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Showing 1 to 20 of 213 for “"study abroad"”.
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Raising awareness in study abroad
… 2001; Obst, Bhandari, & Witherell, 2007). Study abroad programs have been found to provide students with the necessary skills and competence required for the 21st century. The purpose of this action research study was to examine honors students' intercultural competency and the barriers …
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Encountering the Other Through Study Abroad
"To explore this question, the study undertakes an analysis of narratives generated through one popular American study abroad program, Semester at Sea (SAS). The study considers the images in SAS's promotional materials, the program's instructional practices, photographs taken by SAS students, and …
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Study abroad as a critical global pedagogy: An analysis of a critical orientation towards the study abroad experience
This dissertation argues that study abroad presents an enormous opportunity for the vigorous interrogation of received traditions on a global scale, that not only augments skills and equips students with knowledge, but also enriches attitudes and strategies to understand and manage themselves and …
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Reading German in a Study Abroad Context
Implications. Students, faculty, and study abroad professionals should have more realistic expectations of second language development as a result of study abroad. There is much room for further research in the area of reading while studying abroad.
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The effects of study abroad on leadership
When participating in a study abroad experience students develop skills such as increasing intercultural competence. These are skills that previous research has proven is vital to the development of globally minded leaders. Oddly, given this, researchers have yet to study how engaging in study …
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Predicting Study Abroad Propensity among College Students
… Strategic Plans and Mission Statements, 2012). Study abroad is one of the means employed by higher education to increase students' global competency (Carlson, Bum, Useem and Yachimowicz, 1990). This study explored the relationship between demographic characteristic, and personal, social, and …
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Overcoming Barriers to Faculty Engagement in Study Abroad
… members who developed, directed and instructed study abroad programs for undergraduate students from three different institutions: a large research university, a private comprehensive university, and a community college. A qualitative study was based on in-depth interviews with eighteen faculty …
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Application of Project Management in Study Abroad Project
… international students, and greatly develops the study abroad programs. During the internship in the office, I realized the importance of international communication and mutual learning. Thus, I paid much attention to the ISEP (International Student Exchange Programs). Majoring in Public …
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Liminality and the short term study abroad experience
To date the relationship between study abroad and tourism has been largely understudied. This is particularly interesting given that many frameworks and concepts seeking to explain tourist experiences could also be used to investigate and understand study abroad participants’ experiences. Using a …
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(Re) Presenting Study Abroad through the 'Colonial Library'
… the internationalization of higher education, studyabroad participation has doubled in the last decade. To correspond with this increased interest and prepare students for an intercultural workforce, the study abroad programs of colleges and universities have diversified travel destinations to …
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Intercultural Communication: Pre-Departure Orientation for Study Abroad Students
… has become increasingly diverse. No longer is study abroad in higher institutions only accessible to the affluent, white privileged class. With this changing demographic in our student population, so does the need of how we prepare our student cohorts for their study abroad experience. The …
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Intercultural Now?: A Japanese Short-Term Study Abroad Experience
<p>This phenomenological study investigated the lived experience of seven Japanese university students who participated in short-term study abroad programs in Southeast Asia. The seven participants were a part of groups of twenty-four Japanese students who studied the local language and conducted …
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The Cultural Impact of Short-Term Study Abroad Programs
<p>This study explores the nature of the transformative experience that can occur for students as a result of participating in a short-term study abroad program. Eighteen University of South Carolina students who participated in a wide variety of topical, short-term study abroad programs during the …
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Understanding the risky sexual behaviors of study abroad students
… Model of Interpersonal Behavior (TIB) this study examined the influence of environmental and individual characteristics on predicting risky sexual behaviors of study abroad students. This study utilized a two-stage, qualitative and quantitative methodological framework. First, focus groups …
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A qualitative approach to understanding the study abroad experience
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the study abroad experience on selected students, using a qualitative approach. The participants in this study consisted of six full-time Rowan University students, during the spring 2012 semester. All six students had studied abroad for a …
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Defining preparation and preparedness for nursing study abroad trips.
The aim of this study is to explore the preparation nursing students receive prior to undertaking study abroad trips. The researcher's personal context that initiated this project is representative of the findings of the literature - namely that students often feel unprepared during study abroad …
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Broadening Horizons through Collegiate Study Abroad: A Narrative Experience
Creative Nonfiction
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Chinese Postgraduate Students' Intentions and Expectations to Study Abroad
… students’ intentions and expectations of studying abroad. Using focus groups and in-depth interviews on Chinese overseas students who were taking master’s degrees in the UK, the research analysed the students’ motivations of studying abroad in the perspectives of both individual …
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