The Impact of Student Abroad on Intercultural Competence as a Professional Disposition: Narrative Stories from Student Affairs Professionals

<p>Student affairs professionals (SAP) have been tasked to educate students and provide opportunities to develop skills to live in a culturally diverse and global society. The shortage of culturally competent SAP could hinder students’ abilities to gain intercultural competence. The purpose of this narrative non-fiction study was to understand how SAP’ study abroad experiences helped them to grow and develop intercultural competence. Furthermore, the study aimed to identify how intercultural competence shaped their practices and strategies to provide students with safe environments to gain knowledge and understanding about different cultures. Data collection included three levels of semi-structured interviews. Identified themes from the three stories were analyzed to draw conclusions about the impact of study abroad on intercultural competence and how it affected participants’ careers. Their stories provide a voice of inspiration for students and future SAP to take advantage of the study abroad experience.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Secondary Education and Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Chronister, Dare

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pauline M. Sampson, Ph.D.
• Scott Bailey, Ed.D.
• Paula Griffin, Ed.D.

• Study Abroad
• Intercultural Competence
• Professional Disposition
• Student Affairs Professionals
• Adult and Continuing Education
• Adult and Continuing Education Administration
• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
• Educational Leadership
• Higher Education Administration
• Higher Education and Teaching
• International and Comparative Education
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Student Counseling and Personnel Services
• Teacher Education and Professional Development

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/141

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1138