An Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Short-Term Study Abroad and Human Rights Education

Autor/in	Nagengast, Emil
Titel	An Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Short-Term Study Abroad and Human Rights Education
Quelle	In: International Research and Review, 7 (2017) 1, S.77-92 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2167-8669
Schlagwörter	Study Abroad; Civil Rights; Student Attitudes; Attitude Change; Role of Education; Relevance (Education); Mixed Methods Research; Intergroup Relations; Intergroup Education; Sensitivity Training; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Student Surveys; Comparative Analysis; Likert Scales; College Students; Foreign Countries; Gambia; Vietnam; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Schülerverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Bildungsauftrag; Relevance; Relevanz; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Multinationale Lerngruppe; Sensitivitätstraining; Schülerbefragung; Likert-Skala; Collegestudent; Ausland; USA
Abstract	How does short-term study abroad affect students' attitudes toward human rights? What role does study abroad play in human rights education? This study assesses the learning outcomes of two study abroad programs that aimed to promote human rights education. I applied a mixed methods approach to measure the changes in the opinions of students who completed my courses in two countries with poor human rights scores: The Gambia and Vietnam. I expected that The Gambia course would push the students toward ethnocentrism, and the Vietnam course would push the students toward ethnorelativism, but I was wrong about the impact of both courses Intergroup contact theory provides the best theoretical framework for explaining these unexpected learning outcomes. My findings suggest that we need to question the compatibility between human rights education and study abroad in terms of learning objectives. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01