The journey as a transcultural experience for international students

Abstract

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Transculturality in higher education

“…The core aim of the programme was to develop transcultural sensitivity (Welsch 1999). Students learned through place-based pedagogy, language, and culture, as they journeyed and travelled together as a learning community across three countries (Loynes and Gurholt 2017). Learning and teaching occurred both within the traditional classroom and beyond in a range of cultural and outdoor landscapes and residential courses hosted by three universities in three countries (Smith and Segbers 2018).…”

The Impact of Transculturality on Student Experience of Higher Education

“…Traditionally, university outdoor studies programs occur in one university and one cultural context (Kostogriz & Abe, 2015). TEOS students undertake “education journeys” founded on the premise of “peregrination academia” (Loynes & Gurholt, 2017, p. 534). Teaching and learning transpires in a variety of cultural and outdoor landscapes, with structured and unstructured journeys, hosted by three universities in three countries (TEOS, n.d.).…”

“…Teaching and learning transpires in a variety of cultural and outdoor landscapes, with structured and unstructured journeys, hosted by three universities in three countries (TEOS, n.d.). The main aims include unpacking three core outdoor studies traditions (Norwegian Friluftsliv, English Outdoor Education, and German Erlebnispädagogik) and developing transcultural sensitivity (Welsch, 1999) as students journey and learn together through pedagogy, language, and culture (Loynes & Gurholt, 2017; TEOS, n.d.). “Outdoor studies” in the TEOS program is a term that includes all forms and cultural approaches of learning out of doors.…”

Creating global students: opportunities, challenges and experiences of internationalizing the Geography curriculum in Higher Education

“…The papers in this Symposium consider the latest developments of the internationalization of the curriculum in Geography. The structure of this Symposium starts with the large-scale, national perspective (Arrowsmith & Mandla, 2017), collaborations between countries (Clark & Wilson, 2017) and institutional strategies (Hudson & Hinman, 2017), in particular the use of visiting academics (Churski, Paweł Motek, Stryjakiewicz, & Cybal-Michalska, 2017;Szkornik, 2017), to student exchanges (Loynes & Gurholt, 2017) to curriculum design (Churski et al, 2017;Hay, 2017).…”