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Yeung, Deniss – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
This study was prompted by one institution's decision to make flexible delivery and internationalization a strategic priority. Through an existing relationship with an education institute in China, it has been possible to gauge their students' online learning experiences, preferences and intentions to study mixed mode delivery programmes overseas.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies
Rexeisen, Richard J.; Anderson, Philip H.; Lawton, Leigh; Hubbard, Ann C. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2008
Study abroad is an expensive, resource intensive activity for both students and their home institution. With an estimated 200,000 American students studying abroad in 2006, and an annual growth rate of eight percent, program administrators and international scholars are increasingly being asked to document the learning outcomes associated with…
Descriptors: International Education, Grade Point Average, Alumni, Program Effectiveness
Norris, Emily Mohajeri; Steinberg, Michael – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2008
Study abroad is a holistic educational experience that affords participants opportunities to develop new academic interests, participate in academic internships, establish friendships with host country nationals, explore a new culture, expand their worldview and sense of self, as well as improve their target language skills. This article aims to…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Alumni, Language Skills, Educational Experience
Espiritu, Kira Mendez – ProQuest LLC, 2009
As U.S. colleges and universities prepare students to enter an ever-increasing global society, the pressure on higher education institutions to graduate globally competent and culturally sensitive students is growing. To respond to this demand, many colleges and universities are participating in campus internationalization initiatives that are…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Strategic Planning, Higher Education, International Programs
Adom-Boateng, Evelyn – ProQuest LLC, 2009
U.S. Demographic changes have had an impact on health education, care, and promotion. The best health education, promotion, and care can be delivered by culturally sensitive health professionals. The importance of addressing the issue of culture is widely acclaimed by educators from various health disciplines. Participation in an international…
Descriptors: International Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Multicultural Education, Program Effectiveness
Phillion, JoAnn; Malewski, Erik L.; Sharma, Suniti; Wang, Yuxiang – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2009
Universities in the United States and elsewhere offer study abroad programs to meet requirements that graduates have cross-cultural competencies and an international perspective on their discipline. Study abroad courses and field experiences for preservice teachers address two major challenges specific to the teaching profession: (1) how to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Felix-Brasdefer, J. Cesar – Applied Language Learning, 2009
This study examines the pragmatic strategies that learners utilize to negotiate a resolution when refusing a native speaker of higher status in three asymmetric situations (+Power, +Distance). Following Pomerantz's (1984) analysis of dispreferred responses, this study focuses on refusals to an invitation, a request, and a suggestion. Refusal…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Native Speakers, Pragmatics, Power Structure
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Comas-Quinn, Anna; Mardomingo, Raquel; Valentine, Chris – ReCALL, 2009
The application of mobile technologies to learning has the potential to facilitate the active participation of learners in the creation and delivery of content. Mobile technologies can also provide a powerful connection between a variety of formal and informal learning contexts and can help to build a community of learners. However these versatile…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Informal Education, Electronic Publishing, Foreign Culture
Forum on Education Abroad, 2007
In an effort to gather information on the latest management practices in the field, the Forum on Education Abroad's Data Committee, under the leadership of its chair, Kim Kreutzer, designed a survey to assess study abroad program management practices. The Data Committee was assisted in this effort by the Forum's Standards Committee and the Forum…
Descriptors: Ethics, Best Practices, Study Abroad, Educational Quality
Franke, Anne H.; Eisenberg, Meyer – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Government investigations into alleged conflicts of interest in student-aid programs continue and now have widened to include study-abroad programs. It seems as if almost every day the news contains reports concerning possible questionable practices by colleges and universities. In this article, the authors discuss current scandals and possible…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Conflict of Interest, Professional Associations, Governing Boards
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Brubaker, Cate – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2007
Based on findings from a recent study investigating how a group of undergraduate students defined, experienced, and perceived self-identified cultural encounters during a five-week stay in Mayen, Germany, this article suggests that short-term language and culture study abroad programs are fertile venues for exploring culture learning. After…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness
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Woolf, Michael – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2007
In recent years, there has been a considerable development of administrative skills in study-abroad management, but much less in the educational dimension of this endeavour. The field is burdened by myths and conceptions that exist unchallenged in the uncontested climate of study abroad. An exploration of three of these prevailing myths…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Study Abroad, Educational Quality, Immersion Programs
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Gammonley, Denise; Rotabi, Karen Smith; Gamble, Dorothy N. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2007
Expanding opportunities for short-term overseas study require social work educators to consider ethical implications of these courses. Maximizing global understanding requires skillful facilitation, culturally respectful engagement, and learning activities consistent with ethical codes. Drawing on 10 years of experience leading study abroad trips…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Global Approach, Ethics, Study Abroad
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Isabelli, Casilde A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This study investigates whether or not abstract-level linguistic features, not successfully acquired abroad, will be acquired once the advanced language learner returns from a study abroad program and is exposed to linguistic instruction. The goal of the study was to measure the development of the Spanish subjunctive in adverbial clauses collected…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Study Abroad, Spanish, Verbs
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O'Brien, Irena; Segalowitz, Norman; Freed, Barbara; Collentine, Joe – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
This study investigated the relationship between phonological memory and second language (L2) fluency gains in native English-speaking adults learning Spanish in two learning contexts: at their home university or abroad in an immersion context. Phonological memory (operationalized as serial nonword recognition) and Spanish oral fluency…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Memory, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development
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