An Academic and Cultural Transition Course for International Students: Efficacy and Socioemotional Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Brunsting, Nelson C.; Smith, Andrew C.; Zachry, Corinne
Titel	An Academic and Cultural Transition Course for International Students: Efficacy and Socioemotional Outcomes
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 8 (2018) 4, S.1497-1521 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Student Adjustment; Cultural Awareness; College Students; College Freshmen; Student Attitudes; Acculturation; Course Descriptions; Outcomes of Education; Private Colleges; Attitude Change; Self Advocacy; Social Support Groups; Student School Relationship; Comparative Analysis; Social Adjustment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Collegestudent; Studienanfänger; Schülerverhalten; Akkulturation; Kursstrukturplan; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Privathochschule; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Selbstbehauptung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Soziale Anpassung
Abstract	The current study details changes in first-year international undergraduate students' perceived knowledge of, confidence in, and usefulness of intercultural skills in specific US university contexts after completing a semester-long academic and cultural transition course at a mid-sized private university. Results revealed significant increases in participants' (n = 42) perceived intercultural competence, perspective shifting, suspending judgment, self-advocacy, and interacting in class with students of other cultures; participants also reported significantly higher campus belonging and social support than a comparison group of students at the university who were not enrolled in the course (n = 32). These findings provide initial evidence for the potential of transition courses to increase intercultural skills and campus belonging for first-year undergraduate international students attending US universities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01