African-American Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Study Abroad Programs
Author | : Donald D. Washington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Foreign study |
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Author | : Donald D. Washington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Foreign study |
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Author | : Sharon J. Riskedahl |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : |
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This study analyzes changes in student attitudes toward classroom learning and behavior, specifically in the areas of structure and formality in the classroom, the importance of questioning and creative self-expression in the classroom, and the importance of self-expression in testing in the classroom. Participants in this two-year study were third year students from a women's college in Japan taking part in a three-week education/homestay experience at a small liberal arts college in the Midwest. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected upon students' arrival, at the end of classes, and six months after their return to Japan. At the end of the American study session, results revealed changes in students' perception of education and self, and showed very favorable responses to new ways of learning and interaction. Within six months of their return to Japan, however, students had resumed their prior patterns of classroom learning. This study could productively be extended to evaluate the effectiveness of short-term cross-cultural learning experiences in the context of an intended purpose, and/or replicated to determine the value and significance of short term study abroad programs.
Author | : Devin L. Walker |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2022-11-14 |
Genre | : Study Aids |
ISBN | : 3031130561 |
This book examines how the unique perspectives of BIPOC faculty and students must be integrated into the undergraduate curriculum to expose students of color to education abroad experiences, enhance cultural awareness and sensitivity, and lend to a broader diversity and inclusion perspective. This edited volume, written by authors of color, argues that education abroad programs not only provide essential academic and cultural enrichment but can also be an important nexus of innovation. When approached within a creative, interdisciplinary, and holistic framework, these programs are ripe with opportunities to engage various constituencies and a potent source of strategies for bolstering diversity, recruitment, retention, and graduation. Despite a tendency to view study abroad as a luxurious option for persons with wealth and means, the editors and their authors argue that global education should be thought of as a fundamental and integral part of higher education, for all students, in a global era.
Author | : Benjamin McKay Williams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : African Americans |
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Abstract: This dissertation explored the ways in which White, African American and Biracial American undergraduate and graduate students made meaning of race and other aspects of identity. Using a constructivist grounded methodology this study revealed a new way to conceptualize the processes by which students' perceptions of self and other were shaped through a course on the culture and society of Southern Africa and by studying abroad on a short-term program to that region: the dynamics of integrating lenses. In the U.S. classroom, students moved from ignorance about the continent of Africa and the region of Southern Africa to an initial understanding. Through the combined course and study abroad program, the White undergraduate students' unexamined White privilege was surfaced and examined. At the same time, Black students' pride in being Black and their connection to their histories was deepened. Their assumptions about race and identification with Africa were also broadened. The result of the group cohesiveness and support was that White and Black students who had never had friends of the "other" race expanded their relationships to incorporate new people who they may never have interacted with otherwise. Through personal stories students were exposed to new perspectives and experiences, first, in the U.S. classroom, later in Southern Africa, and also in the comfort and security of the group itself. Through personal relationships with the instructor, the tour guides and fellow students, participants became engaged. Through learning about Southern Africa: its history, the society, and its many cultures, students became invested in the stories and the people who told them. As a result, they felt compelled to confront the reality they were facing. Through reflecting on those experiences in the support of the group, students were able to grapple with the dissonance between their earlier assumptions, perceptions, and beliefs and the new experiences they were having. This led to a greater complexity of thinking around issues of race, community, and globalization, and an expansion of the lenses they used to perceive themselves and others.
Author | : Stevon Walker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
The objective of this paper is to explore students' perceptions of globalization and the study abroad programs at HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities). Recent statistics reveal that in spite of the current growth in the number of US students receiving academic credit for their overseas academic experience, less than one percent of undergraduate minority students participate in a study abroad program during their degree program. The analysis is based on survey questionnaires administered to 263 undergraduate minority students at AAMU (Alabama A & M University). The questionnaire contained questions related to respondents' demographic characteristics and Likert-scale questions pertaining to students' perceptions of globalization and studying abroad programs. The data are analyzed using factor analysis and binary logistic regression. The results of the regression model suggest that while a number of variables, such as major and classification are found to have statistically significant relationships with globalization, demographic variables and information source variables are not good indicators of students' perceptions of globalization. One interesting finding is that with a global mindset, business students seem to be more favorably inclined toward globalization than non-business students. (Contains 6 tables, 1 figure, and 6 footnotes.).
Author | : Quiana Shawan Preston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : African American college students |
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Author | : Dan Landis, Janet Bennett |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780761923329 |
This handbook deals with the question of how people can best live and work with others who come from very different cultural backgrounds. Handbook of Intercultural Training provides an overview of current trends and issues in the field of intercultural training. Contributors represent a wide range of disciplines including psychology, interpersonal communication, human resource management, international management, anthropology, social work, and education. Twenty-four chapters, all new to this edition, cover an array of topics including training for specific contexts, instrumentation and methods, and training design.
Author | : Denise M. Campbell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : African American college students |
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Author | : Jerry S. Carlson |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1990-08-27 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0313273855 |
Annotation. Distilling the findings of a long-term evaluation project, this work is the first to provide systematic, comprehensive documentation of the impact of overseas study programs on American undergraduates. The study focuses on the acquisition of foreign language proficiency, knowledge of foreign cultures and attitudes toward them, concern with international issues, attitudes towards their own country, and career objectives and accomplishments. The authors examine the implications of their findings in the context of our times and society and recommended some new policy directions for making overseas study programs more effective in the years ahead.
Author | : Tafadzwa Ray Chirowamangu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Student adjustment |
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