- Title
- An anthropological study of the experiences of exchange students in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Creator
- Maganga, Stewart Martin
- Subject
- Education, Higher Cross-cultural studies -- Port Elizabeth -- South Africa
- Subject
- Students, Foreign -- Education(Higher) -- Port Elizabeth -- South Africa
- Subject
- International education -- South Africa
- Subject
- Intellectual life -- Cross-cultural studies
- Subject
- Educational change Cross-cultural studies
- Date Issued
- 2009
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:16143
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1007
- Identifier
- Education, Higher Cross-cultural studies -- Port Elizabeth -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Students, Foreign -- Education(Higher) -- Port Elizabeth -- South Africa
- Identifier
- International education -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Intellectual life -- Cross-cultural studies
- Identifier
- Educational change Cross-cultural studies
- Description
- This research study aims to investigate the exchange students' experiences with living in a foreign environment. Twenty students took part in this study and were made up of two categories namely study abroad students and student interns. The twenty students who took part in this study were mostly from industrialized countries namely Germany, the United States of America, Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden. Data were collected by means of individual semi-structured interviews as well as observational methods namely participant and simple observations. The results indicate that if sojourners are to gain a better understanding the South African culture, it is important that they interact with the host nationals. Given that most of the students highlighted the issue of crime as their main concern, their knowledge on how to survive in a crime-ridden country like South Africa would be essential.
- Format
- viii, 67 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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