Encountering an American Self: Study Abroad and National Identity

Dolby, Nadine

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“…Dolby (2004) found that, upon completion of international service-learning, participants reported having a 'reformed identity'. It is likely that this occurs because the experience causes volunteers to examine their identity in positive and critical ways (Carlson & Widaman 1988).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research also suggests that volunteering is a means of expressing individuality and provides volunteers with an enhanced sense of identity (Wuthnow 1991). Upon returning home, American students participating in international volunteer service reported having a 'reformed identity' (Dolby 2004). The international volunteer experience causes participants to examine their identity in both positive and critical ways (Carlson & Widaman 1988).…”

Section: Identity Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Impact of international humanitarian service-learning on emerging adult social competence: A mixed-methods evaluation

Schvaneveldt

Spencer

2016

Gateways

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This article presents the results from a study into international humanitarian service-learning experiences on young adult volunteers. Specifically, the service-learning experiences of emerging adults who had served in orphanages in Latin America were assessed, in a pre- and post-test design, for their development in areas of social competency such as identity, self-efficacy, self-esteem and ethnocentric attitudes. A mixed-methods design using both qualitative and quantitative measures was used. Both qualitative and quantitative results identified significant and important impacts on the development of the social competencies of these emerging adults. In addition, several qualitative themes illustrated that longer term international service-learning experiences have a profound impact on the social competence of emerging adults.Keywords: International humanitarian service, service-learning, emerging adult competency

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Section: Identity Developmentmentioning

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Impact of international humanitarian service-learning on emerging adult social competence: A mixed-methods evaluation

Schvaneveldt

Spencer

2016

Gateways

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“…Investigations have shown that study abroad improves students' global perspective, world mindedness and cross-cultural awareness (Bakalis & Joiner, 2004;Douglas & Jones-Rikkers, 2001;Kitsantas, 2004;Kitsantas & Meyers, 2001). Study abroad has also been found to make students aware of their own national identity and influences how they view people from other nationalities (Dolby, 2004;Drews and Meyer, 1996).…”

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Study Abroad and Interlanguage Pragmatic Development in Request and Apology Speech Acts among Iranian Learners

Khorshidi¹

2013

ELT

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This research study empirically investigated the impact of study abroad context on L2 learners' pragmatic development compared with study at home group in Iran. For the study abroad group the participants were selected from the Iranian students who registered in a six-month program in language institutes in India (Mysore) and for the study at home group the participants were chosen from the language learners at the most outstanding language institute in Iran (Iran Language Institute) at the intermediate level. A Discourse Completion Task (DCT) including request and apology speech acts was used to measure the gains in the two groups. The DCT was administered one at the beginning as a pre-test and then at the end of the six months course as a post-test. Overall, the study revealed significant development in study abroad learners' pragmatic knowledge, whereas this change in at home group was meager. It was also found that a correlation governs the growth in apology and request proficiency in language learning. This comparative study moreover yielded this finding that gender is not a determining factor in the acquisition of pragmatic knowledge specifically in request and apology speech acts in language learning.

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“…These factors have also contributed to the growing attachment of study abroad programs with the discourse on 'global citizenship' in recent times. Much of the recent literature on study abroad (Clyne & Rizvi, 1998;Rizvi, 2000;Dolby, 2004;Szelenyi & Rhoads, 2007) testifies that study abroad for an extended period of time has a deep impact on students. Scholars believe that study abroad helps in broadening the world view of students.…”

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US Study Abroad from the Periphery to the Center of the Global Curriculum in the Information Age

Mukherjee

2012

Policy Futures in Education

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The Higher Education Act of 1965 for the first time gave discretionary authority to campuses to use federal fnancial aid in support of students studying abroad. Thereafter, US study abroad has thus evolved from the periphery to the center of the global curriculum. In 2005 the Lincoln Commission report proposed an ambitious goal of sending one million students abroad each year to promote educational and cultural exchange for intercultural understanding, peace and global citizenship. Following this recommendation a legislative and federal policy, the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act, was approved in June 2009 by the US House of Representatives authorizing generous funding for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to the US Department of State and Peace Corps for innovative new programs that would enhance US capacity to engage with the world. The article traces this historic expansion effort, its link with the current pedagogical discourse on global citizenship and reflects on its relation to the ideology of curriculum to highlight the need to develop more critically reflexive curricula and pedagogy. The article also reflects critically on the empirical research literature to highlight the gaps between the assumptions driving investment in study abroad and its learning outcome.

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Encountering an American Self: Study Abroad and National Identity

Cited by 146 publications

References 12 publications

Impact of international humanitarian service-learning on emerging adult social competence: A mixed-methods evaluation

Impact of international humanitarian service-learning on emerging adult social competence: A mixed-methods evaluation

Study Abroad and Interlanguage Pragmatic Development in Request and Apology Speech Acts among Iranian Learners

US Study Abroad from the Periphery to the Center of the Global Curriculum in the Information Age

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