Passport to Change
Designing Academically Sound, Culturally Relevant, Short-Term, Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Higher Education
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781620365502 | |
| Publisher: | Stylus Publishing | Publication: | December 31, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Stylus Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781620365502 |
| Publisher: | Stylus Publishing |
| Publication: | December 31, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Stylus Publishing |
| Language: | English |
There has been enormous growth in faculty-led short-term study abroad programs because they offer flexibility and expand opportunities for students and faculty members who wish to study and work abroad but do not have the resources or time to spend a semester or year away. These experiential programs offer unique opportunities for university faculty to teach their disciplines abroad while engaging students in direct, authentic cultural encounters for transformative change.
This volume provides a detailed framework and guidance on how to plan and implement a faculty-led study abroad program. Seasoned faculty leaders and administrators describe an overall program development process, comprehensively identify the elements for designing the curriculum, and offer advice and solutions to unique challenges inherent in various types of programs.
The contributors cover the logistics for managing program details at home and abroad provide advice on writing a university proposal, creating a budget, the marketing and recruitment of students, handling abroad logistics, and preparing students for the abroad experience – all illustrated by examples drawn from their experiences. Most importantly, readers will come to understand the difference between experiences that are more touristic than scholarly and gain guidance on designing or redesigning their own programs to ensure academically sound, culturally-relevant curricula that complements the international field site.
The opening section sets the scene by describing the overall process of designing and delivering faculty-led abroad programs, from conception to implementation. The core of the book is grounded in evidence-based research for designing international curricula and syllabi, and includes five case studies illustrating short term programs focused on interdisciplinary subject matter, field study, global service learning, internship immersion, and language and cultural study. This practical guide concludes with faculty activities critical to a program’s success: marketing and recruiting students; preparing teaching events for before, during, and after the abroad experience; and formulating a plan to leave a small footprint abroad.
This book constitutes a handbook for college and university professors who plan to or already conduct short-term study abroad programs as well as administrators and staff of global and international programs.
Contributors
Bilge Gokhan Celik
Robert A. Cole
Darla K. Deardorff
Candelas Gala
Javier Garcia Garrido
Dale Leavitt
Roxanne O’Connell
Susan Lee Pasquarelli
Michele V. Price
Autumn Quezada de Tavarez
Victor Savicki
Michael Scully
Michael Tyson
Kerri Staroscik Warren
Paul Webb
Brian Wysor
Min Zhou
There has been enormous growth in faculty-led short-term study abroad programs because they offer flexibility and expand opportunities for students and faculty members who wish to study and work abroad but do not have the resources or time to spend a semester or year away. These experiential programs offer unique opportunities for university faculty to teach their disciplines abroad while engaging students in direct, authentic cultural encounters for transformative change.
This volume provides a detailed framework and guidance on how to plan and implement a faculty-led study abroad program. Seasoned faculty leaders and administrators describe an overall program development process, comprehensively identify the elements for designing the curriculum, and offer advice and solutions to unique challenges inherent in various types of programs.
The contributors cover the logistics for managing program details at home and abroad provide advice on writing a university proposal, creating a budget, the marketing and recruitment of students, handling abroad logistics, and preparing students for the abroad experience – all illustrated by examples drawn from their experiences. Most importantly, readers will come to understand the difference between experiences that are more touristic than scholarly and gain guidance on designing or redesigning their own programs to ensure academically sound, culturally-relevant curricula that complements the international field site.
The opening section sets the scene by describing the overall process of designing and delivering faculty-led abroad programs, from conception to implementation. The core of the book is grounded in evidence-based research for designing international curricula and syllabi, and includes five case studies illustrating short term programs focused on interdisciplinary subject matter, field study, global service learning, internship immersion, and language and cultural study. This practical guide concludes with faculty activities critical to a program’s success: marketing and recruiting students; preparing teaching events for before, during, and after the abroad experience; and formulating a plan to leave a small footprint abroad.
This book constitutes a handbook for college and university professors who plan to or already conduct short-term study abroad programs as well as administrators and staff of global and international programs.
Contributors
Bilge Gokhan Celik
Robert A. Cole
Darla K. Deardorff
Candelas Gala
Javier Garcia Garrido
Dale Leavitt
Roxanne O’Connell
Susan Lee Pasquarelli
Michele V. Price
Autumn Quezada de Tavarez
Victor Savicki
Michael Scully
Michael Tyson
Kerri Staroscik Warren
Paul Webb
Brian Wysor
Min Zhou
