Intercultural Wonderment and Study Abroad
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https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v25i1.341Keywords:
Intercultural, Study abroad, Education Abroad, Global perspective, Intercultural wondermentAbstract
This study seeks to identify elements of a study abroad experience that foster participants’ intercultural wonderment as well as how intercultural wonderment influences students’ development of a global perspective. The results demonstrate that intercultural wonderment is an important determinant of change in students’ global perspectives and influenced by curricular, co-curricular, and community-based experiences.
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Astin, A. (1977). Four critical years: Effects of college on beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Baxter Magolda, M. B. (2001). Making their own way: Narratives for transforming higher education to promote self-development. Sterling, VA: Stylus.
Baxter Magolda, M.B. (2008). Three elements of self-authorship. Journal of College Student Development, 48, 491-508.
Bennett, M. (1993). Towards ethnorelativism: A development model of intercultural sensitivity. In M. Paige (Ed.), Education for the intercultural experience (pp. 21-71). Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.
Braskamp, L.A. (2009). Applying personal investment theory to better understand student development. In A. Kaplan, S.A. Karabenick, & E. De Groot (Eds.), Culture, self, and motivation: Essays in honor of Martin L. Maehr (pp. 21-38). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Braskamp, L. A., Trautvetter, L. C. & K. Ward. (2006). Putting students first: How colleges develop students purposefully. Bolton, MA: Anker.
Cheng, C.-Y., Leung, A. K.-y., & Wu, T.-Y. (2011). Going beyond the multicultural experience-creativity link: The mediating role of emotions. Journal of Social Issues, 67(4), 806-824.
Chickering, A.W. & Reisser, L. (1993). Education and identity (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Coryell, J. E. (September 06, 2011). The Foreign City as Classroom: Adult Learning in Study Abroad. Adult Learning, 22, 3, 4-11.
Gurin, P., Dey, E.L., Hurtado, S., and Gurin, G. (2002). Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes. Harvard Educational Review, 72(3), pp. 330-366.
Jessup-Anger, J. E. (2008). Gender Observations and Study Abroad: How Students Reconcile Cross-Cultural Differences Related to Gender. Journal of College Student Development, 49, 4, 360-373.
Jones, S.R., Rowan-Kenyon, H.T., Ireland, S.M., Niehaus, E. (2012). The meaning students make as participants in short-term immersion programs. Journal of College Student Development, 53(2), pp. 201-220.
Kegan, R. (1994). In over our heads: The mental demands of modern life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
King, P.M., & Baxter Magolda, M.B. (2005). A developmental model of intercultural maturity. Journal of College Student Development, 46(6), pp. 571-592.
Kolb, D.A. (1984). Experiential Learning experience as a source of learning and development. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Knight, S. M., & Schmidt-Rinehart, B. C. (June 06, 2010). Exploring Conditions to Enhance Student/Host Family Interaction Abroad. Foreign Language Annals, 43, 1, 64-79.
Kuh, G. D. (2003). What we're learning about student engagement from NSSE: Benchmarks for effective educational practices. Change, 35(2), pp. 24-32.
Langer, E.J. (1978). Rethinking the role of thought in social interaction. In J. Harvey, W. Ickes, & R. Kiss (Eds.), New directions in attribution research (Vol. 3, pp. 35-38). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Lee, L. (2012). Engaging study abroad students in intercultural learning through blogging and ethnographic interviews. Foreign Language Annals, 45(1), 7-21.
Leung, A. K.-y., & Chiu, C.-y. (2008). Interactive effects of multicultural experiences and openness to experience on creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 20(4), 376-382.
Leung, A. K.-y., & Chiu, C.-y. (2010). Multicultural experiences, idea receptiveness, and creativity. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 41(5-6), 723-741.
Lewis, R., Davis Lenski, S., Mukhopadhyay, S., & Cartwright, C.T. (2010). Mindful wonderment: Using focus groups to frame social justice. Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 2(2), pp. 82-105.
Love, P.G. & Guthrie, V.L. (Eds.). (1999). Understanding and applying cognitive development theory. New Directions for Student Services, No. 88. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Maehr, M. L., & Braskamp, L. A. (1986). The motivation factor: A theory of persona investment. Lexington, MA: Heath & Co.
Martinsen, R. (April 08, 2011). Predicting Changes in Cultural Sensitivity among Students of Spanish during Short-term Study Abroad. Hispania, 94, 1, 121-141.
Marx, H., & Moss, D. M. (2011). Please Mind the Culture Gap: Intercultural Development during a Teacher Education Study Abroad Program. Journal of Teacher Education, 62, 1, 35-47.
Nussbaum, M.C. (1997). Cultivating humanity: A classical defense of reform in liberal education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Pascarella, E.T. & Terenzini, P.T. (2005). How college affects students (Vol. 2): A third decade of research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Piaget, J. (1965). The moral judgment of the child. New York, NY: Free Press.
Piaget, J. (1985). The equilibrium of cognitive structures: The central problem of intellectual development. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Pizzolato, J.E. (2005). Creating crossroads for self-authorship: Investigating the provocative moment. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 797-811.
Reisser, L. (1995). Revisiting the seven vectors. Journal of College Student Development, 36, 505-511.
Rexeisen, R. J., & Al-Khatib, J. (January 01, 2009). Assurance of Learning and Study Abroad: A Case Study. Journal of Teaching in International Business, 20, 3, 192-207.
Salisbury, M.H., An, B.P., & Pascarella, E.T. (2013). The effect of study abroad on intercultural competence among undergraduate college students. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 50(1), 1-20.
Sanford N. (1966). Self and society. New York, NY: Atherton Press.
Savicki, V., & Cooley, E. (2011). American identity in study abroad students: Contrasts, changes, correlates. Journal of College Student Development, 52(3), 339-349.
Stearns, P.N. (2009). Educating global citizens in colleges and universities: Challenges and opportunities. New York, NY: Routledge.
Twombly, S. B., Salisbury, M. H., Tumanut, S. D., and Klute, P. (2012). Study abroad in a new global century: Renewing the promise, refining the purpose. San Francisco: Wiley/Jossey-Bass. Series: ASHE Higher Education Report, v. 38, no. 4.
Vande Berg, M., Connor-Linton, J., & Paige, R. M. (2009). The Georgetown Consortium Project: Interventions for Student Learning Abroad. Frontiers: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 18, 1-75.
Vande Berg, M., Paige, R.M., & Lou, K.H. (2012). Student learning abroad: What our students are learning, what they’re not, and what we can do about it. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publications
Wielkiewicz, R.M. & Turkowski, L.W. (2010). Reentry issues upon returning from study abroad programs. Journal of College Student Development, 51, 6, 649-664.
Zúñiga, X., Nagda, B. A., Chesler, M., & Cytron-Walker, A. (2007). Intergroup dialogue in higher education: Meaningful learning about social justice. ASHE Higher Education Report, 32(4). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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2015-03-15
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Engberg, M., & Jourian, T. (2015). Intercultural Wonderment and Study Abroad. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 25(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v25i1.341
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