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  1. Identifying Post-Pandemic Gaps In Intercultural Development During An Undergraduate Short-Term Study Abroad

    Identifying Post-Pandemic Gaps In Intercultural Development During An Undergraduate Short-Term Study Abroad

    2023-08-25 18:14:28 | Contributor(s): James J. Tanoos, Yangsai Lyu

    Deficiencies in intercultural insight amongst American youth have led to an increased focus on globalization within institutions of higher education.

  2. Assessing Transformative Learning in International Education: Critiques and New Directions Based on a Systematic Review of Literature

    Assessing Transformative Learning in International Education: Critiques and New Directions Based on a Systematic Review of Literature

    2023-03-03 15:49:56 | Contributor(s): Guanglong Pang, Robert C. Cox, Kris Acheson-Clair

    Using a bibliographic approach that employs a systematic literature review, this paper analyzes the state of the field for assessing transformative learning (TL).

  3. Cross-Cultural UX Pedagogy: A China–US Partnership

    Cross-Cultural UX Pedagogy: A China–US Partnership

    2021-08-12 15:31:23 | Contributor(s): Ziqing Li, Colin M Gray, Austin Toombs, Kevin McDonald, Lukas Marinovic, Wei Liu

    We report on a series of ten interviews with students and faculty to describe cross-cultural connections between two UX-focused programs, one in China and one in the United States.

  4. Dilemmas and Coping Strategies of Chinese International Students’ Mental Health Problems: The Parents’ Perspectives

    Dilemmas and Coping Strategies of Chinese International Students’ Mental Health Problems: The Parents’ Perspectives

    2021-02-12 16:16:32 | Contributor(s): Lan Jin, Lalatendu Acharya

    This study engages with the parents of CISs to identify their dilemmas and coping strategies employed to discuss depression with their children studying in United States.

  5. Intercultural learning in semester-long study abroad: A comparative analysis of the effectiveness of one-on-one versus group-mentored interventions - updated

    Intercultural learning in semester-long study abroad: A comparative analysis of the effectiveness of one-on-one versus group-mentored interventions - updated

    2020-03-17 14:17:39 | Contributor(s): Daniel Charles Jones, Kris Acheson-Clair, Michelle M. Campbell

    This study corroborates previous findings on the effectiveness of mentorship in study abroad and offers innovations for scaling up institutional efforts to support intercultural learning to reach larger numbers of students.

  6. Intercultural Knowledge Development During Short-Term Study Abroad in the Basque Country: A Cultural and Linguistic Minority Context

    Intercultural Knowledge Development During Short-Term Study Abroad in the Basque Country: A Cultural and Linguistic Minority Context

    2019-12-13 21:53:33 | Contributor(s): Ager Gondra, Lori Czerwionka

    This investigation examined intercultural knowledge development in a short-term study abroad program in a cultural and linguistic minority context (Basque Country, Spain).

  7. Structured Study Abroad Enhances Intercultural Competence

    Structured Study Abroad Enhances Intercultural Competence

    2019-12-06 20:33:57 | Contributor(s): Lata A. Krishnan, Christi Masters, Horane A. Diatta-Holgate, Cong Wang, Charles A. Calahan

    Participation in a service-learning (SL) study abroad (SA) program has been shown to enhance cultural competence (Krishnan, Richards & Simpson, 2016) as measured via the Public Affairs Scale (PAS; Levesque-Bristol & Cornelius-White, 2012).

  8. An Interprofessional, Intercultural, Immersive Short-Term Study Abroad Program: Public Health and Service Systems in Rome

    An Interprofessional, Intercultural, Immersive Short-Term Study Abroad Program: Public Health and Service Systems in Rome

    2019-05-01 19:55:43 | Contributor(s): Sarah McComb, Lorenzo Fedele, Patrick Brunese, Vicki Simpson

    The purpose of this paper is to describe a short-term study abroad program that exposes engineering and nursing undergraduate students from the United States and Italy to an intercultural and interprofessional immersion experience.