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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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).