Classroom on the Road

Designing, Teaching, and Theorizing Out-of-the-Box Faculty-Led Student Travel

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

Classroom on the Road: Designing, Teaching, and Theorizing Out-of-the-Box Faculty-Led Student Travel explores real-world, out-of-the-box examples of faculty-led student travel that challenge the dominant paradigms of conventional tourism. Contributors share teaching methods that can be adapted for a variety of university travel scenarios and encourage students to be responsible and thoughtful members of the global community who seek out valuable experiences in other cultures to go beyond the standard consumption of touristy clichés. Furthermore, this book contributes to existing discourse about travel by going beyond being “just” a tourist to become a person who impacts—and is impacted by—other cultures and the commensurate politics of place. Contributors discuss issues of cultural imperialism, economic disparity, and responsible travel that can help protect unique destinations from the homogenizing effects of global capitalism, encouraging respectful and responsible travel.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-10-14
Mått:161 x 228 x 21 mm
Vikt:572 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:246
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793610881

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Jeff Birkenstein is professor of English at Saint Martin’s University.Irina Gendelman is professor of communication studies at Saint Martin’s University.

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Classroom on the Road takes a deep dive into the most meaningful kind of learning, that which truly immerses one in new cultural waters and results not only in new knowledge but also profound personal growth. The diversity and nuance of exchanges grappled with in this excellent collection show how experiential learning abroad can both be mindfully guided and open to transcendent serendipity. In the process, the book makes a timely argument for intercultural immersion in higher education in order to grow ourselves and our societies to be more self-aware, more just, more communal, and more fun.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Introduction: On Leading Student Travel: First the Hard Work and Then the Serendipity, by Irina Gendelman & Jeff BirkensteinChapter 1: Following Tour Buses: Teaching the Tourist Circuit, by Jana Mathews & Emily RussellChapter 2: Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, and Identifying the Common Good in International Travel, by Ann D. Summerall-JabroChapter 3: Judging More Justly: Travel as an Encounter with the Other, by Raymond BlantonChapter 4: Building and Sustaining a Faculty-Led Russian-American Summer Language Exchange, by Igor Krasnov, Jamie Olson, & Karen RosenflanzChapter 5: Master’s Program Summer Abroad: Enhancing the Education Experience, by Joshua Azriel & Jeannine Jones Chapter 6: Folklore and Photography: An Economically Feasible Study Abroad Experience, by Christine Holtz & Heather PinsonChapter 7: Film Study Abroad: Immersive, Experiential Learning Through Social Documentary, by Robin CanfieldChapter 8: Exploring Culture Through Prosocial Storytelling, by Gwendelyn S. N