Cultured Travel Guide Books - Encounters with Difference: Student Perceptions of the Role of Out-of-Class Experiences in Education Abroad (Contributions to the Study of Education) |
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.196
EAN: 9780313289774
ISBN: 0313289778
Label: Greenwood Press
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 152
Publication Date: 1994-03-30
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Studio: Greenwood Press |
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Laubscher explores how students use their out-of-class time to enhance their learning about cultural differences while enrolled in a formal academic program abroad. Taxonomic analysis of the interview data using the means/end semantic relationship postulated by James Spradley supports the hypothesis that, when left to their own devices, students abroad naturally employ ethnographic methods to learn about the host culture. This suggests that students abroad will gain more from the out-of-class domain if that domain includes programmed opportunities for participant observation and personal interaction and if the students have the skills and guidance to capitalize upon those opportunities fully. The students' detailed discussions of their activities and experiences provide insights upon which educators can base their development of a programmatic approach to making the noncurricular dimension of education abroad a more integral part of the overall learning process. By combining ethnographic method with the principles of experiential learning, students abroad can reconceptualize the world around them and gain a greater appreciation of the existence of cultural differences in a multicultural world.
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