ABSTRACT

With the trend of student mobility, talented individuals have been pursuing doctoral education opportunities abroad. Prior research addressed specific aspects or challenges of doing a PhD in a cross-cultural context, leaving a need to understand the nature of students’ experiences from a holistic perspective. To address the need, this study develops a framework that conceptualises an international doctoral student’s research, personal, and social worlds as multi-worlds, highlighting transitions across the worlds that make a difference in student experiences. It also structures the continuous, interactive, and situative nature of study abroad as a three-dimensional space to encompass the multi-worlds and transitions across and over time. Illustrated by one international student’s in-depth narrative inquiry, this framework offers both theoretical insights and practical approaches to the comprehensive understanding of PhD abroad experiences.

摘要

随着学生流动的趋势，有才华的人一直在国外寻求博士教育机会。先前的研究解决了在跨文化背景下攻读博士学位的具体方面或挑战，因此需要从整体角度了解学生经历的本质。为满足这一需求，本研究开发了一个框架，将国际博士生的研究、个人和社会世界概念化为多世界，突出了不同世界之间对学生体验产生影响的转变。它还将出国留学的连续性、互动性和情境性构建为一个三维空间，以涵盖多世界和跨越时间的转变。以一位国际学生的深入叙述探究为例，