10.5281/zenodo.1467803
https://zenodo.org/records/1467803
oai:zenodo.org:1467803
José Manuel Martínez
José Manuel Martínez
Michigan State University, USA
India C. Plough
India C. Plough
Michigan State University, USA
International Graduate Students: Agency, Intentionality, and Socialization Reciprocity
Zenodo
2018
2018-10-20
10.5281/zenodo.1467802
https://zenodo.org/communities/8-4-2018
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Using grounded theory methodology, this study explored the development and implementation of a Cultures and Languages across the Curriculum initiative in a residential college at Michigan State University. With a focus on international graduate students, our investigation led us to knowledge-building communities and to patterns of behavior that we have conceptualized as socialization reciprocity. We note two key characteristics of the knowledge-building communities created within the Cultures and Languages across the Curriculum program are agency and intentionality, and these can only be realized by starting from the premise that the contributions of all participants are essential to the community. We argue this is in contrast to the not uncommon assumption that the cultural, linguistic, and pedagogical knowledge of international graduate students is somehow deficient.