TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural exchange
T2 - Evaluating an alternative model in higher education
AU - DeLong, Marilyn
AU - Geum, KeySook
AU - Gage, Kelly
AU - McKinney, Ellen
AU - Medvedev, Katalin
AU - Park, Juyeon
PY - 2011/2/1
Y1 - 2011/2/1
N2 - A fundamental and contemporary issue in higher education is how to encourage global awareness, professional development, and accountability within constraints of curriculum and scarce resources. This is an evaluation of student experiences with a 11/2-year cross-cultural partnership that included a team project, public presentations, publications, and 2-week travel exchanges. Data were collected from the participant's project outcomes, from interviews pre- and posttravel, and survey questions at the end of the experience and 1 year later. The public face to the project allowed for partners to learn of the professional standards of the other culture while representing their own. Partner synergies were evidence of a personal, professional, and cultural awareness that provided a pathway to encourage cross-cultural learning among students in similar fields. Such cross-cultural experiences will help to ensure professional survival in the 21st century.
AB - A fundamental and contemporary issue in higher education is how to encourage global awareness, professional development, and accountability within constraints of curriculum and scarce resources. This is an evaluation of student experiences with a 11/2-year cross-cultural partnership that included a team project, public presentations, publications, and 2-week travel exchanges. Data were collected from the participant's project outcomes, from interviews pre- and posttravel, and survey questions at the end of the experience and 1 year later. The public face to the project allowed for partners to learn of the professional standards of the other culture while representing their own. Partner synergies were evidence of a personal, professional, and cultural awareness that provided a pathway to encourage cross-cultural learning among students in similar fields. Such cross-cultural experiences will help to ensure professional survival in the 21st century.
KW - cross-cultural professional partnerships
KW - graduate and undergraduate students
KW - higher education
KW - peer learning
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U2 - 10.1177/1028315309334619
DO - 10.1177/1028315309334619
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78651411704
SN - 1028-3153
VL - 15
SP - 41
EP - 56
JO - Journal of Studies in International Education
JF - Journal of Studies in International Education
IS - 1
ER -