Short-Term, Faculty-Led Study Abroad and Global Citizenship Identification: Insights from a Global Engagement Program
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Short-term, Study abroad, Faculty-led, Global citizenship, Global Engagement ProgramAbstract
Short-term, faculty-led study abroad programs are increasingly featured in higher education internationalization efforts. As noted in the literature, such programs can aid in the development of varied student outcomes, including developing global citizenship. This paper presents an examination of the Global Engagement Seminar (GES) program, a short-term, faculty-led program at a private women’s liberal arts college that has expressed a firm commitment to internationalization. A quasi-experimental design was employed to examine whether participation in the GES program influenced participants’ antecedents, identification, and pro-social values of global citizenship (Reysen & Katzarska-Miller 2013a), and how the relationships compare with those of a matched comparison sample. The results of the survey indicated that GES completion moderated some but not all of the paths in the global citizenship model. Completing a GES was associated with non-significant relations among the moderated paths, a finding that emphasizes the need for a nuanced discussion of the complex relationship between short-term study abroad and global citizenship. Implications for faculty-led global engagement programs that aim to promote global citizenship among undergraduates in liberal arts contexts are discussed.
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Fisher, C. M., & Grettenberger, S. E. (2015). Community-based participatory study abroad: A proposed model for social work education. Journal of Social Work Education, 51(3), 566-582.
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Gibson, S. A., & Reysen, S. (2013). Representations of global citizenship in a school environment. International Journal of Education Research, 8, 116-128.
Graham N., & Crawford P. (2012). Instructor-led engagement and immersion programs: Transformative experiences of study abroad. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 16, 107–109.
Gullekson, N. L., Tucker, M. L., Coombs Jr, G., & Wright, S. B. (2011). Examining intercultural growth for business students in short-term study abroad programs: Too good to be true? Journal of Teaching in International Business, 22(2), 91-106.
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Kiely, R. (2004). A chameleon with a complex: Searching for transformation in international service-learning. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 10(2), 5-20.
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Lewis, T. L., & Niesenbaum, R. A. (2005). Extending the stay: Using community-based research and service-learning to enhance short-term study abroad. Journal of Studies in International Education, 9(3), 251-264.
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Mule, L. (2017). Towards critical global education worker subjectivity: An exploration of narratives of American women engaged in education-related international volunteerism. International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 8(2), 53-72.
Mullens, J. B., & Cuper, P. (2012). Fostering global citizenship through faculty led international programs. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Mulvaney, M. K. (2017). The long-term impact of study abroad on honors program alumni. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 29(1), 46-67.
Murphy, D., Sahakyan, N., Yong-Yi, D., & Magnan, S. S. (2014). The impact of study abroad on the global engagement of university graduates. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 24, 1-24.
Muthén, L. K., & Muthén, B. O. (1998-2017). Mplus user’s guide (7th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Muthén & Muthén.
Paige, R. M., Fry, G. W., Stallman, E. M., Josic, J., & Jon, J. (2009). Study abroad for global engagement: The long-term impact of mobility experiences. Intercultural Education, 20, S29-S44.
Perry, L., Stoner, K. R., Stoner, L., Wadsworth, D., Page, R., & Tarrant, M. A. (2013). The importance of global citizenship to higher education: The role of short-term study abroad. British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioral Science, 3(2), 184-194.
Randolph, J., Falbe, K., Manuel, A., & Balloun, J. (2014). A step-by-step guide to propensity score matching in R. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 19(18), 1-6.
Reysen, S., & Katzarska-Miller, I. (2013a). A model of global citizenship: Antecedents and outcomes. International Journal of Psychology, 48, 858-870.
Reysen & Katzarska-Miller (2013b) Student pathways to global citizenship. In C. Boyle (Ed.), Student Learning: Improving Practice, pp. 121-137. Hauppauge, NY: Nova.
Reysen, S., Larey, L. W., & Katzarska-Miller, I. (2012). College course curriculum and global citizenship. International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 4(3), 27-40.
Reysen, S., Pierce, L., Spencer, C., & Katzarska-Miller, I. (2013). Exploring the content of global citizenship identity. The Journal of Multiculturalism in Education, 9, 1-31.
Sachau, D., Brasher, N., & Fee, S. (2010). Three models for short-term study abroad. Journal of Management Education, 34(5), 645-670.
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.
Steiger, J. H. (1990). Structural model evaluation and modification: An interval estimation approach. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 25, 173-180.
Tarrant, M. A., Rubin, D., & Stoner, L. (2014). The added value of study abroad: Fostering a global citizenry. Journal of Studies in International Education, 18(2), 141–161.
Tucker, L. R., & Lewis, C. (1973). A reliability coefficient for maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 38(1), 1-10.
Walters, C., Charles, J., & Bingham, S. (2016). Impact of short-term study abroad experiences on transformative learning: A comparison of programs at 6 weeks. Journal of Transformative Education, 15 (2), 103-121.
Wang, J., Peyvandi, A., & Coffey, B. S. (2014). Does a study abroad class make a difference in student's global awareness? An empirical study. International Journal of Education Research, 9(1), 152-162.
Zamastil-Vondrova, K. (2005). Good faith or hard data? Justifying short-term programs. International Educator, 14 (1), 44-49.
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Mule, L., Aloisio , K., & Audley, S. (2018). Short-Term, Faculty-Led Study Abroad and Global Citizenship Identification: Insights from a Global Engagement Program. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 30(3), 20–37. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v30i3.425
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