Toward Intercultural Competence : Intercultural Training For Japanese Students In The United States,
2010
University of the Pacific
Toward Intercultural Competence : Intercultural Training For Japanese Students In The United States, Tomoko Harpster
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
This thesis project explored how study abroad program administrators can help Japanese students develop intercultural competence through predeparture and ongoing intercultural training so as to improve their capacity to adapt effectively to American cultural norms. The ultimate purpose of this thesis project was to help Japanese students who were studying in the U.S. balance their involvement with their peer group from Japan and build relationships with people in the U.S. in order to fully experience American culture. To provide a context for this study, a review of the literature was conducted regarding the challenges faced by Japanese students while studying …
Following The Private Path: Can We Figure This Out?,
2010
Universidad de Montemorelos, Mexico
Following The Private Path: Can We Figure This Out?, Gustavo Gregorutti
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
No abstract provided.
Falsafah Pendidikan Menurut Ibn Khaldun Dan John Dewey : Kajian Perbandingan.,
2010
Universiti Malaya
Falsafah Pendidikan Menurut Ibn Khaldun Dan John Dewey : Kajian Perbandingan., Abd Munir Mohamed Noh
Student Works (2010-2019)
This dissertation entitled Philosophy of Education According To Ibn Khaldūn and John Dewey : Comparison Study is focused on education concept, aim and methodology used by them to driven and to carry out education activities. It interpretes the thoughts by these two personalities to determain the similarities and differences of education thought by Ibn Khaldūn who represent the Islamic world and Dewey from the Western. This study uses the documentation method to gather data while data analysis are done through inductive, deductive and comparative methods. The dessertation consists five main parts and introduction is the first part. The second part …
Cosmopolitanism, Globalization And The Field Of Adolescent Literacy,
2010
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Cosmopolitanism, Globalization And The Field Of Adolescent Literacy, Helen Harper, Thomas W. Bean, Judith Dunkerly
Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications
In this article we discuss the current nature and circumstances of cosmopolitanism and what it means to the field of adolescent literacy. Drawing on contemporary scholarship, cosmopolitanism is understood as: 1) the local experience or condition of globalization, what has been called ‘internal globalization,’ and, 2) as a disposition or sensibility that ensures productive and peaceful relations in light of globalization or any circumstance that creates dynamic and culturally diverse contexts. From a critical review of the key documents in the field, we argue that for many adolescents their lives and literacies now, and especially in the future, will be …
