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Engaging Faculty to Integrate Study Abroad into the Curriculum

Engaging Faculty to Integrate Study Abroad into the Curriculum. Elizabeth Brewer Josh Moore Beloit College. Beloit as case study developmental stages in study abroad integration Examples of faculty engagement Faculty engagement as preparation for ISEP membership.

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Engaging Faculty to Integrate Study Abroad into the Curriculum

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  1. Engaging Faculty to Integrate Study Abroad into the Curriculum Elizabeth Brewer Josh Moore Beloit College

  2. Beloit as case study developmental stages in study abroad integration • Examples of faculty engagement • Faculty engagement as preparation for ISEP membership

  3. Developmental Stages in Study Abroad Integration and Campus Internationalization • Mid-20th Century: Selective Faculty Management and Ownership • Late 20th Century: Professionalization and Democratization • Early 21st Century: Shared Ownership/Campus Internationalization

  4. Selective Faculty Management and Ownership • Focus on international relations, area studies, foreign languages • Faculty-led seminars • Faculty ownership and management of study abroad and internationalization • SA integrated with curriculum • SA restricted to selected fields of study

  5. Stage 1: Selective Faculty Ownership

  6. Professionalization and Democratization • Administrator appointed to head international office • Exchanges and university affiliations replace faculty-led seminars • SA expanded to more majors and students • No shared vision of SA purpose • SA outsourced to int’l office and SA partners

  7. Stage 2: Professionalization & Democratization Faculty Study Abroad Office

  8. Shared OwnershipCampus Internationalization • Move away from student mobility alone toward campus internationalization • Focus on curriculum, role of the faculty, study abroad integration • Mission statement for international education adopted • More collaboration across campus and with trustees and donors

  9. Stage 3: Campus Internationalization Study Abroad Office Faculty

  10. Learning goals established Application process more intentional; applicants provide evidence of preparation, integration Faculty engagement Faculty educated and informed Curricular innovation encouraged Study Abroad Integration

  11. Activities to Educate and Inform • Mentoring sessions, advisor briefings, annual reports, advisor webpage • Study abroad by major • Information sessions about programs • International Symposium • Committee on International Education • Visits to study abroad sites

  12. Curricular innovation • Curriculum development seminars/workshops • Campus seminars with visits to study abroad sites • Support for individual faculty initiatives around curricular innovation • Webpages with models

  13. The Rationale for ISEP • Successful study abroad • Intercultural learning • Experiential learning • Disciplinary learning • Study abroad goals • Gain new perspectives on studies • Challenge own assumptions • Understand others’ perspectives • Communicate with others • Take ethical action • Understand complex issues

  14. Faculty engagement yields • Understanding of study abroad goals, challenges, learning potential • Transformation of teaching and advising to prepare students for study abroad and help them integrate their experiences • Helps students be intentional in their choices • ISEP expands opportunities to meet individual students’ needs

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