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Acquah, Emmanuel O.; Commins, Nancy L. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
Drawing on a combination of prior experience, theoretical stance, and intuition, along with pedagogical practices identified to be effective in addressing diversity with teacher candidates, a model for teaching multicultural education to teacher candidates was designed. This study examined how particular elements of this model were effective in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Multicultural Education, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education
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Giralt, Marta; Jeanneau, Catherine – Research-publishing.net, 2016
In recent years, going to a foreign country has become all the more significant for Higher Education (HE) students, as concepts such as internationalisation and intercultural competencies have gained a more prominent role in HE. For students to fully benefit from this experience, it is paramount to prepare them for their stay in a foreign country…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language)
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Yang, Junfeng; Kinshuk; Yu, Huiju; Chen, Sue-Jen; Huang, Ronghuai – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
As the communication between different cultures is becoming more and more frequent, the competence of cross-cultural awareness and collaboration is emerging as a key ability in the 21st century. Face to face communication is the most efficient way to cultivate the competence of cross-cultural awareness and collaboration. However, there are very…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Educational Strategies
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Bachner, David; Zeutschel, Ulrich – Intercultural Education, 2009
This paper reports on a research study of the long-term effects of a high school home-stay experience for German and American students who participated in the Youth For Understanding program in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. With emphasis on the German sample, this paper (1) briefly describes the study's methodology, (2) provides an overview…
Descriptors: High School Students, Family (Sociological Unit), Student Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries
Hansel, Bettina – 1984
More than 8,000 secondary school students participated in the AFS International exchange programs in 1983, and this document examines some of the research that investigates the impact of travel abroad and intercultural experiences on personality development. Cigdem Kagitcibasi, in a study of the effects of a 10-month program on student…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Evaluation Problems, Global Approach, Intercultural Communication
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Van Hoof, Hubert B.; Verbeeten, Marja J. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2005
This article reports on a study done among students who participated in student exchange programs, both in the United States and other parts of the world, between January 2001 and May 2003. Issues such as why students decide to study abroad, why they select a certain institution, how their home institution compares to a partner institution abroad,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Exchange Programs, Study Abroad, Undergraduate Students