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Przytula Sylwia; Krystian Barzykowski; Katarzyna Tracz-Krupa; Vincent Cassar; Emanuel Said – International Journal of Training and Development, 2024
In the era of higher education institutions' internationalisation, international student mobility is viewed as a crucial educational tool for enhancing the cross-cultural competence of learners. This paper aims to present research findings on the development of cross-cultural competence (skills, knowledge, and attitudes) among students…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Cross Cultural Training, Student Mobility
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Sylvie Didou Aupetit; Juan José Ramírez Bonilla – Higher Education Forum, 2024
Our principal objective is to explore if interculturality is relevant for the success of a bilateral student mobility program, Mexico-Japan Technical and Academic Exchange Program (MJTAEP). First, the authors explain their methodology and objectives of field work. Second, they situate their analysis within a framework of growing academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exchange Programs, International Educational Exchange, Program Descriptions
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Barbosa, Mariana; Santos, Mafalda; Veiga, Elisa; Martins, Filipe; Ribeiro, Maria Teresa; Faria, Joana – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
The Refugee Support Platform (PAR -- Plataforma de Apoio a Refugiados) was created in September 2015 through the establishment of a network of organisations and volunteers from the Portuguese civil society. PAR Families is a program that aims to provide support to refugee families in Portugal. PAR Families model implies that for each family of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Schwieter, John W.; Jackson, Jane; Ferreira, Aline – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
The present study examines the language- and culture-learning perceptions of domestic and international students from a Canadian university who participated in an intensive four-week-long Spanish language and cultural immersion program in Spain. The study draws on quantitative and qualitative data to explore the ways in which the participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Student Attitudes
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Maurer, Matthew M.; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D. – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2019
The research described in this paper built on the embryonic work on the occupational socialization of adventure educators (AEs). Its purpose was to determine the influence of one adventure education instructor education (AEIE) program on the perspectives and practices of preservice AEs (PAEs). Fifteen PAEs and their instructor were participants.…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Outdoor Education, Socialization, Teacher Education Programs
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Smith, Ariel U.; Norris, Anne E. – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
In this article, we report findings regarding parent communication and daughter's experiences of bullying and victimization in a sample of Hispanic families with seventh-grade daughters. About 57% of daughters reported experiencing any form of victimization and 37% reported engaging in some type of bullying behavior. Overall, the most common type…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Bullying, Females, Hispanic American Students
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Reingold, Roni; Zamir, Sara – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2017
In the year 2000, Israel purportedly adopted a multicultural educational policy. It replaced the covert assimilation policy, which was referred to as "the integration policy." The aim of the present study was to analyse the contemporary Israeli program of value education. Using the method of content analysis, the present study sought to…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Guilbaud, Patrick; Hamed, Duha – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
Adult global learners (AGLs), particularly those with limited knowledge or understanding of American culture, often have a difficult time transitioning and adjusting to academic life in the US. As a result, Higher Education Institutions (HEI) that wish to increase their level of AGLs must take proactive steps to help those students adjust and…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, State Universities
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Hirschauer, Sabine; Karp, Regina; Kekeh, Michele; Akpinar-Elci, Muge – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2019
This two-year quantitative study analyzes students' experiences during migration experiential learning study-abroad programs in 2017 and 2018 in Munich, Germany. U.S. students worked with German refugee organizations to gain a more comprehensive understanding about the political, social, and cultural complexity of Europe's current migration…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Social Integration, Refugees, Study Abroad
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Garcia, David O.; Valdez, Luis A.; Aceves, Benjamin; Bell, Melanie L.; Humphrey, Kyle; Hingle, Melanie; McEwen, Marylyn; Hooker, Steven P. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: Hispanic males have the highest rates of overweight and obesity compared with men of all other racial/ethnic groups. While weight loss can significantly reduce obesity-related health risks, there is limited research examining effective gender- and culturally tailored behavioral weight loss programs for Hispanic men. Objective: To…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Males, Obesity, Life Style
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Ngo, Bic – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2017
This article draws on ethnographic research of a youth theatre program within a Hmong arts organization to explore the ways in which a culturally responsive program nurtured critical consciousness among Hmong immigrant youth. Hmong youth "named" struggles with stereotypes and acculturation expectations, and constructed positive ethnic…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Hmong People, Community Organizations, Stereotypes
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Zhang, Yue; Garcia-Murillo, Martha A. – International Research and Review, 2018
This study evaluated an on-campus leadership and culture program that helps newly arrived international students with their cross-cultural adjustment. The international student participants completed an acculturation survey at both the beginning and the end of the program. We found that factors causing these international students to have…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Stress Variables, Student Adjustment, Cultural Differences
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Dalziel, Fiona; Piazzoli, Erika – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
In this paper, we present a study of adult asylum seekers learning Italian as a Second Language through Process Drama. Adopting an ecology of language approach, we first set the scene by examining some of the most salient issues regarding the language learning needs of asylum seekers and refugees, including the challenge of fostering both language…
Descriptors: Drama, Italian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Pineda, Claudia G. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2017
Although research on minority youth has established the value of coethnic spaces for safe ethnic identity exploration, research has seldom examined how youth in these spaces draw ethnic boundaries or offered appropriate frameworks addressing boundary-setting. This study uses Berry's acculturation framework to explore ethnic boundary-setting within…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Ethnic Groups, Youth Programs, Foreign Countries
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Lee, Inkyung; Koro-Ljungberg, Mirka – Journal of Research in International Education, 2007
The purpose of this phenomenological interview study was to describe how visiting Korean students experience social adjustment and acculturation when attending US middle schools. As a result of phenomenological analysis, the essences of Korean students' social adjustment included: (1) descriptions of power struggles; (2) misconceptions of cultural…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Acculturation, Social Adjustment, Cultural Differences
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