Imagined geographies of learning: Student perceptions of what can be learned where

TY - JOUR

T1 - Imagined geographies of learning: Student perceptions of what can be learned where

AU - Juul-Wiese, Thilde

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - This paper explores the ways in which Danish student teachers imagine different countries to be appropriate for different kinds of learning in the context of international student mobility. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this paper shows how geographical imaginaries are constructed and maintained by educational institutions and social networks. Furthermore, it shows that students ascribe different potentials for professional or personal development to different places. The paper finds that internationalisation practices risk reproducing stigmatised and hierarchical notions of the potential of places and the ‘right’ kinds of knowledge.

AB - This paper explores the ways in which Danish student teachers imagine different countries to be appropriate for different kinds of learning in the context of international student mobility. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this paper shows how geographical imaginaries are constructed and maintained by educational institutions and social networks. Furthermore, it shows that students ascribe different potentials for professional or personal development to different places. The paper finds that internationalisation practices risk reproducing stigmatised and hierarchical notions of the potential of places and the ‘right’ kinds of knowledge.

KW - Internationalisation

KW - geographical imaginaries

KW - international student mobility

KW - knowledge hierarchies

KW - teacher education

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85177475275&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/14767724.2023.2283713

DO - 10.1080/14767724.2023.2283713

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1476-7724

JO - Globalisation, Societies and Education

JF - Globalisation, Societies and Education

ER -