Developing Global-Ready Graduates: The CANEU-COOP Experience

Autor/inn/en	McRae, Norah; Ramji, Karima; Lu, Linghong; Lesperance, Mary
Titel	Developing Global-Ready Graduates: The CANEU-COOP Experience
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 17 (2016) 4, S.377-386 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1175-2882
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Postsecondary Education; College Students; Study Abroad; International Educational Exchange; Intercultural Programs; International Cooperation; Cultural Awareness; Intelligence; Student Development; Overseas Employment; Comparative Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Hypothesis Testing; Scores; Pretests Posttests; Correlation; Canada; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Collegestudent; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Internationaler Austausch; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Auslandstätigkeit; Statistische Analyse; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Korrelation; Kanada; Europa
Abstract	Post-secondary institutions spend considerable resources on programs, such as study abroad and international work-integrated learning, which involve students' participation in international experiences. One significant impetus for these programs is the hope that through exposing students to international settings these students will be better prepared to be successful in global workplaces upon graduation, in essence be more "global-ready". However, simply having an international experience does not necessarily lead to the development of capabilities that result in global workplace success. In addition to the knowledge, skills and abilities required for any workplace, being successful in these global workplaces also requires intercultural effectiveness. This paper presents the findings of a study that examined the development of cultural intelligence (CQ), the ability to be effective in intercultural encounters, in students participating in a Canadian-European exchange program (CANEU-COOP) where the European students had a study term in Canada and the Canadian students had a co-op work term in Europe. The study found that while both groups of students developed CQ, there were differences between the groups. These findings reaffirm the importance of intentionally structuring international experiences to include curriculum about and assessment of intercultural effectiveness. [Paper presented at the World Association for Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education, International Research Symposium on Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education, (2nd, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2016).] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01