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Engel, Laura C.; Gibson, Heidi – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
This paper focuses on the production of cosmopolitan capital among students participating in the DC Public Schools Study Abroad Programme, an initiative that has been lauded as shifting the narrative of equitable access to global learning. We draw on a framework of Bourdieusian ideas about cultural capital, as well as community cultural wealth…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Study Abroad, Public Schools
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Bates, Alicia; Rehal, Dalia Atef – International Research and Review, 2017
This paper highlights how one institution used the International Effectiveness Scale (IES) to support intercultural exploration and development for short-term undergraduate travel programs. Authors discuss utilization of the IES to explore students' intercultural development, how it can be applied to create an individualized action plan, and how…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Travel, Measures (Individuals), Individual Development
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Aktas, Fatih; Pitts, Kate; Richards, Jessica C.; Silova, Iveta – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2017
While higher education internationalization efforts have traditionally been associated with the expansion of study abroad experiences, the recruitment of international students and scholars, as well as the growth of area studies and language programs, the past decade has seen an increase in a variety of multi-disciplinary approaches to…
Descriptors: International Education, Citizenship Education, Study Abroad, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Henschke, John A. – Adult Learning, 2012
International travel has the potential to expand one's learning horizons exponentially, especially with the abundantly enriching experiences of adult, continuing, and lifelong learning conferences. CONFINTEA VI (The Sixth World International Conference in Adult Education) sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Travel, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning
Steen, Sara J., Ed. – 1995
This guide provides descriptions of 2,250 study-abroad programs that take place during the academic year (usually September through June) and that are at least one academic quarter in length (usually 8 to 10 weeks). An introductory section provides information on the Institute of International Education (IIE), IIE publications, use of the guide,…
Descriptors: College Programs, Colleges, Eligibility, Foreign Countries
International Understanding at School, 1984
During 1983, three educators received Unesco fellowships to study the Associated Schools Project in Argentina, Malta, and Thailand. Each study visit is described. (RM)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Comparative Education, Educational Practices, Educational Research