Educators as Learners and Leaders |
Educators as Learners and Leaders |
Like other forms of teaching and learning, Education Abroad (EA) is rooted in relationships. Minimally, the relationship(s) in question are between those holding roles as "learners" and those positioned as educators, which may include advisors, host family members, faculty, internship coordinators, mentors or other partners in the sending country or in the receiving community(ies). However, tapping into the potential of education abroad, particularly to foster connection and perspective transformation among all learners, enjoins educators to inquire into our own assumptions, emotions, biases, and aspirations and how these inform our approaches to education, including relating across lines of difference generally and in intercultural settings.
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Challenge | Support |
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Integrate learners into the day-to-day of host nationals. | Engage in cultural mentoring. |
Portray knowledge and culture as complex, contextual, and socially constructed. | Validate learners' capacity to know. |
Encourage exploration of values, beliefs, and social identities in the context of global structures of power and privilege. | Facilitate deep reflection and sense-making about experiences aimed at fostering the development of an internal self. |
Encourage interactions and collaborations across differences. | Provide guidance and leadership in the construction of knowledge. |
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