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Liou, Chin-Ping – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2020
This qualitative study explores how emotions are experienced and handled during international service-learning (ISL) initiatives. It involved one focus group discussion and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with six college students engaged in a 10-day ISL project in Burkina Faso. Their accounts were analysed using interpretative…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Counselor Attitudes, Group Discussion, Service Learning
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Currie-Mueller, Jenna L.; Littlefield, Robert S. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
Educators are aware of the benefits of service learning such as retention or application of course concepts. Students enrolled in courses with a service learning assignment may not be aware of the benefits or may not view the assignment as beneficiary. This study examined student perceptions of service learning to determine if students'…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness
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Shin, Hyunjung; Jeon, Mihyon – English Teaching, 2018
In this paper, we explore how English language teacher education could be envisioned in different ways if one were to adopt a 'social' approach toward English language education. More specifically, drawing on our experience, which we gathered as Korean faculty members of two Canadian universities, with the help of reflexive inquiry, we highlighted…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Littlefield, Robert S.; Rick, Jessica M.; Currie-Mueller, Jenna L. – Journal of General Education, 2016
This study explored the intersection between service learning and general education outcomes through the self-reported perceptions of 382 college students participating in an intercultural communication course that satisfied the general education requirement at a midsized Upper Plains research university for studying cultural diversity. The data…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Service Learning, General Education, Outcomes of Education
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Simons, Lori; Fehr, Lawrence; Blank, Nancy; Fernandez, David; Georganas, Denise; Padro, Jessica; Peterson, Verda – World Journal of Education, 2013
A comparative analysis was conducted on student attitudes and skills among student interns, academic-based service-learners, and cultural-based service-learners. Students did not differ in scores at the beginning of the semester, but by the end of the term student interns had higher multicultural awareness and intercultural relationship scores and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Student Development, Racial Attitudes, Cultural Awareness
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Swazo, Roberto; Celinska, Dorota – Intercultural Education, 2014
This manuscript provides the results of a comparative study conducted in the USA with counseling, psychology, and education graduate students in which multicultural competencies were taught using the traditional on-campus and international study abroad course formats. Data were collected via the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale, a…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Counselor Training, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Students
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Mbugua, Tata – Journal of Pedagogy, 2010
Educators are being asked to respond to the forces of globalization and human interconnectedness that characterize the 21st century. These forces are resulting in changing population demographics and increased migration which is bringing a new complexity to cultural and ethnic diversity within regions, local communities and ultimately in…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Service Learning, Social Justice, Experiential Learning
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Bloom, Melanie – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
Service-learning has been primarily explored in world language education at the intermediate- or advanced-levels. Although a more advanced-level of language proficiency allows students in service-learning classes to participate in a wide array of projects, connecting beginning language students with the community may help serve to break-down…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Student Motivation, Language Proficiency, Service Learning
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Dunlop, Nancy – Journal of Experiential Education, 2000
Pre-health freshmen from a New York university worked at a traditional Mohawk community in return for lessons in Iroquois spirituality, healing, and ecology. Reciprocity between community members and students alleviated problems related to appropriation of Native American traditions and "great white hope" philanthropy, and deepened…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, College Freshmen, Courses
Bunney-Sarhad, Linda – 1992
This report covers a 3-year project at California State University, Stanislaus, in cooperation with Modesto Junior College (California), to add a non-Western dimension to existing courses and to "internationalize" the curriculum through academically related field projects conducted at a community center serving a large population of…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Change, Change Strategies, Cross Cultural Studies