Deepening Learning and Inspiring Rigor: Bridging Academic and Experiential Learning Using a Host Country Approach to a Study Tour

Autor/inn/en	Long, Susan Orpett; Akande, Yemi Susan; Purdy, R. W.; Nakano, Keiko
Titel	Deepening Learning and Inspiring Rigor: Bridging Academic and Experiential Learning Using a Host Country Approach to a Study Tour
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 14 (2010) 1, S.89-111 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315308327952
Schlagwörter	Asian Studies; Asian Culture; Academic Standards; Cross Cultural Training; Experiential Learning; Program Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Study Abroad; Individual Development; Cultural Awareness; Program Evaluation; Student Attitudes; Surveys; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asia; Studies; Asienwissenschaft; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Ausland; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Individuelle Entwicklung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Schülerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	American students are increasingly incorporating study in a foreign country into their college educations, but many participate in short-term programs that limit their engagement with any more than the superficial aspects of the host culture. This article describes a short-term study abroad course for American students to Japan in which the authors drew on an "emic" host country model of group travel in an effort to combine high academic standards, personal growth, and deepened engagement with Japanese culture. The authors first consider the history of study tours in U.S. study abroad and then look at an alternative model provided by Japanese school trips. The authors explain the process by which their American students read, research, and work in groups to plan the itinerary for their study tour. The final section reports on their preliminary evaluations of the program and their plans for future excursions sponsored by the East Asian Studies program. (Contains 7 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10