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Levine, Kenneth J.; Garland, Michelle E. – Journal of International Students, 2015
This paper examines how the study-abroad experience enhances intercultural communication competence. This study used Bennett's (1986, 1993) model of ethnorelative typology of acceptance, adaptation, and integration to explore intercultural communication competency. Central to intercultural communication competency is intercultural sensitivity and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Study Abroad, Experiential Learning, Intercultural Communication
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Senent-Sánchez, Joan-Maria – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2014
This article analyses the educational approaches towards the animal-human relationship which have been developed during the last 20 years. The article establishes a chain of states in that relationship and presents the reasons why those states are consecutive or, occasionally, simultaneous. Next, the different European profiles of social educators…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Web Sites, Content Analysis, Educational Practices
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Gloria Gresham; Paula Griffin; Tracy Hasbun; Vikki Boatman – School Leadership Review, 2014
Teacher preparation program administrators face the issue of expanding curricula to prepare teacher candidates for the diverse population of students they will encounter (Trent, Kea, Oh, 2008). Globalization demands that teacher candidates grasp how to function in a more integrated and interdependent society (McGrew, 2005). According to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Sensitivity Training
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Mellizo, Jennifer M. – Intercultural Education, 2017
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore levels of intercultural sensitivity in a sample of fourth to eighth grade students in the United States (n = 162). "Intercultural sensitivity" was conceptualised through Bennett's Developmental Model of Sensitivity, and assessed through the Adapted Intercultural Sensitivity Index.…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Multicultural Education, Sensitivity Training, Mixed Methods Research
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Vera, Elizabeth; Hook, Kimberly; Daskalova, Plamena; Hill, Lincoln; Galvin, Sarah; Fritsche, Sarah; Catellier, Jessica; Haywood, Shaakira; Raziuddin, Abdul; Anderson, Bernasha; Roche, Meghan; Floro, Marissa; Mutuyemariya, Celine; Thomas, Kathryn; Heerwagen, Kathryn; Camacho, Daniel; Boots, Tonya; Gruber, Elisabeth Ondrey – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2018
This mixed-methods study examined the socioemotional experiences of 57 alumni of language support programs (i.e., English as a second language, bilingual education) to identify effects of being English learners (ELs). Findings revealed the need for multicultural sensitivity to ELs, bullying episodes, social exclusion, and not disclosing negative…
Descriptors: Social Experience, Emotional Experience, Student Experience, English Language Learners
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Rieger, Alicja – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2015
This article discusses an individualized narrative on a contribution that a White educator can add to the field of teacher education, in particular multicultural teacher education. Through sharing my individual life experiences with a process of moving from an invisible Whiteness (Clark & O'Donnell, 1999; Giroux, 1997; Helms, 1992) toward more…
Descriptors: Whites, Racial Identification, Identification (Psychology), Personality Development
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Pearsall, Hamil; Hawthorne, Timothy; Block, Daniel; Walker, Barbara Louise Endemaño; Masucci, Michele – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
Previous research on broadening participation in higher education and Science Technology Engineering and Math has inadequately examined the role of place. This article explores the socio-spatial perceptions of youth of a college campus and changes in perceptions youth experience during their transition from being a university neighbor to becoming…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geographic Information Systems, Student Attitudes, Adolescent Attitudes
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Avchen, Rachel Nonkin; Wiggins, Lisa D.; Devine, Owen; Van Naarden Braun, Kim; Rice, Catherine; Hobson, Nancy C.; Schendel, Diana; Yeargin-Allsopp, Marshalyn – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
We conducted the first study that estimates the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of a population-based autism spectrum disorders (ASD) surveillance system developed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The system employs a records-review methodology that yields ASD…
Descriptors: Autism, Classification, Evaluation, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Spiteri, Damian – Research in Education, 2013
Change within an educational context can be brought about through various means including changing the curriculum and changing educational policies so as to align them to political agendas. Since the more influential changes tend to be brought about by students directly, however, this places a responsibility on educators to channel that desire for…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Nontraditional Education, Foreign Countries, Males
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Terry, Alice W. – Parenting for High Potential, 2012
How can parents help their children develop the sensitivity and compassion of people like Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, Rachel Carson, and Martin Luther King, Jr.? Participation for gifted students in service-learning programs, both in and out of school, may be one helpful method. In the last two decades, there has been a resurgence of…
Descriptors: Altruism, Academically Gifted, Service Learning, Gifted
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Reyes, Iliana; Da Silva Iddings, Ana Christina; Feller, Nayalin – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine how preservice teachers, from a funds of knowledge perspective, in a community-based early childhood teacher preparation programme learned about the language and (bi)literacy development of young English emergent bilinguals. Through a series of in-depth home observations their early childhood education…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
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Bernstein-Yamashiro, Beth; Noam, Gil G. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2013
This article describes activities that can be used with multiple audiences of teachers, administrators, or other caregivers regarding setting boundaries in personal relationships with students. First, participants must think about and discuss relationships that they experienced with their own teachers in the past and determine what aspects of…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Caregivers, Group Activities, Interpersonal Competence
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O'Reilly, Frances L.; Matt, John J.; McCaw, William P.; Kero, Patty; Stewart, Courtney; Haddouch, Reda – Journal of Education and Learning, 2014
Using the context of international study tour groups, this study examined the personal and professional transformation that occurred among host faculty and staff at The University of Montana-Missoula as a result of their interactions with traveling academics from other countries. Data were collected from participant responses (n = 27) using a…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Interaction Process Analysis, Social Psychology, International Educational Exchange
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Cole, Darnell; Zhou, Ji – Innovative Higher Education, 2014
In this longitudinal, single institution study, we utilized Banks' five dimensions of multicultural education framework to examine whether and to what extent involvement in various diversity experiences helped students become more civically minded. The findings suggested that greater involvement in service learning, multicultural courses,…
Descriptors: College Students, Multicultural Education, Longitudinal Studies, Social Psychology
El Ganzoury, Hala A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The growing diversity of multi-cultural student populations in public schools coupled with the persistent challenge of narrowing the racial achievement gap raises questions about the preparedness of educational leaders to meet the needs of their diverse student population. Educational leaders are facing the challenge of responding to the needs of…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Instructional Leadership, School Districts
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