Teacher as Traveler

Enhancing the Intercultural Development of Teachers and Students

AvKenneth Cushner

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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The essence of this second edition, under the revised title Teacher as Traveler: Enhancing the Intercultural Development of Teachers and Students, is to examine the development of intercultural competence through various dimensions of student travel, study abroad and intercultural encounters. Cushner, who has traveled with students and teachers to all seven continents for more than 40 years, uses his firsthand experiences as the foundation to introduce essential concepts related to cross-cultural communication and intercultural interaction and to point out strategies educators can employ to enhance intercultural learning. This second edition reflects the considerable research that has occurred in recent years that has helped us better understand the impact and design of international travel experiences that have the potential to enhance intercultural development. In addition to updated research, the chapters examine new study abroad initiatives while looking closely at the critical role that guided teacher-led experience plays in facilitating intercultural growth and development.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-09-30
Mått:154 x 223 x 24 mm
Vikt:476 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:206
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781475838237

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Kenneth Cushner, Emeritus Professor of International and Intercultural Education at Kent State University, is former Director of the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching and a Founding Fellow and past-President of the International Academy for Intercultural Research. Since his retirement, Dr. Cushner has consulted with numerous international schools and organizations, volunteers at the Orkeeswa School, a Maasai community school in northern Tanzania, and has served as Intercultural Specialist with Semester at Sea.

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International educators frequently seek intercultural competence as an outcome of study abroad. What this involves is developing in the sojourners a mindset of global knowledge, a skillset for interaction, and a heartset of respectful curiosity. Ken Cushner takes us on a journey where we can experience such approaches to study abroad through both his stories as well as his academic insights. He exemplifies putting ‘theory into practice’ as he illustrates for the leaders of travel adventures the warm reality and meaningful challenges they will face. For the students or participants on study abroad, his conceptual frameworks provide a substantive new way to view their impending experience. And for the interculturalist, his perspective reveals the underlying structure of the seemingly effortless experience of other cultures. He indeed shows the reader the way to develop intercultural competence.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceChapter 1: Teacher as Traveler – Travel as Teacher Chapter 2: Get Ready; Get Set; Before You GoChapter 3: Traveling with Class: The Trip Begins Chapter 4: The Power of Travel Occurs Off the Beaten TrackChapter 5: Learning to Travel is Learning to See: Developing Intercultural SensitivityChapter 6: Change Your Latitude, Change Your Attitude: Facilitating Adolescent AdjustmentChapter 7: Learning to Live Together: Bridging Intercultural Boundaries with Youth DialogChapter 8: Global Learning: How International Student Teachers Grow into World Class Educators, by Martha Lash and Justine DeFrancesco Chapter 9: I Came for the Animals – I Stayed for the PeopleChapter 10: The Ultimate Global Education: A Semester at SeaChapter 11: Beyond Tourism: The Role of Experience in Intercultural LearningAppendix: Making it Work for You: Travel Tips and ResourcesReferencesAbout the Author Index