Intercultural qualitative research and Ph.D. students

Title
Intercultural qualitative research and Ph.D. students
Publication Date
2007
Author(s)
Ditton, Mary
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/14675980601143660
UNE publication id
une:3088
Abstract
The educational environment for postgraduate health professionals from developing countries in contemporary western universities is an intermediate zone between home and host culture. In this zone, knowledge is shaped through the development of concepts within the limitations of (often) pre-fluent language capacity. It is characterized by the mutual exchange of knowledge between western teachers and their developing-country students, who will return home to leadership roles working with marginalized individuals, communities and populations. This qualitative research aims to improve health education for global health professionals from developing countries, and in so doing it illustrates many of the difficulties and benefits involved in intercultural qualitative research for Ph.D. students.
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Citation
Intercultural Education, 18(1), p. 41-52
ISSN
1467-5986
Start page
41
End page
52

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