Student learning abroad : what our students are learning, what they're not, and what we can do about it / Edited By Michael Vande Berg, R. Michael Paige and Kris Hemming Lou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vande Berg, Michael, 1948-

Paige, R. Michael, 1943-

Lou, Kris Hemming, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign study.

American students--Foreign countries.

American students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A central purpose of this book is to question the claims commonly made about the educational benefits of study abroad. Traditional metrics of enrollment increases and student self report and practices of structural immersion are being questioned as educators voice growing uncertainty about what students are or are not in fact learning abroad. This book looks into whether these criticisms are justified-and what can be done if they are. Student Learning Abroad reviews existing paradigms of study abroad; marshals research findings about what undergraduates are or are not learning; brings to bear

Contents:

""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE""; ""1. STUDENT LEARNING ABROAD: Paradigms and Assumptions""; ""2. WHY STUDENTS ARE AND ARE NOT LEARNING ABROAD: A Review of Recent Research""; ""PART TWO: FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING""; ""3. TAKING STAGE DEVELOPMENT THEORY SERIOUSLY: Implications for Study Abroad""; ""4. PARADIGMATIC ASSUMPTIONS AND A DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH TO INTERCULTURAL LEARNING""; ""5. THE INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INVENTORY: A New Frontier in Assessment and Development of Intercultural Competence""

""6. USING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THEORY TO PROMOTE STUDENT LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION ABROAD""""7. THE BRAIN, LEARNING, AND STUDY ABROAD""; ""8. ANTHROPOLOGY, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, AND STUDY ABROAD""; ""9. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF STUDENT LEARNING ABROAD""; ""10. LEARNING ABROAD AND THE SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING""; ""PART THREE: PROGRAM APPLICATIONS: INTERVENING IN STUDENT LEARNING""; ""11. SHIFTING THE LOCUS OF INTERCULTURAL LEARNING: Intervening Prior to and After Student Experiences Abroad""

""12. BEYOND IMMERSION: The American University Center of Provence Experiment in Holistic Intervention""""13. THE MAXIMIZING STUDY ABROAD PROJECT: Toward a Pedagogy for Culture and Language Learning""; ""14. FACILITATING INTERCULTURAL LEARNING ABROAD: The Intentional, Targeted Intervention Model""; ""15. DEVELOPING A GLOBAL LEARNING AND LIVING COMMUNITY: A Case Study of Intercultural Experiences on The Scholar Ship""; ""16. AN EXPERIMENT IN DEVELOPMENTAL TEACHING AND LEARNING: The Council on International Educational Exchange�s Seminar on Living and Learning Abroad""

""PART FOUR: CONCLUSION""""17. INTERVENING IN STUDENT LEARNING ABROAD: Closing Insights""; ""ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-00-344718-X

1-000-97494-4

1-003-44718-X

1-57922-715-5

9781003447184

OCLC:

908077114