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Developing intercultural understanding for study abroad: students' and teachers' perspectives on pre-departure intercultural learning
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Holmes, P. Bavieri, L. Ganassin, S. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | This study reports on students' and teachers' perspectives on a programme designed to develop Erasmus students' intercultural understanding prior to going abroad. We aimed to understand how students and their teachers perceived pre-departure materials in promoting their awareness of key concepts related to interculturality (e.g., essentialism, stereotyping, otherising) during an intercultural education course for mobile students. Twenty pre-departure Erasmus undergraduate students from an Italian university, four teachers and one observer participated in the study. Seven hours of audio/video recordings of classroom discussions and teachers' retrospective narratives were analysed thematically. Although students initially subverted the goals of one of the tasks, they demonstrated foundations of intercultural thinking; followed by movement from self-interest to intercultural awareness of the other; and finally, developing intercultural awareness, supported through opportunities to express emotions/feelings and discussion and application of key concepts of interculturality. Teachers'/observer's perspectives confirmed the quality and flexibility of the materials in developing students' intercultural awareness. The findings suggest that pre-departure materials can help students to recognise variety and complexity in self and others in intercultural encounters. But students' primary needs for practical information should first be satisfied; interactive spaces for expressing emotion and feelings are important for understanding self and others; and scaffolding activities help students to understand intercultural concepts. |
| Related Links | https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/42125462.pdf http://dro.dur.ac.uk/14381/1/14381.pdf |
| Ending Page | 30 |
| Page Count | 15 |
| Starting Page | 16 |
| ISSN | 14675986 |
| e-ISSN | 14698439 |
| DOI | 10.1080/14675986.2015.993250 |
| Journal | Intercultural Education |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 26 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2015-01-02 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Intercultural Education Language Studies Study Abroad Intercultural Encounters Experiential Learning Intercultural Communication Internationalisation Essentialising |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Education Cultural Studies |
