Intercultural sensitivity through short-term study abroad
Intercultural sensitivity through short-term study abroad
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通过短期出国留学培养跨文化敏感性
DOI：
10.1080/14708477.2015.1056795
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Arturo Miranda
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作者：
Melanie Bloom;Arturo Miranda
在大学期间出国留学最常被引用的理由之一是全球视野和跨文化敏感性的发展。虽然这一论点在留学宣传材料中经常被提及，但尚未得到基于学生留学经历成果的研究的支持。随着越来越多的学生出国留学和出国留学计划变得越来越短，测试计划组织者的声明比以往任何时候都更加重要。本研究采用混合方法考察了12名学生在西班牙萨拉曼卡为期四周的留学项目中跨文化敏感性的发展。研究结果表明，学生的跨文化敏感度的跨文化敏感度指数和定性数据报告的变化不大，但是，这些方法产生了相互矛盾的结果对学生的跨文化敏感度的发展阶段。
One of the foremost-cited rationales for study abroad during college is the development of a global perspective and intercultural sensitivity. Although this argument is mentioned frequently in promotional materials for study abroad, it has not yet been backed by research based on the outcomes of students’ study abroad experiences. As more students’ study abroad and study abroad programing becomes shorter, it is more important than ever to test the claims made by program organizers. The present mixed-methods study examined 12 students’ development in intercultural sensitivity over the period of a four-week study abroad program in Salamanca, Spain. Findings demonstrate that students made little changes in intercultural sensitivity as measured by the Intercultural Sensitivity Index and as reported in the qualitative data; however, these methods produced conflicting findings on students’ stages of intercultural sensitivity development.