Beyond the Tourist Gaze? Cultural Learning on an American "Semester Abroad" Programme in London

Autor/in	Janes, Dominic
Titel	Beyond the Tourist Gaze? Cultural Learning on an American "Semester Abroad" Programme in London
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in International Education, 7 (2008) 1, S.21-35 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1475-2409
DOI	10.1177/1475240907086886
Schlagwörter	Study Abroad; International Educational Exchange; Foreign Countries; Learning Experience; Cultural Awareness; Student Attitudes; Program Descriptions; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Internationaler Austausch; Ausland; Lernerfahrung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Is the short-term study abroad experience, particularly when undertaken with a self-contained group of international students such as on a "semester abroad programme" accredited by a US university, little more than glorified tourism? This study investigates some of the ways in which a group of American students developed their understanding of British culture, not just by studying it together with their peers, but also by living in the country for a semester. The results suggest that these students learned both within and out of the classroom; they were not simply adding information during the semester, but also reflecting about their own views and attitudes, such that the study abroad experience was not, for most of them, simply about the passive reception of pre-packaged tourist images; it changed their views of Britain, of America and of themselves. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10