The Foreign City as Classroom: Adult Learning in Study Abroad

Autor/in	Coryell, Joellen E.
Titel	The Foreign City as Classroom: Adult Learning in Study Abroad
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 22 (2011) 3, S.4-11 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Study Abroad; Communities of Practice; Learning Theories; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Global Approach; Grounded Theory; Student Surveys; Summer Programs; College Students; Course Descriptions; Intercultural Communication; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Community; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Globales Denken; Schülerbefragung; Sommerkurs; Collegestudent; Kursstrukturplan; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Italien
Abstract	To live and work in today's global community, adults need to develop an intercultural responsiveness and flexibility in order to interact sensitively in situations involving international cultural contexts, practices, beliefs, understandings, and communications. One way to support this development in adult and higher education is to offer opportunities to study abroad. These experiences can present adult learners with a setting in which to learn about global diversity and the interrelationships of issues across the world's population today. There is very little evidence, however, about adult learning in study abroad. Therefore, the author conducted an extensive investigation that examined adult learning within the context of a short-term program in Italy. In this paper, the author first offers further clarification of the adult learning theory that frames this study and provides an overview of the relevant literature. She then explains the research methodology, followed by a description of the short-term study abroad program under investigation. Finally, she presents the findings of the research and the implications on what the data suggest about the nature of adult learning and communities of practice in study abroad experiences. (Contains 1 table and 1 note.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10