The transformative impacts of international study on Omani nationals: a phenomenological investigation
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This study aimed to identify and understand the long-term impacts on study abroad participants' concept of self-identity and to also examine transformative learning experiences in an international setting. Using a qualitative research design guided by a phenomenological approach and underpinned in Mezirow's (1991) theory of transformative learning, the researcher collected data from 16 Omani citizens who studied in the United States and now live and work in Oman. Findings suggest that participants of study abroad persistently reflect on the experience for the rest of their lives and prefer diverse connections, personally and professionally. Further findings suggest that their concept of self-identity now straddles both their nationality and an American sensibility fused together in their lived experience. These experiences bolster meaning-making for participants through such activities as advocating, either actively or passively, for study abroad to others in their spheres of influence.
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Ed. D.