Typologies of student experiences and constructed meanings of learning in international placements Populations

• Main Authors: Crabtree, Sara Ashencaen, Parker, Jonathan, Azlinda, Azman, Paul Carlo, Dolly
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10567/1/Typologies.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10567/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02185385.2014.1003393?journalCode=rswd20

This paper discusses findings from a three-year British Council funded project into social work student placements in Malaysia. Processes of student learning in unfamiliar cultural contexts were examined in relation to three cohorts of students. Here typologies of experience influencing learning,...