Learning Abroad or Just Going Abroad? International Education In Opposite Sides of the Border

Authors

Gerardo Blanco Ramirez, University of MassachusettsFollow

Abstract

International education, particularly through study abroad experiences, has the potential of preparing students for a globally interconnected world. While challenging, it is necessary to translate aspirations of global citizenship into educational programs and assessing their effectiveness. A necessary step in such process consists in taking a close and critical look at the challenges and possibilities for the development of global citizenship through education abroad. In this paper, I follow a decolonizing autoethnographic approach to explore obstacles for the development of global citizenship through education abroad. If education abroad is to promote global citizenship and character development, I propose a more authentic engagement with the local culture s and a better understanding of globalization — before going abroad — is necessary

Keywords

Autoethnography, Study Abroad, Global Citizenship, Globalization

Publication Date

8-5-2013

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2013.1484

Recommended APA Citation

Ramirez, G. B. (2013). Learning Abroad or Just Going Abroad? International Education In Opposite Sides of the Border. The Qualitative Report, 18(31), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2013.1484