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Service-Learning Study-Abroad and Europe's Migration Crisis -- A Case Study
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Hirschauer, Sabine; Karp, Regina; Kekeh, Michele; Akpinar-Elci, Muge – Intercultural Education, 2021
The present article analyzes the service-learning experiences of US students during a short-term study-abroad trip to Germany in July 2017. The study identified a key, overarching challenge: the gap between students' expectations and the actual study-abroad outcome. The overall service-learning study-abroad experience was deemed very positive for…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Case Studies, Study Abroad, Teaching Methods
Migration and Integration in Germany -- A Multi- and Transcultural, Critical Experiential Learning Approach toward 21st Century Global Civic Skills
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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