Beyond "Just Being There": Teaching Internationalization at Home in Two Qualitative Methods Units

Autor/inn/en	Baldassar, Loretta; McKenzie, Lara
Titel	Beyond "Just Being There": Teaching Internationalization at Home in Two Qualitative Methods Units
Quelle	In: Teaching Sociology, 44 (2016) 2, S.84-95 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0092-055X
DOI	10.1177/0092055X16631126
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Foreign Students; Qualitative Research; Research Projects; Student Projects; Student Research; Global Approach; Interpersonal Relationship; Learner Engagement; Experiential Learning; Sociology; Anthropology; Foreign Countries; Units of Study; Research Methodology; College Instruction; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Forschungsvorhaben; Schulprojekt; Studentenforschung; Globales Denken; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Soziologie; Anthropologie; Ausland; Lerneinheit; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Hochschullehre; Australien
Abstract	Study-abroad and international-student programs are commonly understood to transform their participants into "global citizens" possessing "cross-cultural competencies." Similar benefits are anticipated from "internationalization at home"--defined as any on-campus, internationally related activity--whereby international students engage with and thus enrich the lives of domestic students. In this article, we reflect on a research project tied to two coursework units, in which largely domestic undergraduate students undertake qualitative research with or about international students. When developing the project, we postulated that the researcher--informant engagement that characterizes qualitative research mirrors that required for effective domestic--international student engagement. In describing "engagement", we utilize research on experiential learning, which suggests that experiences can become knowledge only through reflection, analysis, and synthesis. We examine the ways that cross-cultural engagement and experiential learning gained through students' qualitative research might lead to the realization of the anticipated benefits of internationalization at home. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01