiences and higher education policies shape the identities and mobility of transnational intellectuals. It suggests that transnational identity development can be used as an analytical tool for advocating social justice and developing international education programs. The paper also proposes a conceptual framework for studying transnational identities and mobility.
Using sociocultural theory as the theoretical stance and autoethnography as the tool, this paper explores how transnational, lived experiences and political, economic policies in higher education have re/shaped a transnational intellectual's identities and mobility. Instead of simply confirming transnationals' identities are multiple, complex, and recurring during the transnational process, this paper fills a gap in the existing literature by informing that transnational identity development can be used as an analytical tool to advocate for social justice and to develop teacher education programs in different international settings. It also indicates that sustainability of the multiple identities requires critical thinking and intellectual agency. Finally, the paper proposes a conceptual framework to study transnational identities and mobility.
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