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