Bringing the learning home : programs to enhance study abroad outcomes in Australian universities.
Report of the Bringing the Learning Home (BTLH) project - a project designed to enrich the study abroad and exchange experience for Australian students by creating and disseminating learning and teaching materials framed around appropriate learning outcomes. Over 18 months, project members from thre...
| Institutions: | Murdoch University University of Wollongong Macquarie University |
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Australia. Dept of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE). Office for Learning and Teaching
2012
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| Online toegang: | /resources/CG10-1549_Gothard_Report_2012.pdf |
| Samenvatting: | Report of the Bringing the Learning Home (BTLH) project - a project designed to enrich the study abroad and exchange experience for Australian students by creating and disseminating learning and teaching materials framed around appropriate learning outcomes. Over 18 months, project members from three universities worked with 413 Australian exchange students at about 30 BTLH events and workshops to develop, trial and refine learning and teaching materials. A weblog was established as a repository for students' reflections on their international experience. In addition, students completed two surveys designed to chart the demographic profile of the Australian exchange student and their pre-departure cultural competence. The data can be regarded as a baseline for further research in this area. The learning materials are designed around the acquisition of skills in cross-cultural competence and lifelong learning. They comprise ten self-contained modules, on the topics: exploration; reflection; stereotypes; cultural relativism; communication; adaptation; transformation; globalisation and cosmopolitanism; education and culture; and professionalisation. Module contents include explanatory notes for teachers or students; suggestions for exercises and assessment; guidelines for reflective written and photographic journaling and blogging; and multiple modes of delivery, namely PowerPoint, Keynote and Prezi presentations. [Executive summary, ed] |
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| ISBN: | 9781922218131 (PDF) 9781922218124 (print) 9781922218131 (PDF) 9781922218124 (print) |
