Article 2015

Higher Education Learning Experiences Among Vietnamese Immigrant Women in Taiwan

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Wu, Yaling
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Wu, Hsingchen
Adult Education Quarterly
Journal · Vol. 65 · Issue 2 · pp. 133-151
Abstract

Based on a sociocultural approach to adult learning and poststructural feminist theories, this study draws on interviews with 11 married Vietnamese women to explore the higher education learning experiences of Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan. On the basis of their husbands’ permission and support, Vietnamese immigrant women embraced the instrumental value of education and pursued higher education to play their expected motherhood roles. During the higher education learning process, the women persevered in learning with resilience, negotiated their voices and cultural identity, and fulfilled multiple roles. Participating in and even completing higher education in Taiwan empowered these women through learning based on their bicultural competence. © The Author(s) 2015

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Higher education Immigrant women Learning experiences poststructural feminist theories sociocultural approach

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National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Pingtung, Taiwan
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