Integrating study abroad into the curriculum: theory and practice across the disciplines
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Sterling, Va. Stylus Pub. 2009
Ausgabe:1st ed
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction / Elizabeth Brewer and Kiran Cunningham -- 1. Capturing study abroad's transformative potential / Elizabeth Brewer and Kiran Cunningham -- 2. Lessons from geography : mental maps and spatial narratives / Darren Kelly -- 3. Preparatory courses fro students going to divergent sites : tow examples / Elizabeth Brewer and Jan Solberg -- 4. Culture, religion, and nationality : developing ethnographic skills and reflective practices connected to study abroad / Carol S. Anderson and Kiran Cunningham -- 5. Embedding preparation in language courses : Bonn and Erlangen / Jennifer Redmann -- 6. Semiotics and the city : putting theories of everyday life, literature, and culture into practice / Darren Kelly -- 7. Cool cities : Kalamazoo and Carthage : the intersection of service-learning and intercultural learning / Anne E. Haeckl and Elizabeth A. Manwell -- 8. Chinese cities in transition : the city as classroom / Daniel Youd -- 9. Health and microcredit : Beloit as a laboratory for understanding Nicaragua / Nancy Krusko -- 10. Building global awareness through biology, public health, and study abroad : how science study can prepare students for study abroad, and how study abroad can prepare scientists for citizenship / Marion Field Fass and Ann M. Fraser -- 11. Synthesis and career preparation : the international relations senior thesis / Pablo Toral -- 12. Capacity building for study abroad integration : the institution and the faculty / Elizabeth Brewer and Kiran Cunningham
To achieve the goal of engendering intercultural competence and intellectual development, this book proposes two strategies: structure study abroad to bridge the separation of academic learning from experiential and intercultural learning; and integrate study abroad with the undergraduate curriculum. This book opens with two chapters presenting different theoretical perspectives relevant to the integration of study abroad into the curriculum. The following nine chapters provide examples from a variety of disciplines and within such contexts as distance learning, service learning, and the senio
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