Design and evalutation of an intercultural training program : impacts on student development

<p>The following study evaluates the impacts intercultural training has on student development of global perspective and of intercultural competence, on social support networks of international students, and on internationalization goals at a community college in Southern California. Data reveals that participants in the extra-curricular student volunteer program benefit from a combination didactic-experiential training program that focuses on culture-general frameworks and provides tools for accessing culture-specific knowledge. Participants enter with high levels of openness and respect, and develop throughout the program, demonstrating increased cultural self-awareness, knowledge of cultural worldview frameworks, curiosity, and comfort with ambiguity. Students acquired role behaviors associated with multiple functional support network 4 systems. Internationalization efforts may be promoted through extra-curricular programs due to increased intercultural contact, stronger international student support systems, and through the actions of an interculturally inforn1ed group within the student body.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

International Studies

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Harrington, Shelby Noel

Contributors dc:contributor

• Laura Bathurst

• Intercultural communication Study and teaching
• Students
• Foreign United States
• Community college students
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/848

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1847