ERIC Number: EJ1290275
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 25
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1085-4568
EISSN: EISSN-2380-8144
To Understand You, I Need to Know Me: Approximating the Study Abroad Experience Utilizing Assessment as Learning in a Glocal Classroom
Dunn-Jensen, Linda M.; Osland, Joyce S.; Wells, Pamela M.
Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, v33 n1 p206-230 2021
Due to Covid-19 and the inaccessibility of study abroad for some students, we successfully tested an alternative for building intercultural effectiveness -- a glocal classroom (GC) pedagogy highlighting assessment as learning. Over a 15-week course, the GC replicated the work context and job demands of expert global leaders and developed global skills via activities and simulations. Pre-posttest measures of the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (IES) found significant improvement in all dimensions. Students with prior international experience had higher pre-test results in the world orientation and relationship development dimensions; however, students without study abroad experience approximated those results in their post-test assessment, apparently as a result of the GC. Quantitative and qualitative findings suggest that assessment, self-awareness, self-directed PDPs, well-designed simulations, receiving and giving extensive feedback, and reflection can be effective methods for moving the needle on intercultural competencies without a physical international experience.
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Metacognition, Feedback (Response), COVID-19, Pandemics, Teaching Methods, Intercultural Communication, Course Descriptions, Work Environment, Job Skills, Simulation, Learning Activities, Pretests Posttests, Independent Study, Leadership Training, Learning Theories, Student Evaluation, Local Issues, Global Education, Urban Universities, State Universities, Comparative Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Student Characteristics, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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