Investigating Individual Growth and Change as a Result of International Professional Learning in Pakistani Higher Education

Abstract

In the context of a rapidly changing world landscape, universities in the United States and abroad are internationalizing their curricula and engaging in faculty and student international exchanges. Because professors are the ones who are largely responsible for translating and implementing global perspectives to the local university, it is important to understand how those participating in international experiences might be influenced and come to transfer new knowledge post-project. Using a phenomenological approach to capture the voices of faculty, this study explored how three professors at a private university in Pakistan experienced internationalization during a three-year funded project. Richly nuanced data share professors’ responses upon return to Pakistan, presenting a window into individual experiences and their “transadaption” of global thinking to the local.