Relationships, Participation, and Characteristics of a Community of Practice in Short-Term Adult Study Abroad

Autor/inn/en	Davis, Brittany; Coryell, Joellen E.
Titel	Relationships, Participation, and Characteristics of a Community of Practice in Short-Term Adult Study Abroad
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 31 (2020) 1, S.17-26 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Davis, Brittany)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
DOI	10.1177/1045159519849903
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adult Education; Study Abroad; Graduate Students; Cross Cultural Training; Interpersonal Relationship; Student Experience; Communities of Practice; Program Implementation; Instructional Design; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Studienerfahrung; Community; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Italien
Abstract	This study examines the role relationships have in learning among graduate students during a short-term cross-cultural field study in Italy. During group and personal reflections, students expressed the value of relationships and engagement, and how they perceived these experiences to influence their learning. Using relational learning and communities of practice as our framework, we analyzed blogs written by master's and doctoral students as well as interviews conducted with the nine students to determine how relationships and interpersonal interactions may have helped shape their experiences abroad. Our findings provide insight into relationships, participation, and characteristics of a study abroad program to support becoming a member of a knowledge community of comparative international adult education. Our findings also provide implications for design, implementation, and facilitation for faculty and others who conduct educational programs abroad for adults. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01