Integrating Study Abroad Into the Curriculum : Theory and Practice Across the Disciplines

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brewer, Elizabeth.

Contributor:

Cunningham, Kiran.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign study--Administration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Foreign study--United States.

Universities and colleges--Curricula--United States.

Foreign study--Administration--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Foreign study.

Foreign study--Curricula--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Local Subjects:

Foreign study--Administration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Foreign study--United States.

Universities and colleges--Curricula--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sterling : Stylus Publishing, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To achieve the goal of engendering intercultural competence and intellectual development, this book proposes two strategies: structure study abroad to bridge the separation of academic learning from experiential and intercultural learning; and integrate study abroad with the undergraduate curriculum. This book opens with two chapters presenting different theoretical perspectives relevant to the integration of study abroad into the curriculum. The following nine chapters provide examples from a variety of disciplines and within such contexts as distance learning, service learning, and the senio

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. CAPTURING STUDY ABROAD'S TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL; 2. LESSONS FROM GEOGRAPHY: Mental Maps and Spatial Narratives; 3. PREPARATORY COURSES FOR STUDENTS GOING TO DIVERGENT SITES: Two Examples; 4. CULTURE, RELIGION, AND NATIONALITY: Developing Ethnographic Skills and Reflective Practices Connected to Study Abroad; 5. EMBEDDING PREPARATION IN LANGUAGE COURSES: Bonn and Erlangen; 6. SEMIOTICS AND THE CITY: Putting Theories of Everyday Life, Literature, and Culture Into Practice

7. COOL CITIES: Kalamazoo and Carthage-The Intersection of Service-Learning and Intercultural Learning8. CHINESE CITIES IN TRANSITION: The City as Classroom; 9. HEALTH AND MICROCREDIT: Beloit as a Laboratory for Understanding Nicaragua; 10. BUILDING GLOBAL AWARENESS THROUGH BIOLOGY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND STUDY ABROAD: How Science Study Can Prepare Students for Study Abroad, and How Study Abroad Can Prepare Scientists for Citizenship; 11. SYNTHESIS AND CAREER PREPARATION: The International Relations Senior Thesis; 12. CAPACITY BUILDING FOR STUDY ABROAD INTEGRATION: The Institution and the Faculty

CONTRIBUTORSINDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-00-344534-9

1-000-97576-2

1-003-44534-9

1-57922-533-0

9781003445340

OCLC:

781636127