Investigation of agency and mental wellbeing the case of international students in the context of Finnish higher education

The Agency of higher education students has been extensively discussed in the context of learning (Baxter, 2019; Zeiser, Scholz, & Cirks, 2018). Meanwhile, the mental wellbeing of the international students and the constraints towards maintenance of it have been studied mostly in English-speakin...

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Päätekijä: Roshanizand, Faraz
Muut tekijät: Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, Department of Education, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2020
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