International Study Tour Groups

O'Reilly, Frances L.; Matt, John; McCaw, William P.; Kero, Patty; Stewart, Courtney; Haddouch, Reda

doi:10.5539/jel.v3n1p52

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“…Responses were analysed using multi‐phased thematic coding (Bauer & Gaskell ; Flick ), which utilised open‐coding to identify consistent themes, followed by axial coding to develop more specific themes (O'Reilly et al . ; Boyatzis ).…”

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Gaining ‘Raw Insider Knowledge’: The Benefits and Challenges of International Study Tours for Creative Industries Students

Pennings¹,

Cushing²,

Gomez³

et al. 2019

Int J Art Design Ed

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International short-term study tours are a fast-growing format for outbound education and provide exciting experiential learning opportunities for students in the creative industries disciplines. This success has encouraged researchers to seek a comprehensive view of the various concrete experiences that contribute to student learning during study tours. To that end, this article presents evidence from a qualitative online post-tour questionnaire administered with students studying various art and design disciplines who participated in short-term international study tours at a large Australian university in 2015. Using Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory as a framework, data collected explored student perceptions of which concrete experiences on a study tour are most impactful and which may actually hinder learning. Findings revealed: experiencing key industry venues are the most significant aspects of a study tour, rather than networking or personal growth; poor itinerary planning and travel issues are the least liked aspects of a tour, yet are often the most easily addressed with better tour management and planning; and students were positively impacted by unexpected gains in knowledge about their creative industries discipline. This study, therefore, provides unique insights into which concrete experiences may be most impactful as part of the experiential learning cycle within an international study tour for creative industries students.A number of studies have investigated student-learning experiences during shortterm international study tours. These have focused primarily on policy development, curriculum design, developing more efficient assessment and enhancing teaching expertise to imbue students with new global perspectives. For example, iJADE 38.2 (2019)

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%