Transforming study abroad : a handbook / Neriko Musha Doerr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doerr, Neriko Musha, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign study.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

viii, 221 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2019]

Contents:

Introduction

The global and the national : does the global need the national, and if it does, what's wrong with that?

Culture : is it a homogeneous, static unit of difference?

Native speakers : do they really exist, and should students aim to speak like them?

Immersion : is it really about "living like a local"?

Host society and host family : who are they, and who shapes their lives?

Border crossing : do we instead construct borders through learning and volunteering?

Self-transformation : do assessing and talking about self-transformation involve power politics?

Conclusion and departure : new frameworks for study abroad.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Doerr, Neriko Musha, 1967- author. Transforming study abroad

ISBN:

9781789201154

1789201152

OCLC:

1065760156