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ERIC Number: EJ1156473
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0309-8265
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The Journey as a Transcultural Experience for International Students
Loynes, Chris; Gurholt, Kirsti Pedersen
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v41 n4 p532-548 2017
An international two-year Erasmus Mundus MA, Transcultural European Outdoor Studies (TEOS), uses the journey as a central metaphorical concept, the "peregrinatio academica", and experiential pedagogy. Students study human nature interactions through the lens of outdoor education and recreation while travelling for a semester at a time in three European countries: England, Norway and Germany. We argue that the transcultural concept is facilitated by the diverse nationalities of the student cohort and the concept and experience of the journey. Empirical evidence from student feedback, course discussions, and staff reflections is used to explore the ways in which the programme elucidates ideas of expert and Eurocentric knowledge of landscape and learning by valuing individual knowledge constructions and new research. Simultaneously, we argue that the typical European "gaze" on the "other" somehow is reversed as "others" gaze at European cultures, and, to some degree, contribute to destabilizing culturally taken-for-granted knowledge. This offers new opportunities for a more nuanced transcultural exploration of human nature interactions in diverse landscapes and cultures. We conclude that the knowledge and skills developed by this programme supports the development of "transculturalized" students with the enhanced capacity to shift between and discuss diverse positions and ways of viewing and knowing.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); Norway; Germany
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