Evaluating a Culture-General Assimilator through the Orientation of AFS Students to New Zealand.

Autor/in	Cushner, Kenneth
Institution	AFS International/Intercultural Programs, Inc., New York, NY. Center for the Study of Intercultural Learning.
Titel	Evaluating a Culture-General Assimilator through the Orientation of AFS Students to New Zealand.
Quelle	(1987), (19 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Acculturation; Adolescents; Cross Cultural Training; Cultural Pluralism; Educational Research; Exchange Programs; Foreign Countries; Foreign Culture; High School Students; Higher Education; Intercultural Communication; Intercultural Programs; International Organizations; International Programs; Multicultural Education; Research Reports; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Kulturpluralismus; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Ausland; Fremdes; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Neuseeland
Abstract	Designed to assess the impact of an approach to aid assimilation of exchange students from a number of different countries into a wide variety of cultures, this study looked at the adjustment of adolescent exchange students who lived in New Zealand for a year. A culture-general assimilator in the form of a programmed textbook was used to introduce concepts relevant to intercultural interaction and adjustment. Unlike other assimilators that have typically been culture-specific, the culture-general format used in this study was designed to introduce individuals to relevant issues in intercultural interaction and adjustment regardless of the cultural groups involved. It was found that students trained with the culture-general assimilator were better able to identify dynamics that mediated cross-cultural interaction and the process of adjustment, and to apply concepts of cross-cultural interaction and adjustment to their own descriptions of intercultural misunderstandings they had experienced. It was concluded that there were valid culture-general concepts as well as methods of presenting them that had a positive impact on the adjustment and interaction of sojourners. (DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC