ERIC Number: EJ1132034
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 12
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Lessons from Abroad: Teaching Cultural and Global Leadership in the U.S. Classroom
Zimmerman, Jeff
Journal of Leadership Education, v14 n4 spec iss p114-125 2015
This paper provides an insightful perspective to the common problem facing many global leadership educators across the U.S.: helping students understand "global leadership" while they sit in U.S. classrooms. The instructor of an undergraduate leadership course addressed this problem by recreating for U.S. students in local "cultural groups" a "culture shock" similar to that experienced by expatriates in foreign cultures. The culture shock experience is important for cross-cultural leadership development because culture shock produces challenges of uncertainty, anxiety and stress similar to those challenges needed to be overcome by an effective cross-cultural leader. The author discusses course structure and design (i.e. experiential-reflection project utilizing participant observation to write multi-stage report) along with student feedback, illustrating that teaching global, cross-cultural leadership can start in one's backyard.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Feedback (Response), Leadership Training, Culture Conflict, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Foreign Nationals, Cultural Differences, Anxiety, Stress Variables, Global Approach, Course Descriptions, Qualitative Research, Outcomes of Education, Student Attitudes, Participant Observation
Association of Leadership Educators. e-mail: Jole@aged.tamu.edu; Web site: http://leadershipeducators.org/page-1014283
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
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