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  • Learning mobility : a contact zone for cosmopolitanism or the reproduction of localism?
    Oblak Črnič, Tanja ; Brečko, Barbara Neža
    The idea of student mobility assumes that the ability to study abroad will encourage young Europeans in the direction of greater geographical mobility, multicultural fluidity and cultural tolerance, ... re-enforcing the idea of European integration (Ackers, 2005). Following the concept of everyday cosmopolitanism and viewing education as a social contact zone, the article explores who are the young people who decide to study abroad. Dividing a sample of 208 students into three categories of cosmopolitan, potentially cosmopolitan and local youth, the article analyses: 1) how each group's type determines their belonging to Europe, attitudes to and visions of Europe and the prevailing citizenship practices; and 2) the extent to which the categories are specific in terms of their socio-demographic characteristics, personal career plans, and future ambitions. This study shows, among others, that the practices and experiences with learning mobility among the student population are far from homogeneous, even within such a uniform sample of students
    Source: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja. - ISSN 0040-3598 (Letn. 57, posebna št., dec. 2020, str. 1232-1250, 1346)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2020
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 52169475

source: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja. - ISSN 0040-3598 (Letn. 57, posebna št., dec. 2020, str. 1232-1250, 1346)
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