Transformative learning hinges on navigating cognitive dissonance; thus, intercultural competency assignments and experiences need to be integrated into study abroad/away courses to help students process and make sense of the cognitive dissonance such an experience provides. Assignments, therefore, need to consciously and intentionally triangulate learning by addressing the read (course readings), the lived/observed (conversations, interactions, activities, excursions, observations about public portrayals of culture, etc.), and the compared (home culture vs. host culture). The hope is to improve students’ experiences so that semesters abroad are consistently deep, enriching, and intellectual as opposed to simply an extended tourist sojourn....
The old adage that travel broadens the mind may not hold true for every student studying abroad. Whi...
This study investigated how a ‘while abroad’ (IEREST) intercultural experiential learning programme ...
Although studying in a different country has been traditionally perceived as an ideal means for inte...
Transformative learning hinges on navigating cognitive dissonance; thus, intercultural competency as...
Transformative learning hinges on navigating cognitive dissonance; thus, intercultural competency as...
AbstractThis article focuses on the cultural dimension of sojourners’ learning during study abroad p...
Universities have been promoting study abroad programmes for a long time to improve intercultural co...
This paper presents qualitative research examining to what extent sojourns abroad engage their parti...
In the present dissertation I explored if study abroad – defined as a form of educational mobility f...
In the present dissertation I explored if study abroad – defined as a form of educational mobility f...
In the present dissertation I explored if study abroad – defined as a form of educational mobility f...
This study is devoted to the topic of intercultural competence. It aims to determine what intercultu...
Although studying in a different country has been traditionally perceived as an ideal means for inte...
Although studying in a different country has been traditionally perceived as an ideal means for inte...
Recent research points to questions on the value for students studying abroad while in college. Our...
The old adage that travel broadens the mind may not hold true for every student studying abroad. Whi...
This study investigated how a ‘while abroad’ (IEREST) intercultural experiential learning programme ...
Although studying in a different country has been traditionally perceived as an ideal means for inte...
Transformative learning hinges on navigating cognitive dissonance; thus, intercultural competency as...
Transformative learning hinges on navigating cognitive dissonance; thus, intercultural competency as...
AbstractThis article focuses on the cultural dimension of sojourners’ learning during study abroad p...
Universities have been promoting study abroad programmes for a long time to improve intercultural co...
This paper presents qualitative research examining to what extent sojourns abroad engage their parti...
In the present dissertation I explored if study abroad – defined as a form of educational mobility f...
In the present dissertation I explored if study abroad – defined as a form of educational mobility f...
In the present dissertation I explored if study abroad – defined as a form of educational mobility f...
This study is devoted to the topic of intercultural competence. It aims to determine what intercultu...
Although studying in a different country has been traditionally perceived as an ideal means for inte...
Although studying in a different country has been traditionally perceived as an ideal means for inte...
Recent research points to questions on the value for students studying abroad while in college. Our...
The old adage that travel broadens the mind may not hold true for every student studying abroad. Whi...
This study investigated how a ‘while abroad’ (IEREST) intercultural experiential learning programme ...
Although studying in a different country has been traditionally perceived as an ideal means for inte...