Global Ambitions, Local Support. Understanding Faculty Influence on International Students' Career Development

Christina Page; Candy Ho

doi:10.53379/cjcd.2025.410

Auteurs-es

Christina Page Kwantlen Polytechnic University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2913-6636
Candy Ho University of the Fraser Valley https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3412-1831

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.53379/cjcd.2025.410

Mots-clés :

International Students, Postsecondary, Faculty, social justice

Résumé

Les parcours éducatifs et migratoires des étudiants internationaux occupent une place de plus en plus importante dans le discours public, souvent accompagné de stéréotypes selon lesquels les étudiants sont des travailleurs à bas salaire plutôt que des professionnels en devenir. Toutefois, lorsqu'on se penche sur leurs propres récits, les étudiants étrangers soulignent qu'ils espèrent que les professeurs et les établissements les soutiendront dans la réalisation de leurs aspirations professionnelles. Ces aspirations peuvent également être liées à des permis de travail post-universitaires ou à des projets de migration. Une taxonomie de l'enseignement interculturel centré sur l'étudiant, élaborée dans un établissement postsecondaire de l'Ouest canadien, met en évidence cinq pratiques professorales qui soutiennent le développement de carrière : (1) affirmer les compétences, les connaissances et l'expérience des étudiants ; (2) reconnaître les facteurs non académiques, y compris le travail actuel, dans la vie des étudiants ; (3) soutenir la transition vers le marché du travail ; (4) établir des liens avec les étudiants ; et (5) faire preuve de sensibilité culturelle. Ce réseau de pratiques met en évidence la fonction d'influenceur de carrière du corps enseignant.

En tant qu'influenceurs de carrière, les professeurs peuvent reconnaître les obstacles systémiques auxquels les étudiants sont confrontés dans leur parcours d'éducation et d'immigration, les guider dans la remise en question des récits dominants, les soutenir et les défendre dans la poursuite de carrières professionnelles intéressantes, et servir de défenseurs.
de carrières professionnelles significatives, et servir de défenseurs. Les étudiants étrangers considèrent les enseignants comme des personnes influentes en matière de carrière. Le soutien institutionnel et le développement du corps professoral sont nécessaires pour aider les enseignants à adopter une vision holistique des parcours professionnels des étudiants et à reconnaître leur rôle essentiel d'influenceurs, de guides et de défenseurs.

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