TY - JOUR
T1 - First-year students' perspectives on intercultural learning
AU - Lee, Amy
AU - Williams, Rhiannon D.
AU - Shaw, Marta A.
AU - Jie, Yiyun
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Faculty can play a critical role in supporting students' intercultural development, but studies indicate that instructors report a lack of formal understanding about how to maximize this opportunity. Through the investigation of 115 first-year students' written reflections, this study provides faculty with students' perspectives on intercultural learning moments that were supported by pedagogical and curricular components. The findings suggest that moments students note as critical to their intercultural development may be initiated within the classroom through intentional knowledge sharing and awareness building, yet extended further by students both inside and outside of the classroom context. This article explores student intercultural learning from the perspective of the student and discusses implications for both classroom and campus culture.
AB - Faculty can play a critical role in supporting students' intercultural development, but studies indicate that instructors report a lack of formal understanding about how to maximize this opportunity. Through the investigation of 115 first-year students' written reflections, this study provides faculty with students' perspectives on intercultural learning moments that were supported by pedagogical and curricular components. The findings suggest that moments students note as critical to their intercultural development may be initiated within the classroom through intentional knowledge sharing and awareness building, yet extended further by students both inside and outside of the classroom context. This article explores student intercultural learning from the perspective of the student and discusses implications for both classroom and campus culture.
KW - faculty
KW - first-year students
KW - holistic development
KW - intercultural competence
KW - intercultural learning
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U2 - 10.1080/13562517.2014.880687
DO - 10.1080/13562517.2014.880687
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84896490840
SN - 1356-2517
VL - 19
SP - 543
EP - 554
JO - Teaching in Higher Education
JF - Teaching in Higher Education
IS - 5
ER -