A Case Study of Troika Short-Term Study Abroad Program Model in Community Colleges

Autor/in	Pickard, Jeremy L.
Titel	A Case Study of Troika Short-Term Study Abroad Program Model in Community Colleges
Quelle	(2010), (179 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Iowa State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-1244-3002-7
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Travel; Program Effectiveness; Case Studies; Study Abroad; Community Colleges; College Students; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Educational Benefits; Diaries; Social Capital; Photography; College Faculty; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Travelling; Reisen; Reise; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Community college; Community College; Collegestudent; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsertrag; Diary; Tagebuch; Sozialkapital; Fotografie; Fakultät; Analogiemodell
Abstract	This case study examined the phenomenon, through a basic interpretive approach, of 13 students who participated in a short-term study abroad program at a community college. Participants shared experiences from their programs that provided meaning to their lives and how that meaning has shaped their life socially, academically, professionally, and personally. The goal of the study was to describe their experiences of community college students who participate in a short-term study abroad program, describe how a short-term study abroad program at a community college impacts a student's life, understand how short-term study abroad programs in community colleges are moving toward the outcomes of long-term programs, and determine the impact this study will have on senior level administrators from Community Colleges for International Development and other government agencies affiliated with study abroad programs. Data were collected from 13 participants via interviews, travel journals, trip reports, and photographs taken while the students were studying abroad. The themes identified in the data were: International experiences encourage participants to study abroad; student perception of faculty leading the study abroad program is key to study abroad participation; expanded worldview through human interaction; studying abroad produces a desire to travel internationally; participants earn intellectual, social, professional, and personal capital as a result of studying abroad. These themes suggest that short-term study abroad programs that use the Troika model produced a significant impact on students who participate in them. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10